Senior Immunologist

Proclinical is currently seeking a Senior Immunologist for an innovative biotech company. This role is on a permanent basis and is located in Cambridge.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ambitious and active approach to establishing and conducting cutting edge cell-based and analytical methods to characterize and develop candidate VAPs
• Design and execution of in-house animal studies, development, and optimisation of experimental protocols, and generating high quality reports
• Design and conduct of in vitro experiments for rapid screening of VAP candidates
• Perform assays for immune profiling of samples (e.g. pseudotype virus neutralisation assays, ELISA, flow cytometry, ELISpot and Luminex/MSD multiplex cytokine/chemokine assays)
• Contribute to and/or lead research projects and closely collaborate with pre-clinical and clinical team members
• Support or lead research activities with external collaborators or contract research organizations
• Ensure high quality standards for delivery and documentation of research data
• Prepare and review scientific documentation for regulatory submissions
• Present work to external partners and at scientific conferences
• Explain to staff members the scientific protocols currently employed in the laboratory
• Help train new staff and supervise junior members of the team
• Utilization and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
• Maintain an up-to-date organized and legible laboratory journal that records all experiments in detail
• Conducts Quality Control checks as needed
• Helps write and maintain Lab SOPs
• Works for prolonged periods with hands extended under a laminar flow cabinet
• Exercises knowledge of safety concerns when working with human samples
• Exercises alertness and careful attention to avoid injury to self and others from chemicals and hazardous materials, and disposable glassware used in the laboratory
• Active approach to organising meetings and presenting data where necessary

Skills and Requirements:

• Experience in planning, problem analysis, managing and delivering data to a high standard
• A broad immunology background, with experience in virology
• Experience with in vitro assays and a strong desire to develop new assays to assess immune responses
• Experience working with small animal models is desirable
• Ability to promote an environment that delivers efficient lab testing/verification including version control and optimisation
• Ability to manage and coordinate the day to day running of experiments and data analysis in multi-partner projects
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, partners, and academic institutions to find solutions to project challenges
• A desire and dedication to change the world, with the fortitude and commitment to navigate inevitable rocky roads while pioneering methods and ideas to unlock a new era of vaccine creation … one where protection is provided across virus families to prevent pandemic outbreaks when dangerous new strains cross into human.
• PhD in Life Sciences with focus on immunology or virology with a minimum of two years R&D experience in industry
• Strong technical and theoretical knowledge of in vitro immuno-assays as well as immunology
• Ability to design high quality, well controlled, in vitro experiments, and animal studies as well as translational experiments in context of human disease
• Experience of setting up a new small animal models of disease would be a plus.
• Ability to perform effectively under pressure and multitask to reach multiple tight deadlines
• Ability to assess priorities, working with a minimum of supervision and initiate action, resolving problems where appropriate
• Outstanding interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Strong experience in working effectively with a wide range of staff including an ability to build effective working relationships across academia at a minimum and preferably across commercial organisations.
• Ability to handle confidential information with tact and discretion
• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally for meetings, conferences etc.
• Ability to regularly review own training needs and attend training as necessary
• Flexibility to work out of hours as required.

If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Alex Bero on +44 203 846 0645.

Proclinical is a specialist employment agency and recruitment business, providing job opportunities within major pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

Proclinical Staffing is an equal opportunity employer.

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