Research Associate - Precision Oncology of Gastrointestinal Cancers

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we’re changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life‑threatening illnesses.

City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission:
To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

We seek a Research Associate candidate within the multidisciplinary research team headed by Dr. Ajay Goel, Professor and Chair Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics and Associate Director of Basic Sciences, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer. Our research is focused on translational research on the genomic and epigenomic characterization of various gastrointestinal cancers (GI), including colorectal, pancreatic, and gastric cancers.

• Maintain various aspects of lab management, including maintenance and upkeep of reagent and clinical specimen inventories, ordering, lab safety, and regulatory tasks.
• Ensure that all laboratory activities comply with each procedure by utilizing safety procedures and guidelines in handling, storage, and disposal of bio‑hazardous, infectious, and toxic material.
• Perform a variety of routine and non‑routine laboratory research experiments and record and validate results for accuracy and completeness.
• Perform Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics techniques and general lab maintenance that assists in conducting an Investigator’s Research Project.
• Be responsible for accurately recording work performed, including results and methodology.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree; master’s degree preferred.
• Two years of laboratory experience with a bachelor’s degree or 3 years of related research/laboratory experience with a master’s degree.
• Assist and perform various molecular biology techniques, such as tissue culture, flow cytometry (analysis), and molecular tests, according to the Laboratory’s Standard Operating Procedures.

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