Postdoctoral Research Fellow- Artificial intelligence Vaccine Adjuvants

Job Description

Be a part of the legacy: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program

Our Research Laboratories' Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program aims to be a best-in-industry program for industrial postdoctoral researchers, designed to provide you with an academic focus in a commercial environment. With the resources, reach, and expertise of a large pharmaceutical company, postdoctoral researchers will be positioned to excel in an institution committed to breakthrough innovation in research and discovery.

Responsibilities:

• Apply data analytic solutions to aid vaccine adjuvant selection and design.
• Interacts with people with diverse background and expertise, including vaccines and pharmacology scientists and IT specialists, and other teams in our Research & Development Division.

Primary activities:

• Gather and analyze OMICs data from in-House and public adjuvant comparison experiments.
• Participate in design and execution of OMICs experiments to enhance datasets in a multidisciplinary team of vaccine experts, bioinformaticians, and pharmacologists.
• Develop AI methods for vaccine adjuvant selection.
• Develops software programs, algorithms, and automated processes.
• Applies and implements various data analytic techniques and methods.
• Orally presents and prepares written reports to effectively communicate analysis results to audience with diverse background and expertise.
• Is involved in research activities for innovative vaccine adjuvant methods.

Education Minimum Requirement:

Candidates must currently hold a PhD OR receive a PhD within one year preferably in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Virology, Data Science, Virology or related discipline.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Solid knowledge of transcriptome analysis and vaccine adjuvants.
• Demonstrated strong programming skills, especially in perl, and/or Python, and/or R.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to function well both independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated interest in data analytic methodology research and in application of novel methods to real-world problems.
• Ability to collaborate with scientists and work on multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of various Machine Learning methods, including deep learning

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Knowledge of generating, processing, and analyzing large and complex data generated by modern life science technologies.

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:
Yes

Travel Requirements:
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
On-Site

Shift:
1st - Day

Valid Driving License:
Yes

Hazardous Material(s):
na

Requisition ID:R250515