Postdoc: Antibody Engineering & Translational Vaccinology

The Geneva Foundation; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

PSLF eligibility

11 paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

The Geneva Foundation is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow/Consultant to support investigators and research staff in developing next-generation prophylactics. The role covers design, expression, purification, and characterization of antibodies, scFvs, and BS-scFvs for vaccine candidates, bridging computational design with wet-lab work.

You will help with project execution, data management, regulatory support, and reporting, collaborating with investigators and sponsors to meet aims and ensure

Qualifications

• PhD in Biochemistry/Biophysics/Molecular Biology/Bioengineering or closely related field.
• Wet-lab experience in recombinant protein expression and purification.
• Direct experience with computational protein engineering suites and tools.

Responsibilities

• Computational antibody and protein design using ML/AI platforms.
• Recombinant protein expression and purification in multiple systems.
• Biophysical characterization and benchmarking of candidates (ELISA, BLI/SPR).
• Project management support, data management, reporting and collaboration.

Skills

Excellent communication

Independent work

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Medical research project management

Education

PhD in Biochemistry/Biophysics/Molecular Biology/Bioengineering

Tools

AlphaFold3

RFdiffusion

Rosetta

PROSS

PRoscan

PyMOL

ThermoMPNN

Job description

The Geneva Foundation is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow/Consultant to support investigators and research staff in developing next-generation prophylactics. The role covers design, expression, purification, and characterization of antibodies, scFvs, and BS-scFvs for vaccine candidates, bridging computational design with wet-lab work.

You will help with project execution, data management, regulatory support, and reporting, collaborating with investigators and sponsors to meet aims and ensure