Vaccine Technology Development Scientist

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Vaccine Technology Development
Scientist to join an ongoing research programme led by Professor Sarah
Gilbert, at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford.





Professor Gilbert’s team led the rapid development of a replication-deficient
simian adenoviral vectored vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. This built on years of
experience in vaccine development, and experience of vaccine design,
preclinical testing, manufacturing and clinical testing. You will report to
and work alongside Dr Bruno Douradinha.





As Vaccine Technology Development Scientist, you will be responsible for
managing your own academic research and administrative activities. This
involves small scale project management, to co-ordinate multiple aspects of
work to meet deadlines. You will be tasked to adapt existing and developing
new scientific techniques and experimental protocols as appropriate to the
project ensuring exemplary levels of accuracy and traceable documentation, and
to test hypotheses and analyse scientific data from a variety of sources,
reviewing and refining working hypotheses as appropriate. You will also be
responsible for performing any other comparable duties as may be required for
the efficient and safe running of the laboratory on a day to day basis.





To be successful for this role, you will hold a PhD/DPhil (or close to
completion in Microbiology, Immunology, and/or Molecular Biology, together
with relevant experience in molecular biology, including plasmid design,
cloning, PCR, RT-PCR, RT-qPCR, and western blot. You will also have aseptic
cell culture and virology experience, preferably using viruses as vaccine
vectors, or experience of working with nucleic acid vaccines (DNA or mRNA).
You will be self-motivated with the ability to manage own academic research
and associated activities, and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in
vaccine technology development to work within the established research
program.





Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required
to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application.
Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection
criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience.





This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract for 3 years and is
funded by the Department.





Only applications received before 12 midday on Friday 12 July 2024 will be
considered. Please quote **173226** on all correspondence.