The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the "Trojan Family," which is comprised of the faculty, students, and staff that make the university what it is.The laboratory of Dr. Jianming Xie at the Department of Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC School of Pharmacy, is seeking a highly motivated researcher to join his team as a research assistant. The Xie lab focuses on genetic engineering of T cells and NK cells with novel chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) to target cancer and HIV. We use a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve this goal, including