Staff Scientist - Vaccine Research

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.

A Staff Scientist

position is available in the Vaccine Research Laboratory of Dr. Don J Diamond in the Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation of the City of Hope.  Dr Diamond’s research team is seeking a highly motivated candidate with experience in infectious disease and oncology. 

The position is available as part of multiple research projects to develop COVID-19 and CMV vaccines based on a highly efficient and fully synthetic viral-vectored vaccine platform for pathogen preparedness and disease prevention.  You will join a highly productive research team to oversee a team of technicians involved in immune monitoring in clinical vaccine and observational studies.  For more information on Dr. Diamond’s research please visit here .

As a successful candidate, you will:

·         Have a strong background in cellular immunology, with documented experience in performing immunoassays with human blood specimens.

·         Have experience in immune monitoring, multiparameter flow cytometry, data analysis software, and measuring antigen-specific cellular immunity is preferred.

Qualifications:

·         PhD degree in virology, viral immunology or related fields with publications and preferably 2-3 years of experience in relevant laboratory work.

·         Interest and knowledge in SARS-CoV-2 and CMV vaccine research.

·         Experience in ELISpot, neutralization, flow cytometry, ELISA, PBMC isolation, or related laboratory techniques.

·         Willingness to work with COVID-19 pseudovirus, clinical-isolates of cytomegalovirus, and attenuated poxviruses under biosafety level 1 and 2 conditions.

·         Ability to independently document scientific progress and write research articles

·         Ability to perform data analysis

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