Postdoctoral Scientist - Müschen Laboratory | Immunology | Hematology | Cancer Biology

Monrovia, California
Sep 12, 2018
Biotech Beach
Required Education
Position Type
Full time

Position Summary and Key Responsibilities:



Examples of recent work:

  1. Duy C, Hurtz C, Shojaee S (…) BCL6 enables Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells to survive BCR-ABL1 kinase inhibition. 485: 384-388 (2012)
  2. Swaminathan S, Huang C, Geng H (…) . BACH2 mediates negative selection and p53-dependent tumor suppression at the pre-B cell receptor checkpoint. . 19: 1014-1022 (2013)
  3. Shojaee S, Caeser R, Buchner M (…) . Erk negative feedback control enables pre-B cell transformation and represents a therapeutic target in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 28:114-128 (2015)
  4. Geng H, Hurtz C, Lenz KB (…) . Self-enforcing feedback activation between BCL6 and pre-B cell receptor signaling defines a distinct subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 27: 409-425 (2015)
  5. Chen Z, Shojaee S, Buchner M (…) . Signaling thresholds and negative B-cell selection in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. . 521:357-361 (2015).
  6. Swaminathan S, Klemm L, (…) . Mechanisms of clonal evolution in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 16: 766-774 (2016)
  7. Shojaee S, Chan LN, Buchner B (…) . PTEN is essential for oncogenic transformation of pre-B cells. 22: 379-387 (2016)
  8. Chan LN, Chen Z, Braas D (…) . Metabolic gatekeeper function of B-lymphoid transcription factors. 542: 479-483 (2017)

Your application should include the following in one single PDF:

  • CV, brief motivation statement, and coordinates of three scientific mentors (references).

Minimum Education and Skills Required for Consideration:

  • Ph.D. in cell or molecular biology or related field.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for science, willingness to think beyond established concepts, and to try and learn new experimental and analysis tools. 