Research Assistant: Cancer Vaccine Epitope Discovery & mRNA

Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford seeks a Research Assistant (AI Scientist & Computational Cancer Biology) to join the UK Cancer Vaccine AI Scientist & Supercomputing Project funded by ARIA. The role covers cancer vaccine epitope discovery and development of personalised mRNA vaccine manufacturing, collaborating with immunologists, computational scientists and AI researchers.

You will provide computational and experimental support across cancer vaccine epitope

Qualifications

• Experience applying AI methods to biological data and vaccine targets.
• Proficiency in handling genomics data and statistical analyses.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams in a research environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide computational and experimental research support for cancer vaccine epitope discovery.
• Assist in development and manufacturing planning of personalised mRNA vaccine candidates.
• Validate AI-predicted vaccine targets using immunological assays.
• Collaborate with immunologists, computational scientists and AI researchers.
• Manage own research tasks, data analyses and project outputs.

Skills

AI methods

Computational biology

Genomics data analysis

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

R

Linux

Jupyter

Job description

The Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford seeks a Research Assistant (AI Scientist & Computational Cancer Biology) to join the UK Cancer Vaccine AI Scientist & Supercomputing Project funded by ARIA. The role covers cancer vaccine epitope discovery and development of personalised mRNA vaccine manufacturing, collaborating with immunologists, computational scientists and AI researchers.

You will provide computational and experimental support across cancer vaccine epitope