City of Hope

Staff Scientist - Blood Cancer Research - (10032706)

Description

Thank you for your interest. Please note, the purpose of this posting is to recruit for on-going and future positions.

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.

A Staff Scientist position is available in the RSP Lab led by Dr. Sklavenitis Pistofidis. The RSP Lab (https://rsplab.org) leverages advanced multi-omic technologies, coupled with experimental perturbations and computational approaches, to decode tumor and immune biology and usher in a new era of biologically informed clinical care for patients with blood cancer, such as Multiple Myeloma.

Our laboratory is part of the Judy & Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research. We collaborate closely with clinicians who treat patients and run clinical trials at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, as well as other City of Hope centers in Orange County, Chicago, Phoenix, and Atlanta, reinforcing our translational focus and ensuring access to primary samples from a diverse, nation-wide pool of patients. Our high-throughput science is enabled by state-of-the-art facilities for next-generation sequencing and high-performance computing through the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) at City of Hope. To accelerate the development of new therapies, we leverage City of Hope’s unique in-house GMP manufacturing capabilities for cell therapy (CAR-T cells, stem cells, etc.), monoclonal antibodies, and small molecule generation, in line with our vested interest in commercializing our discoveries so that they can reach patients.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Work closely with the Principal Investigator and help lead laboratory-based and computational research projects focusing on multiple myeloma and lymphoma.
• Have the opportunity to further develop you skills in experimental and computational biology to study blood cancer and the immune system and develop new therapies.
• Get to apply advanced single-cell multi-omic and genomic engineering technologies on patient samples or cell lines and analyze high-dimensional datasets to identify new biomarkers of response & resistance to therapy and develop new therapeutic targets.
• In addition to performing and publishing their research, you will get to mentor and supervise trainees, including research associates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. You will work in a highly collaborative, supportive environment that values innovation, creativity, and quality, with available options for furthering their career development within the group.

Qualifications

Your qualifications should include:

• A Ph.D. degree in life or biomedical sciences, bioinformatics, or a related discipline, or an MD degree with comparable research experience.
• At least 2-3 years of postdoctoral research experience in molecular/cellular biology and/or computational biology.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and a history of research publications and presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, manage their time, and multi-task.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, mentor, and work within multi-disciplinary teams of people with varied levels of experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage people and resources.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.

Primary Location

: United States-California-Duarte

Job

: Laboratory Research

Shift

: Days

Job Posting

: Oct 31, 2025