Postdoctoral Fellow

Scorpion Therapeutics; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics, in collaboration with the PDMB organization, seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to lead an innovative project in viral neutralization assay development, focusing on dengue virus and factors driving assay variability across platforms.

You will establish and compare live, reporter, and pseudovirus assays; apply experimental design and advanced data analysis; and contribute to cross-platform datasets, publications, and presentations.

Qualifications

• PhD in Virology, Immunology, Microbiology, or related field.
• Ability to independently design and troubleshoot experiments.
• Experience with mammalian cell culture, viral assays, and statistical analysis.
• Strong scientific documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish and characterize matched live virus, reporter virus, and pseudovirus neutralization assays.
• Apply Design of Experiments and advanced data analysis.
• Investigate biological and analytical drivers of platform differences.
• Generate and interpret cross-platform datasets.
• Contribute to scientific publications and presentations.

Skills

Independent experimental design

Mammalian cell culture

Viral assays

Statistical analysis

Scientific communication

Education

PhD in Virology, Immunology, Microbiology, or related field

Tools

R

Python

Job description

Role

Postdoctoral Research Fellow leading an innovative project in viral neutralization assay development within the PDMB organization, focusing on dengue virus to understand factors influencing assay variability across platforms.

Responsibilities

• establish and characterize matched live virus, reporter virus, and pseudovirus neutralization assays;


• apply Design of Experiments and advanced data analysis;


• investigate biological and analytical drivers of platform differences;


• generate and interpret cross-platform datasets;


• contribute to scientific publications and presentations.

Requirements

• PhD in Virology, Immunology, Microbiology, or related field;


• demonstrated ability to independently design and troubleshoot experiments;


• experience with mammalian cell culture, viral assays, and statistical analysis;


• strong scientific documentation and communication skills.

Preferred

• experience with infectious virus and surrogate virus platforms, assay optimization, and proficiency in data analysis tools like R or Python.

High-Value

• viral immunology, assay development, virology, data analysis, scientific publishing, collaborative research environment, and potential for developing independent scientific voice.

Work setup

not explicitly specified, but structured mentorship and publication focus suggest an academic research environment with collaboration across disciplines.