Post Doctoral Scholar - Pediatrics: DCRI

• Producing liposomal drug carriers
• studies in rodent cancer models
• imaging (MRI, fluorescence imaging)
• computer modeling
• handling rodents
• assisting in catheter implantation procedures
• performing and/or assisting in therapeutic rodent studies
• intravenous administration of liposomal chemotherapy, blood sampling and animal imaging
• assisting and/or performing computer modeling studies where tumor drug delivery is simulated
• producing and characterizing liposomal drug carriers
• formulating liposomes, measuring release characteristics, and size
• preparation and maintenance of primary cancer cell cultures
• performing routine laboratory experiments, review and analysis of data, preparation of protocols and reports
• maintaining clear, complete and up-to-date lab notebook and documentation of all experiments, results and reports
• processing and analysis of tissues such as rodent tumors
• quantification of tumor drug uptake with established methods such as by fluorometry and/or high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
• assisting in animal surgeries
• surgical removal of tumors, implantation of vascular catheters.

A doctoral degree (PhD or MD/PhD) in a discipline related to biology, bioengineering or biomedicine.