Looking to revolutionize vaccine development through computational biology? Check out this cutting-edge role at PopVax, a pioneering mRNA platform company!
🏢 Company: PopVax
📍 Location: Hyderabad, India
💼 Position: Junior Scientist/Scientist – Protein & RNA Design
⚕️ Department: Research & Development (Computational)
⏰ Type: Full-time
About PopVax: 🌟
- Indian biotech company developing next-gen mRNA vaccines
- Backed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (India) & Balvi
- COVID-19 vaccine candidate entering US clinical trials
- Focus on broadly-protective vaccines via computational design
Key Responsibilities: 🔍
- Conduct comprehensive literature reviews
- Prototype new project ideas
- Analyze clinical and non-clinical data
- Design antigens for a broad immune response
- Optimize mRNA sequences
- Document research findings
- Support vaccine design initiatives
Required Qualifications: 📚
- 🎓 For Junior Scientist:
- Masters in Bioinformatics or related field
- Experience in structural bioinformatics
- 🎓 For Scientist:
- PhD OR
- 4+ years of industrial experience
Technical Skills Required: 💻
- Protein structure modeling & visualization
- Protein-protein docking
- Molecular dynamics simulation
- NGS data analysis
- LINUX environment proficiency
- Python or R programming
- BLAST, Multiple sequence alignment
- Machine learning tools
Knowledge Areas: 🧠
- Central dogma
- Translation regulation
- Basic Immunology
- Biological databases
- Bioinformatics tools
Ideal Candidate Traits: ⭐
- Detail-oriented researcher
- Team player
- Independent worker
- “Yes I can” attitude
- Passion for vaccine development
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