About this opportunity
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans lists this STAFF SCIENTIST opportunity in new orleans, Louisiana. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Closing date: December 25, 2026
Title: STAFF SCIENTIST
Employee Type: Other Academic
Department: Center of excellence-Cancer
Campus Location: CANCER CENTER/SETON BLDG./2025
Job Summary/Basic Functions
The Staff Scientist Staff Scientist will investigate the critical intersection of host metabolic health and tumor biology. Specifically, they will study how obesity-induced systemic changes drive metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic remodeling in prostate cancer. Research will place special emphasis on how these dual mechanisms converge to promote therapeutic resistance and lineage plasticity, with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic targets.
The Staff Scientist will lead projects investigating how obesity alters the prostate tumor microenvironment, focusing on crosstalk among adipocyte-derived factors, tumor metabolism, and epigenetic states (e.g., histone modifications, DNA methylation). Uncover pathways that promote survival and lineage plasticity under therapeutic stress, including androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and next-generation anti-androgens. They will be responsible for Multi-Omic Integration: Design and execute high-throughput multi-omic workflows that integrate data from RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, and metabolomics. The Staff Scientist will also apply CRISPR-Cas9 genetic screens and targeted gene editing to functionally validate candidates that drive drug resistance, conduct independent computational analyses and develop pipelines to interpret complex multi-omic data and, help with the preparation of high-impact manuscripts and actively pursue extramural funding.
Minimum Qualifications
Required Education: PhD
Required Field of Study: Basic Science, Health Science, Bioinformatics, or related field
Number of years required to perform the job: 0 - 2 years
Type of experience required to perform the job: Experience in a research environment
Substitution: MD or DDS are also acceptable
Comprehensive benefits are available to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; generous annual and sick leave; 14 paid holidays per year; and an employee health primary care clinic. See following link for more details on our benefits offerings: LSUHSC, New Orleans - Benefits
Other employee benefits include a full-service credit union, wellness benefits featuring complimentary fitness center membership for employees and their spouses, employee assistance program, campus assistance program, and pet insurance option. More information about these benefits can be found on this webpage:Additional Benefits
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Worksite address
new orleans, LA, 70123, US
Who can apply
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