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Research Assistant Professor
9/28/2012
Temple University School of Pharmacy seeks candidates for a non-tenure track, academic appointment at the rank of Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences whose research focus is cancer nanomedicine. The candidate will be working in collaboration with a principal investigator on a research project related to nanotechnology-based chemo-RNA delivery to prostate cancer and breast cancer. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. Degree in pharmaceutical sciences and demonstrate expertise in physico-chemical and biological characterization, evaluation and development of drug delivery systems of therapeutic siRNA and anticancer drugs. Experience with photon correlation spectroscopy, UV-spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, drug release kinetics studies, epifluorescence microscopy, computational image analysis, immunoblotting studies, cancer cell culture, various in vitro viability and toxicological assays, and animal tumor models would be an important asset. We are seeking an investigator with minimum 2-year post-doctoral experience or equivalent and demonstrated research excellence (a sustained track record of publications and/or research funding). The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to a vigorous preclinical research program. Review of applicants will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit a cover letter indicating their area of interest, complete curriculum vitae and three reference letters to sophon.din@temple.edu.
Education, training, experience:
The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. Degree in pharmaceutical sciences and demonstrate expertise in physico-chemical and biological characterization, evaluation and development of drug delivery systems of therapeutic siRNA and anticancer drugs. Experience with photon correlation spectroscopy, UV-spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, drug release kinetics studies, epifluorescence microscopy, computational image analysis, immunoblotting studies, cell culture maintenance, various in vitro viability and toxicological assays, and animal tumor models would be an important asset. . We are seeking an investigator with minimum 2-year post-doctoral experience or equivalent and demonstrated research excellence (a sustained track record of publications and/or research funding).