Senior Scientist– Viral Vaccines & Immunology

Location: Pearl River, New York, United States
Job Type: Full time
Salary:  $88,300.00 to $147,100.00 per year

About the Role

As a Senior Scientist in Viral Vaccines & Immunology group, you will spearhead groundbreaking research aimed at developing next-generation vaccines that can transform patient lives. By leveraging your innovative mind and deep expertise in immunology, you will lead projects to uncover novel immunological mechanisms, and design cutting-edge vaccine candidates. Your work will directly contribute to the discovery of new vaccine targets and the optimization of immunogenic formulations, ultimately advancing our mission to deliver life-saving vaccines and improve global health outcomes.

Role Responsbilities

• Regularly contribute and influence at the project team level.
• Effectively collaborate with other members of Vaccine Research & Development and supporting partner lines.
• Develop in vitro and ex-vivo assays for vaccine and adjuvant development.
• Develop, optimize, and perform flow cytometry and multiplex cytokine assays to support preclinical studies.
• Supervise junior colleagues in design and execution of experiments.
• Identify, trouble-shoot, and optimize relevant assay systems, technologies, and readouts.
• Develop assays or animal models required to support various vaccine projects.
• Conduct research that leads to publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentation of data at internal and external meetings.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• PhD in Immunology OR Master’s degree and 8+ years of scientific/technical experience.
• Strong experience in innate immunity.
• Highly skilled with biomarker assay platforms such as immunoassays (ADCC, ADCP, ELISpot, ELISA, Luminex, MSD).
• Expertise in the isolation, differentiation and characterization of primary immune cells from murine tissues and human blood.
• Strong background and experience in multiparametric flow cytometry assays including immunophenotyping and immune based functional assays.
• Extensive experience in immune cell isolation and characterization using multi-color flow cytometry.
• Ability to perform complex data analysis.
• Team player with strong communication skills - written and verbal.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Track record of scientific excellence in immunology.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience in organoid vaccine models.
• Expertise in the development of assays for adjuvanted vaccines.
• Experience with coding, including writing R and Python scripts.
• Solid background in vaccine research, innate immunology, infectious diseases or related fields, and a desire to continue in a laboratory-focused role.

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