Join Our Lab

We seek highly motivated students and postdocs interested in functional proteomics, quantitative genetics, biochemistry or cancer biology. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds who wish to apply their expertise to biological systems and to contribute to the advancement of precision medicine.

We strive to create a civilized working environment where lab members operate with generous spirit, discussing their newest findings and ideas, sharing expertise and celebrating each other's achievements. These characteristics, together with a strong desire to tackle big problems and make important contributions, are among the key factors in determining whether to accept someone in the lab.

Postdoctoral applicants with a recent Ph.D. degree in biochemistry, functional genetics, molecular biology, proteomics or cancer cell biology who are interested in Dr. Georgios Karras lab should email Dr. Georgios Karras with their CV and a summary of research interests and goals, and they should request three letters of recommendation to be emailed directly to this address.

Graduate students generally enter through the MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. If you are a current graduate school student interested in rotating, please email Dr. Georgios Karras.

Undergraduates who are interested in working in the lab should email Dr. Georgios Karras with their CV and a summary of research interests. Ideally, we expect a long-term commitment of a research project, typically two academic years and a summer.

We welcome high school students interested in an internship in the Karras Lab to directly email Dr. Georgios Karras and to read more about the Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences

Please note: If you haven’t heard back from us within two weeks of your application being sent, please contact Monique Richardson directly.

Environment

MD Anderson offers well-regarded professional development opportunities and benefits. The Texas Medical Center houses MD Anderson and multiple other top-flight scientific institutions within walking distance (Baylor College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center, Rice University, Methodist Research Institute, Texas A&M Institute of Biosciences and Technology). This immense depth of collaborators/programs/cores insures a cutting-edge research/ideas environment. Houston boasts a diverse culture near the Gulf Coast and affordable living in our nation’s fourth-largest city.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.