Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Job ID: 40481 Location: Chicago, Illinois Department: MED-Neurological Surgery Salary/Grade: REF/RF The Department of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is seeking a Research Assistant Professor to join our team in the lab of Dr. Amy Heimberger to contribute to basic and translational studies in immunology and immunotherapies relevant to brain tumors. We are located on the Northwestern Downtown Campus in the Chicago Streeterville neighborhood. This campus has state-of-the-art core facilities.The laboratory focuses on translational immune therapeutic strategies for central nervous system (CNS) tumors that has included a wide variety of strategies including peptide vaccines, immune modulatory aptamers, a small molecule inhibitor of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) with blood brain barrier penetration, adoptive T cell immunotherapy, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR T cells) and STING agonists. There is a...