What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Scientist - Cancer Vaccines position at BioSpace?
ICR's Cancer Prevention science is centered on developing prophylactic cancer vaccines. We are hiring a Principal Scientist with a deep background in peptide-based vaccine development, cancer immunology and immuno-oncology.
With Us, You'll Get To
Starting base pay range: $165,000/yr - $205,000/yr
Starting additional compensation range: $7,500/yr - $20,000/yr
With Us, You'll Get To
- Lead our Cancer Prevention Group in researching and developing novel preventive cancer vaccines
- A PhD, MD or both and at least 10 years of vaccine development experience, preferably cancer vaccines
- In-depth knowledge of and experience researching personalized cancer vaccines, including peptide-based vaccines and neoantigen-based cancer vaccines
- Extensive experience with vaccine epitope identification, selection/prioritization (of neoantigens), vaccine adjuvants and immune response monitoring
- Experience with molecular T cell receptor repertoire analysis and tracking, T cell proliferation assays, cytokine release assays and ELISPOT
- Experience deriving antigen-specific T cell clones and lines
- Expertise in cancer stem cell antigens, tumor-associated antigens, neoantigens, immuno-editing and immuno-monitoring
- Extensive knowledge of and experience with vaccine delivery systems, including peptide-, cell- and viral-based systems
- The ability to work well with CROs and manage external projects
- The ability to work in the United States without sponsorship
- To have an easygoing, hard-working personality
Starting base pay range: $165,000/yr - $205,000/yr
Starting additional compensation range: $7,500/yr - $20,000/yr
Salary : $7,500 - $205,000