Associate Scientist, In Vivo Immunology

Associate Scientist, In Vivo Immunology

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At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. R&D is committed to discovering and delivering transformational vaccines and medicines to prevent and change the course of disease.

We believe the Greater Boston area is an important hub for the biotech and pharma industry, which is why we’ve invested in growing our footprint and expanding our R&D space in Cambridge, with a primary focus on additional state-of-the-art lab space. Here, we will bring together talent and expertise, building upon GSK’s long history of vaccine development, to create globally leading viral capabilities and cutting-edge vaccines technologies, as we add to our robust portfolio targeting infectious diseases at every stage of life.

The Associate Scientist in the in vivo immunology team will support the project team in spearheading GSK’s innovation of novel viral vaccines and platform programs. You will have the opportunity to work on the in vivo efforts on multiple viral vaccine programs and platforms within GSK and with external partners in a collaborative and matrix team. You will assist in writing in vivo study protocols, coordinate and initiate preclinical studies, conduct and analyze experimental results pertaining to the understanding of cellular mediated immune response and humoral immune response from novel vaccine candidates, formulations, and platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

This role will provide you with the opportunity to lead key activities and to progress your career based on performance. The responsibilities include the following:

• Conduct dosing and tissue harvest from animal studies
• Understand and execute in vivo study protocols, ensuring adherence to GSK and regulatory requirements for compliance with IACUC guidelines
• Perform experiments characterizing cell-mediated immune response for preclinical immunogenicity or challenge studies using flow cytometry, ELISPOT assays and others.
• Analyze experimental data and document them in detail using an electronic notebook
• Write detailed protocols, procedures and work instructions to support immunology assays.
• Contribute to the writing of technical sections of internal and external reports and contribute to scientific papers and patents
• Help develop new experimental techniques based on project needs
• Report results in team meetings, cross-function and cross-department meetings
• Help with Lab management tasks including the ordering of materials, participation in operational meetings, routine equipment maintenance

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree in Immunology, Virology, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or related scientific field with 2+ years of lab experience.
• One or more years of experience in conducting in vivo animal studies.
• One or more years of experience working with aseptic techniques
• One or more years of experience with laboratory notebook keeping

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following competencies, it would be a plus:

• MS degree
• Knowledge of vaccines, infectious diseases, or immunology
• One or more years of experience in small rodent handling and drug administration, in-study blood sampling, necropsy, tissue harvest, and processing.
• One or more years of experience in designing, executing, and analyzing cell-mediated immune response readouts using conventional or spectral flow cytometry.
• A collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills to work with diverse groups within the organization.
• Experience with multiple immune-response related readout methods such as ELISA, ELISPOT, Luminex, and qPCR methodologies.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Suite
• Strong proficiency in English with clear, professional written and verbal communication; able to produce polished reports, emails and presentations.
• Extremely organized with experience in documentation of study protocols and reports.

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• If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $76,643 to $127,738. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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