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Overview of position
The Associate Preclinical Scientist role is focused on supporting all preclinical aspects of the department, including animal work and basic lab-based assay work within the Early Stage and RNA Programs team.
Essential duties & responsibilities
- Support all in vivo and ex vivo studies.
- Animal ordering, tracking animal usage and reporting to relevant animal ethics committee.
- Performing animal procedures including anaesthesia, immunisations, housing and enrichment, monitoring, sample collection etc.
- Maintain inventories, supplier and materials database.
- Preparation of biological buffers and reagents.
- Ordering and organisation/maintenance of laboratory consumables and equipment.
- Perform routine lab assays (protein analyses, serological analyses etc).
- Support data processing, analysis, documentation of test results. Prepare reports and presentations summarising work completed.
Required capabilities
- Qualifications and/or certifications: Undergraduate Degree in Science. Veterinary Technology, or related discipline.
- Experience in working with animals/laboratory animals.
- Experience with ethics documentation and submission.
- Willingness to work to GLP/GMP standards.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Clear communication within the team, colleagues and between department.
About Vaxxas
Vaxxas is a privately held, clinical stage biotechnology company focused on enhancing the performance of existing and next-generation vaccines with its proprietary high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP). Vaxxas is targeting initial applications in infectious disease and oncology.
The company’s innovative, needle-free technology can eliminate or significantly reduce the need for vaccine refrigeration during storage and transportation, easing the resource and logistics burden of maintaining the vaccine cold chain.
In addition to a Phase I clinical study of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Vaxxas is performing demonstration work in preparation for clinical evaluation under contract with the United States Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) on pandemic vaccination solutions, among multiple other clinical and pre-clinical programs.
The company has forged collaborations with leading global organisations in vaccine commercialisation, including Merck/MSD, CEPI, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Learn more at www.vaxxas.com
If you are ready to harness your expertise as an Associate Preclinical Scientist to make a difference, we want to hear from you!
To be considered, please submit your Resume, together with a cover letter (outlining your core capabilities for the role, demonstrated experience of how you have delivered outcomes and why this role is of interest) by selecting the 'apply for this job' function.
