Lab-Srivastava- Post-Doctoral Fellow

The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health.

The Wistar Institute is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). All candidates must share our commitment to DEI. The Wistar Institute is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, mentoring, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of our academic/research community.

The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the laboratory of Dr. Avi Srivastava. The Srivastava Lab investigates mechanisms of transcriptional regulation through single-cell epigenomic technologies and cancer models. The lab offers mentored training in various fields, including multi-omics analysis, high-performance algorithm design, software engineering for novel single-cell genomics technologies, and related fields.

Candidates with a Ph.D. (or equivalent) and background in computational biology and/or experimental research with at least one first-author peer-reviewed publication are encouraged to apply.

In addition to applying online, interested applicants should e-mail their CV with publication list (published and in preparation), a cover letter detailing their research and interest in the lab, and three references to Dr. Avi Srivastava at asrivastava@wistar.org.

For more details on research and a list of publications of the lab, visit:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=avi+srivastava 

The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Wistar provides resources to its faculty and staff that enable them to conduct cutting edge collaborative research and provides for outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities.

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

For more information about The Wistar Institute visit our website at www.wistar.org. 

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