Would you like to join a leading international TechBio company dedicated to saving and improving lives? Are you a self-driven and experienced immunologist? Then you might be the person we are looking for to join our team at Evaxion! Based on a deep technological and biological understanding, Evaxion develops pioneering cancer and infectious disease vaccines using advanced AI solutions. We are looking for an experienced and ambitious Senior Scientist in immunology to join our team.
Your role
As a Senior Scientist in immunology, you will be an essential member of our Vaccine Discovery and Research team. The team is responsible for antigen discovery and preclinical validation of vaccine antigens using in vitro, in vivo, and ex vivo models and assays, with the overall task to identify and develop novel protective vaccine candidates.
As Senior Scientist in immunology, you will conduct various laboratory activities across different projects, with the primary goal of producing reliable test results and optimizing lab procedures while adhering to correct procedures, as well as health and safety guidelines. The role also includes documentation and reporting of results both in writing and through presentation in different forums.
The position will mainly be lab-based, focusing on executing standard immunoassays, setting up new in vitro and ex vivo assays as well as in vivo disease models. This role will potentially include both infectious disease (bacteria and virus) as well as oncology vaccine projects and a broad immunology knowledge and hands on experience is therefore key to success.
The lab work will be performed in Evaxion’s state-of-the-art laboratory and animal facility, while adhering to GMO, BSL-1 and BSL-2 standards, but may also be established in collaboration with local external partners.
The position is offered as a one-year contract, starting as soon as possible.
Your responsibilities
- Hands-on laboratory work in virus, bacterial, or cancer vaccine projects from antigen discovery to vaccine candidate nomination.
- Contribute to scientific discussions, challenge, and suggest improvement of assays.
- Identify new knowledge in specialty area, implement and optimize new functional in vitro and ex vivo assays as well as in vivo models to study correlates of vaccine efficacy.
- Independently execute on routine immunoassays including; flow cytometry, ICS, ELISpot, ELISA. This includes experimental design, execution, analysis, and documentation of results, with a high degree of independence.
- Setting up new immunoassays as needed to support the projects.
- Delivery of robust, reliable, and high-quality data and recommendations within the area of expertise.
- Actively plan daily work activities with laboratory technicians and scientists on experimental designs and procedures, data analysis, and reporting of research results; teaching and advising on techniques and overseeing that activities are conducted accordingly, by regular and close follow up.
- Preparation of SOPs, research protocols, reports, publications, presentations, and other documentation as needed.
- Attend training and workshops relevant to the field and upcoming tasks, if needed to support the projects.
- Presentation of results at internal and external meetings.
What will make you stand out
- PhD focusing on Immunology with some additional years of experience or equivalent knowledge acquired only from working experience.
- Demonstrate a high degree of independence in your work, planning, execution, and communication.
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience in assay development and execution including; multiparameter flow cytometry, ELISA, ELISpot, neutralization assays, SDS-PAGE, western blot, cell-based assays and OPKA.
- Expertise in sample preparation from mouse and human blood and tissues.
- Solid understanding and preferably hands-on experience in setting up in vivo immunogenicity and disease models to study pathogens such as virus and bacteria or cancer.
- Documented experience from working with aseptic cell culture and cryopreservation.
- FELASA ABD certificate.
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), FlowJo, and Graph-pad Prism.
- Experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
What will make you successful
- Solution-oriented mindset.
- Strong executor both independently and in project teams.
- Team player with a collaborative spirit and capable of building and maintaining networks within and outside the organization.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, cross-functional, and complex project-based environment.
- Structured and detail-oriented personality able to maintain an overview, digest complex data, and apply an adequate level of quality in work.
- Self-motivated and able to make a tangible professional impact.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills including cultural sensitivity.
- Strong time management and organizational skills.
The following capabilities are considered an advantage but not required
- Hands-on experience working under BSL-2 guidelines with pathogens such as viruses or bacteria.
- Preference will be given to candidates with broad experience of applied immunology spanning multiple areas such as virology, microbiology and immuno oncology.
What we offer
At Evaxion, you will work with dedicated colleagues in an inspiring and fast-moving environment with a collaborative and innovative spirit. We have a flat project-based structure, fostering a creative and open-minded environment with a high level of individual responsibility and decision-making.
About Evaxion Biotech
Evaxion is a pioneering TechBio company based upon its proprietary, clinically validated and scalable AI platform, AI-Immunology™. The platform harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to decode the human immune system and develop novel vaccine candidates for cancer and infectious diseases.
With AI-Immunology™ we conduct rapid, efficient and high-quality target discovery, drug design and development. Our team of +40 experts covers the entire value chain from target discovery to clinical development
We have developed a clinical pipeline of both personalized and off-the-shelf cancer vaccine candidates as well as prophylactic vaccine candidates for infectious diseases. All our candidates address high unmet medical needs, reflecting our commitment to transforming patients’ lives by providing innovative and targeted treatment options.
For more information about Evaxion, AI-Immunology™ and our pipeline, please visit our website.
Contact
If you would like to know more about the position, please contact Pär Comstedt, Vice President Infectious Disease Vaccine Development, at +45 31262616.
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so do not hesitate to apply. The position will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found.
We respectfully request that recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this position.
