Job Description
Reference Number: JO-2303-512205
Research Scientist
Rate: Negotiable
Job Type: Contract
Location: Oxford
Research Scientist Virologist
9-12 month contract (maternity cover)
Oxford
£45,000 per annum
Cpl Life Sciences are partnering with a Research and Development pharmaceutical company who are recruiting for a Research Scientist within Virologist to support with the development of products and vaccines.
Key Responsibilities;
- Develop and conduct laboratory work involved in the design, construction, growth, and evaluation of viral vector vaccine candidates
- Keep up to date on the field of immunotherapeutic, review and suggest new approaches, alternative laboratory methods
- Perform characterisation and quality control assays on viral vectored vaccine preparations (physical titer, infectious titer, sequence verification, transgene expression, immunogenicity)
- Maintain and evaluate both mammalian and bacterial cell cultures for growth conditions, DNA purification and viral vector production, and interpret and present the data in a concise and orderly fashion
- Assist in studies to optimize the ability to manufacture viral-vectored vaccines, such as evaluation of alternative transfection systems, host or vector gene deletions or insertions, viral culture yield, systems for viral growth
- Evaluate and perform analytic assays to determine the quality, yield, stability, etc. of specific candidates or of specific manufacturing process conditions as required
Experience;
PhD or degree within a scientific related subject
Designing of experiments and conducting research using a variety of methodologies; e.g. design and cloning of mammalian expression cassettes, PCR, DNA sequence interpretation, ELISA, Western blot, viral growth curves, viral titers, transfections
Experience with growing and manipulating the virus
Experience of working in a laboratory with one or more virus outside of education
For more information please contact amy.goddard@cpl.com
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