Postdoctoral Scientist – Vaccine Preclinical Development

MSD Malaysia; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in West Point, PA seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join Vaccine Preclinical Development. The role focuses on immune cell characterization, single-cell transcriptomics, and biomarker discovery within a collaborative research environment.

PhD in Immunology/Virology or related field is required, with up to 3 years postdoc experience. Competitive salary and annual bonus with long-term incentives available.

Qualifications

• PhD in Immunology, Virology, Systems Biology, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology or related field.
• No more than 3 years of postdoctoral experience.
• Experience with single-cell transcriptomics and advanced computational analysis is required.

Responsibilities

• Develops experimental strategies to enrich and characterize immune cells.
• Performs single-cell and high-dimensional immunology assays and analyzes data.
• Contributes to biomarker discovery and manuscript preparation.
• Collaborates across immunology, virology and translational teams.

Skills

Biomarker Discovery

Cellular Immunology

Computational Biology

Functional Genomics

Immunology

Machine Learning

Molecular Biology

Single Cell Analysis

Transcriptomics

Virology

Education

PhD in Immunology, Virology, Systems Biology, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology

Tools

Flow Cytometry

CITE-seq

Spatial Transcriptomics

Flex Apex

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. in West Point, PA seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join Vaccine Preclinical Development. The role focuses on immune cell characterization, single-cell transcriptomics, and biomarker discovery within a collaborative research environment.

PhD in Immunology/Virology or related field is required, with up to 3 years postdoc experience. Competitive salary and annual bonus with long-term incentives available.