Postdoc: Airway-Targeted TB Vaccine Development

SSI; København; On-site; DKK 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

SSI in Denmark invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Airway-Targeted Tuberculosis Vaccine Development. The role combines experimental immunology with translational vaccine development to advance vaccine concepts toward preclinical and clinical evaluation.

The position offers leadership of a major workstream within NIVI, coordinating antigen design, delivery platforms, and immune readouts across collaborations, with a focus on local airway immunity and biomarker-guided development.

Qualifications

• PhD in immunology, vaccinology, infectious disease biology, or a related discipline.
• Hands-on research experience and ability to design experiments, interpret data, and think critically about mechanisms.

Responsibilities

• Shaping and driving a preclinical workstream comparing mucosal and systemic vaccine delivery strategies, platforms, and immunization regimens.
• Designing, performing, and coordinating vaccination studies and relevant translational animal models
• Characterizing immune responses in the lung, airways, blood, and lymphoid tissues using flow cytometry, antibody assays, and complementary immunological methods
• Developing mechanistic questions and biomarkers that help explain why vaccine approaches succeed or fail
• Integrating findings across experiments and NIVI work packages to identify decision-critical next steps and support candidate down-selection
• Working closely with the lead of the antibody-focused project and multidisciplinary collaborators to align antigen design, immune readouts, and in‑vivo performance
• Communicating results clearly and contributing to manuscripts, grant applications, internal reports, figures, and strategic project summaries

Skills

Immunology

Vaccine research

Experimental design

Scientific communication

Education

PhD in immunology or related field

Tools

Flow cytometry

Antibody assays

Animal models

Biomarker development

Job description

SSI in Denmark invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Airway-Targeted Tuberculosis Vaccine Development. The role combines experimental immunology with translational vaccine development to advance vaccine concepts toward preclinical and clinical evaluation.

The position offers leadership of a major workstream within NIVI, coordinating antigen design, delivery platforms, and immune readouts across collaborations, with a focus on local airway immunity and biomarker-guided development.