Job Description:

The Project Research Assistant is responsible for performing activities related to research projects in the Translational Immunology Department of the Science Unit, while supporting lab management.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Execute laboratory research activities

• Prepare and manage reagents and media
• Perform laboratory and animal-related research activities
• Evaluate and validate laboratory-based assays.
• Maintain laboratory procedure manuals/SOPs
• Collect and analyze data, record lab results in research notebooks, and present data in the form of figures and graphs
• Plan and report lab activities through regular meetings with Principal Investigators

2. Research projects aligned with IVI mission

• To assist with research projects, experiments, drafting proposals and reports with the scientific directions and comments defined by immediate supervisors

3. Support lab management

• Monitor and manage laboratory supplies and equipment
• Assist in training of laboratory personnel
• Participate in and successfully complete all Institute-required trainings

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

1. Education Requirements

• Must have completed at least an MSc degree

2. Related Field Work Experience

• 0+ years

3. Technical and Professional Skills / Knowledge

• A background in biology -including vaccine design, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, virology, etc.
• Experience of BSL3 experiments is preferred.

4. Language Proficiency

• Fluency in English