Job Description A post-doctoral position is immediately available in the Department of Cancer Biology at Wake Forest University Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  We are seeking a highly motivated individual who wishes to participate in a NIH funded project focused on translational research of breast/lung cancer metastasis. The lab is currently working in the field of tumor metastasis, tumor microenvironment, tumor immunology, cell signaling and non-coding RNA.  Candidate should have PhD, MD/PhD or MD with a solid background in molecular and cell Biology. The project will require knowledge of Cell Biology, Genetics and Molecular biology. Background of Cancer biology is also preferable. Basic technical skills of molecular biology are required.  

Recent publications

Exosomal miR-1304-3p promotes breast cancer progression in African Americans by activating cancer-associated adipocytes. Nature Comm . 13, 7734 (2022) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36517516/

Exosomal miR-19a and IBSP cooperate to induce osteolytic bone metastasis of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Nature Comm . 12 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25473-y (2021)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465793/

Nicotine promotes breast cancer metastasis by stimulating N2 neutrophils and generating pre-metastatic niche in lung. Nature Comm . 12: 474. PMID:33473115 (2021)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33473115/

Engineering an active immunotherapy for personalized cancer treatment and prevention of recurrence. Science Advances.   9 (17) PMID: 37126558

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37126558/

Applicants should send the following information to Dr. Kounosuke Watabe, (kwatabe@wakehealth.edu)

Contact:

Kounosuke Watabe, Ph.D.

Professor of Cancer Biology, Doris Stormyr Anderson Professor

Wake Forest Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem NC 27157

Phone: 336-716-0231 Email: kwatabe@wakehealth.edu

https://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/w/kounosuke-watabe