AilseVax Ltd in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast have an exciting employment opportunity for a graduate to work on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership.
In collaboration with the School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences (MDBS) at Queen’s University Belfast, the candidate will work to develop and embed a new platform for the rapid identification and validation of cancer vaccine antigen candidates to generate next generation cancer vaccines with broader and enhanced efficacy.
The KTP Programme has been helping businesses throughout the UK for over 40 years by recruiting suitably qualified graduates to deliver strategic innovation projects in industry. A KTP role is the perfect launchpad, helping accelerate your career by giving you the opportunity to apply your academic knowledge and skills to a real-life challenge that delivers tactical change within a company. One of the unique benefits to KTP is that you will have access to a substantial training and development budget and have the support and guidance of Queen’s world class academics and researchers.
A spin-out company from QUB in the life and health sciences sector, AilseVax is developing cancer vaccines to enhance outcomes for patients with cancers that currently have limited therapy options.
The team comprises scientists and advisors with extensive experience in cancer biology, neo-antigen discovery, vaccine adjuvants, IND-enabling studies, and early-phase clinical trials, functional genomics, drug delivery, and vaccine adjuvants.
AilseVax’s approach focuses on developing advanced antigen formulations that combine adjuvant (used to create a stronger immune response) and delivery innovations.
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:
Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria, please click on the Candidate Information link below.
Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/
Informal enquiries may be directed to ktp@qub.ac.uk
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