Infectious Disease Scientist - II

We are seeking a contractor to join the Infectious Disease and Vaccines department in the vaccines group. The overarching goal of the group is to test pre-clinical vaccine candidates in animal models to help advance our viral vaccine programs.
The contractor will be responsible for running ELISAs, viral plaque reduction assays, serum neutralization assays, generating viral stocks, cell/tissue culture, managing internal, external shipments, sample inventory and overall laboratory support.

Contractor responsibilities:

• Run viral plaque reduction assays using tissue samples
• Run serum neutralization assays using viral clinical isolates
• Grow up large batches of viruses for assay and in vivo study support.
• Run ELISAs to assess immunogenicity of viral vaccine programs
• Manage inventory and samples/shipments via Benchling/SWMS
• Overall lab support/cleaning

Requirements:

• Required Education (Minimum degree required and Maximum degree accepted): BS/BA with 6 years; OR MS with 4 years; OR PhD with 1 year of experience.
• Years of experience required for the role: At least 3 years performing laboratory research.
• Required Skills: ELISA, virological assays, tissue/cell culture, assay development.
• Preferred Skills: GraphPad Prism, Electronic lab notebook