Virus Production Scientist

Job Description

• Vaccine Immunotherapeutics (VITx) seeks to Client Client vaccines (prophylactic and therapeutic) for the prevention and treatment of significant human using a variety of vaccine technology platforms combined with immunomodulatory agents.
• A virus purification scientist is required to join Vaccine Immunotherapeutics in La Jolla, California, to develop and support vaccine platform production processes at the research scale.
• The candidate will have solid training and knowledge in virus/protein purification.
• The candidate will be able to independently and proactively apply this knowledge in the design and execution of experimental work, to enable progression of vaccine discovery projects.
• Experience in most or all of the following areas are desirable: protein/virus purification using chromatographic techniques, experience with Unicorn based FPLC systems, tangential flow ultrafiltration, dead‑end filtration and ultracentrifugation based purification.
• Additional desirable skills would include virus/protein characterization techniques and experience in handling Cat.
  2 infectious viruses.
• The candidate will be required to work semi‑independently and, as a member of a team, be accountable for the critical appraisal of their results and present them for review at specific project milestones.
• The role is laboratory based, and a major emphasis is placed upon laboratory training to increase the scope of practical abilities, as well as the theory behind such practical work.

• Protein/virus purification using chromatographic techniques
• Experience with Unicorn based FPLC systems
• Tangential flow ultrafiltration
• Dead‑end filtration and ultracentrifugation based purification
• Virus/protein characterization techniques
• Experience in handling Cat.
  2 infectious viruses

• BS or MSc in biological sciences or biochemical/chemical engineering
• At least 1–5 years working in a laboratory in an academic or industrial setting