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Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at theBeckman 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 incellular immunology, with documented experience in performing immunoassays with humanblood specimens.
* Have experience inimmune monitoring,multiparameter flow cytometry, data analysis software, and measuring antigen-specific cellularimmunityis preferred.
Qualifications
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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