Postdoc in Evolutionary Systems Biology of Cancer

Join Franziska Michor's lab at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston as a postdoc in Evolutionary Systems Biology of Cancer!

Cancer represents one of the biggest problems for modern societies. In 2006, there were 1.4 million new cancer cases and 570,000 cancer-related deaths in the US, leading to an overall cost of $206.3 billion. By 2020, cancer deaths worldwide could reach 10 million. Therefore, an important goal of life science research is to improve tumor diagnostics and anti-cancer treatment options to alleviate cancer-related morbidity and mortality.

Our research focuses on the evolutionary dynamics of cancer. Cancer emerges due to an evolutionary process in somatic tissue. We are interested in questions that are of crucial importance for cancer research, and we use mathematical, statistical and computational techniques to approach them. In particular, we use applied probability techniques, statistical analyses, and differential equations. Please visit michorlab.dfci.harvard.edu for more information.