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About the Role
About You
- PhD in a life sciences-related field, with relevant postdoctoral experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with AFM, with optical trapping experience a major plus.
- Excellent communication skills and experience in working with a diverse range of collaborators.
- Strong organization skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects.
- Scientific maturity and ability to ensure the generation of accurate and reproducible data.
- Expertise in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and optical trapping, including experimental design, execution, and data analysis.
- Advanced sample preparation techniques across biological scales—from single molecules to tissues.
- Strong collaborative and communication skills to support and guide diverse research teams.
- Scientific innovation and problem-solving in developing new biophysical methods for cancer research.
- Project management and multitasking abilities to handle multiple concurrent research collaborations.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range of $82k–$131k.
- Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance and retirement plans.
The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. One of the world’s most respected comprehensive centers devoted exclusively to cancer, we have been recognized as one of the top two cancer hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 years.