Join the lab

We are currently recruiting a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Pathology and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. The individual will be working on our leading-edge integrative genomics initiatives aimed at identifying pathological genetic aberrations and immunological targets from multi-dimensional cancer genomics datasets. A preference will be given to highly motivated candidates with an outstanding publication record in cancer research, and those with established expertise in cancer cell biology or immunobiology.

The research project for this position will interface the “dark side” of cancer genetics with cancer pathobiology and immunobiology. Specifically, the candidate will investigate a cryptic class of adjacent gene rearrangements in more aggressive and therapy-resistant forms of breast and/or ovarian cancers, and examine their function in cancer progression and/or immunotherapy resistance. The primary responsibilities will include experimental validation of newly discovered genetic targets, characterize their molecular basis, elucidating their clinical significance using patient samples, confirming their role in tumor progression, immune disfunction, or therapy resistance in vitro and/or in vivo, pinpointing their mechanistic basis, and exploring potential clinical applications.

Dr. Wang also accept graduate students from CMU Pitt Joint computational Biology Program, Integrative Systems Biology (ISB) Program, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program (IGBP) (i.e. Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology), and MS in Genomic Bioinformatics. In addition, we also welcome undergraduate externs for computational genomics and molecular cancer biology.

If you are interested in joining our lab, please submit your CV and cover letter to: xiaosongw@pitt.edu.