Virus Screening/Production Scientist

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Institute in a new position of Virus Screening/Production Scientist. Your role will be to help establish and develop the service, providing expert advice and knowledge to facilitate experiments and to generate high-quality virus reagents.

Forming part of the Genome Engineering and Transgenics Facility you will undertake virus and viral screening/production related projects, providing an outstanding service to the Institute, as well as the wider University of Oxford research community. You will be responsible for generating high-quality virus reagents, virus-based functional screening services, as well as experimental design advice and data analysis, including vector design and generation and production of retrovirus, lentivirus and adeno-associated virus and viral libraries to research specifications.

You will hold a minimum of a BSc degree in a relevant scientific discipline with sufficient practical working experience within a laboratory. Expertise and experience in the production, purification and titration of common recombinant viral vectors and core molecular biology and cell culture techniques (shRNA and CRISPR/Cas9 biology) are essential. You will have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships across a wide range of scientific personnel.

This position is available fixed-term until 31 March 2027.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience.

The closing date for this position is noon on 22 July 2024. Interviews are planned to be held between 6 and 8 August 2024.

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