英国牛津大学纳菲尔德医学系免疫学博士后招聘

Postdoctoral Immunologist – Pre-clinical Malaria Vaccine Development
Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM), Jenner Institute, Roosevelt Drive, Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington, Oxford
Grade 7: £30,434 – £37,394 p.a.
A Postdoctoral Immunologist with a PhD relevant to immunology is required to join Dr Simon Draper’s group. The group is focussed upon the design and development of vaccines that induce high-level protective antibody-mediated immune responses. Over the past 6 years, the group has taken 8 novel vaccines from pre-clinical development into first-in-man Phase I and/or Phase II clinical trials, and has a number of further products currently in development.

You will support to an on-going programme of work aiming to develop novel and improved vaccines against the blood-stage malaria parasite. Our recent work has focussed on critical antigens within the parasite, and we now seek to extend this work to other targets and/or development of improved immunogens that elicit the most potent functional antibody responses. Our hope is that you will also be able to contribute more widely to other programmes of ongoing work within the group that fosters a strong team ethos.

You need to be self-motivated, technically competent and capable of working independently in a laboratory. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and you will be able to work effectively with others. Good documentation and computer skills are essential and you should demonstrate ability to research complex issues and interpret, analyse, and present scientific data and write reports. Previous experience of molecular biology and sterile cell culture techniques including cloning and PCR are required. You should have good organisation skills to be able to manage multiple projects effectively.

Ideally you have previous experience of supervising and training others. Experience in: malaria parasitology, rodent immunology and monoclonal antibody generation would be desirable skills.

If you are interested in this role, and have the skills and experience we are looking for, please apply via the University website.

Only applications received before 12.00 noon on 8 September 2014 will be considered.
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