Research Scientist

Job Description

A full-time research scientist is sought for the lab of Dr. Jenny Munson at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech. The Munson lab is an interdisciplinary research group of engineers and biologists that study the impact of fluid flow in glioblastoma. Specifically, the project will involve the oversight and creative development of a translational study examining the glioblastoma microenvironment. This translational study will utilize patient tissues in established pre-clinical in vitro model systems and histological tissue analyses to generate data for correlation with patient clinical data. The position’s responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams including biomedical engineering, cancer biology and clinical research partners.
• Design, plan, and execute experiments to investigate cancer-related research questions.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
• Analyze and int...