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**Open Date** 03/19/2025

**Requisition Number** PRN41457B

**Job Title** Research Scientist

**Working Title** Research Scientist

**Job Grade** F

**FLSA Code** Professional

**Patient Sensitive Job Code?** No

**Standard Hours per Week** 40

**Full Time or Part Time?** Full Time

**Shift** Day

Work Schedule Summary

**VP Area** President

**Department** 02406 - HCI Immune Profiling Core

**Location** Campus

**City** Salt Lake City, UT

**Type of Recruitment** External Posting

**Pay Rate Range** 47600 to 99500

**Close Date** 06/30/2025

Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated **Research Scientist** to join our Immune Profiling Platform at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Our basic and translational research program is dedicated to advancing immunotherapy through comprehensive immune microenvironment characterization. This position will play a key role in implementing and optimizing cutting-edge technologies, including single-cell sequencing, multiparameter flow cytometry, and other immune profiling approaches, to drive innovative research in immuno-oncology, autoimmune disease, and infectious diseases. The ideal candidate will have expertise in immune profiling techniques, strong analytical skills, and a collaborative mindset to work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including clinicians and computational biologists. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to translational research aimed at improving immunotherapeutic strategies.

_Huntsman Cancer Institute is committed to cancer prevention, care, and survivorship for all communities within the area we serve – which includes Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming – with impact worldwide._

_In your cover letter or during your interview process, we invite you to share how your professional experiences have prepared you to serve as a member of our team as we work to reduce the cancer burden experienced by all people and communities. This may include description of your prior experiences related to research, prevention, clinical care, community engagement/outreach, training, administration, or other areas relevant to Huntsman Cancer Institute’s mission and this position._

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

1. Technology Development & Optimization – Establish, optimize, and validate cutting-edge immune profiling techniques, including single-cell RNA sequencing, multiparameter flow cytometry, and spatial transcriptomics.

2. Experimental Design & Execution – Develop and execute immune profiling experiments to analyze immune cell composition, activation states, and functional phenotypes in various disease models.

3. Data Analysis & Interpretation – Process, analyze, and interpret high-dimensional data from flow cytometry, single-cell sequencing, and imaging-based assays, using tools such as FlowJo, R, Python, or other bioinformatics platforms.

4. Collaboration & Cross-Disciplinary Integration – Work closely with clinicians, computational biologists, immunologists, and bioinformaticians to integrate immune profiling data into broader research initiatives focused on immunotherapy.

5. Sample Processing & Quality Control – Handle and process human and animal tissue samples, including cell isolation, staining, and sorting, ensuring high-quality and reproducible results.

6. Instrumentation Maintenance & Troubleshooting – Maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot immune profiling instruments

7. Scientific Writing & Presentation – Prepare reports, manuscripts, and presentations summarizing experimental findings for publications, conferences, and grant applications.

8. Grant & Funding Support – Assist in developing grant proposals and research funding applications by providing technical expertise and data supporting immune profiling-based studies.

9. Training & Mentorship – Assist in mentoring junior researchers and maintaining lab operations.

Problem Solving

1. Must possess a high level of initiative and the ability to work with little supervision while adhering to Standard Operation Procedures.

2. Must have excellent written, documentation, and oral communication skills.

3. Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills, including the ability to handle a variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment.

4. Proactive in identifying problems and solutions to address them.

5. Must be an exceptional team player.

6. Address scientific and technical challenges related to immune and cancer cell characterization

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Work Environment and Level of Frequency that may be required

Nearly Continuously: Office environment.

Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required

Nearly Continuously: Sitting, hearing, listening, talking.

Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking.

Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.

Minimum Qualifications

1. PhD, MD, or MD/PhD

2. Hands-on experience with single-cell sequencing, multiparameter flow cytometry, spectral flow, CyTOF, or spatial transcriptomics.

3. Strong data analysis skills, including proficiency in FlowJo, R, Python, or other bioinformatics tools.

4. Familiarity with immunotherapy approaches and immune microenvironment characterization.

5. Experience with next-generation sequencing ( NGS ) and genome editing is a plus

6. Basic computational skills to analyze and interpret next generation sequencing and multi-dimensional flow cytometry data

7. Excellent written and oral communication skills

8. Strong organizational skills, including the ability to handle a variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment required

9. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a data-driven approach

10. Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced research and manufacturing environment.

11. Please include a CV, a letter of interest and a list of three references in the application. Minimum two-year commitment is required.

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**Type** Benefited Staff

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Additional Information

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented students and patients.

All qualified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

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