Strength Through Diversity

Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal.

Roles & Responsibilities:

This person will be involved in a research project to study differential transcriptional roles of oncogenic transcription factors implicated in lung cancers. Specifically, (s)he will be conducting analysis of genome wide binding profiles of those transcription factors, using ChIP followed by next generation sequencing (ChIP-seq) as well as proteomic profiles of their interacting proteins in a panel of lung cancer cell lines, and identify their functional outputs lung cancers. The person will be also involved in streamlining the sample preparation for single-cell epigenomics, with an ultimate goal to elucidate the heterogeneity of lineage programs in lung cancers.

Scope of activities and duties:
Primary activities include maintaining lung cancer cell lines, performing chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, proteomic analyses, and molecular biology assays. The person will also analyze the quality control assessment of the samples for ChIP-seq as well as data analysis and interpretation. (S)he will also assist with experiments for other members in the laboratory and interact with them at daily basis.

(S)he will participate in our weekly joint lab meeting with Powell lab and Zhu lab, and will have opportunities to present his work in progress at this meeting several times. (S)he will also attend several pertinent seminar series including Grand Rounds in our Department and ones from Oncological Sciences Department and Tisch Cancer Institute.

Requirements:

As per standard requirements for postdocs

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong, and are able to professionally advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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Who We Are

Over 42,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospitals, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status.

EOE including Veterans and Disabled

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $58,661.00 - $60,788.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.