The Cancer Plasticity and Dormancy Program is a research program established to prevent cancer relapse. Our vision is to discover the fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms that control cancer cell dormancy, cancer plasticity and cancer relapse. The goal of the program is to generate tools to predict which patients are at risk of relapse, to identify and develop new targets to stop cancer relapse before it occurs, and to accelerate the clinical translation of relapse-preventing therapies. The program has established the international AllClear initiative, supported by the inaugural National Breast Cancer Foundation collaborative research accelerator grant.

The Garvan Institute invites applications for a Faculty-level position to join the Cancer Plasticity and Dormancy Program. We are seeking individuals who complement existing research interests, areas of strength and international partnerships. Of particular interest is research grounded in the theoretical frameworks of field cancerisation, clonal and somatic evolution, cell competition, or ecological oncology. We anticipate applicants would be scientists/clinician scientists with interests in solving fundamental biological questions.

We will consider applicants from a broad range of fields, including developmental biology, genetics/genomics, systems biology and immunology, as applied to cancer research. The successful candidate will have a clear research vision and will have demonstrated an aptitude for independent, creative thinking and a strong track record of high-quality scientific output, relative to opportunity and career stage. The successful candidate will contribute to program-specific cancer questions. They will also be expected to contribute to multidisciplinary collaborations across the Garvan Institute and with other national and international institutions.

A generous start-up package will be provided to encourage the pursuit of high risk/high reward research with transformative potential. We welcome local and international applicants who show strong alignment with the Garvan Institute’s vision for impactful discovery research.

We especially welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and those seeking the academic freedom to pursue discovery research wherever it takes them. If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please send your resume and a cover letter briefly outlining your research and proposal for your independent research program. For more information, please contact [email protected].