Nettside ABFredriksen Vaccibody
Vaccibody is a leading cancer neoantigen company, which bases it vaccine development on a proprietary patent protected vaccine technology allowing for generation of very efficacious, targeted and safe plasmid DNA vaccines. Vaccibody is looking to enter cancer neoantigen clinical trials within its VB10.NEO program (which implies one cancer vaccine custom-made per patient). The company moreover has recently finalized a clinical phase I trial with VB10.16 (a therapeutic HPV vaccine) and plans to start clinical phase IIa in Q2, 2017
Head of Bioinformatics
Vaccibody is now looking for a Head of Bioinformatics. The leader will report to the CSO and will be responsible for all bioinformatical analysis for both VB10.NEO and future vaccines building up Vaccibody’s internal expertise within bioinformatics and managing external partners. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual with experience from and interest in working in a small, entrepreneurial environment.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Assume overall responsibility for Vaccibody’s bioinfomatical analysis with initial focus in neoepitope prediction and vaccine design.
- Lead and guide the bioinformatical strategy for the VB10.NEO program as well as future programs within Vaccibody
- Assume responsibility for selecting external collaborators for the VB10.NEO neoepitope prediction
- Manage Vaccibody’s collaborators and potentially build an internal bioinformatical team
Skills and background
- PhD or MSc in computer science with expertise in bioinformatics or computational biology.
- Preferably, experience within immunology (Immune profiling/immuno sequencing), vaccines and/or oncology.
- Experience with relevant scripting tools (f.ex. Python, Perl, R, Javascript).
- Experience in generating and maintaining secure databases of biological/patient sensitive data.
- Front end developer with experience in designing intuitive applications for clinical purpose.
- Design, implement and assess software and algorithms for clinical purposes.
- Preferably previous experience in managing external collaborators and internal teams.
- Preferably experience from working in a small, dedicated entrepreneurial environment.
For more information and about the application process please contact external recruiter:
André Borka, Borka Consulting at +47 90831871. Please send your application (motivational letter and CV) in PDF format to andre@borka.no.
Interviews are held consecutively, so show your interest as soon as possible!
All inquiries are treated confidentially, also towards Vaccibody in the initial phase if desired
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