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Hyderabad - India

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Job Title: Senior Scientist Novel Lipid Design

Job Location: Hyderabad Telangana India

Job Location Type: Hybrid

Job Contract Type: Fulltime

Job Seniority Level: MidSenior level

PopVax is an Indian fullstack biotechnology company developing novel mRNA vaccines and therapeutics using computational protein design. Our first vaccine is a nextgeneration COVID19 booster which will enter a firstinhuman Phase I clinical trial in the U.S. early this year. This vaccine is intended to broaden protection against both current and predicted future SARSCoV2 variants reducing the possibility of a new mutation in the virus suddenly causing another massive wave of infection. We have a preclinical pipeline of 6 additional novel vaccine candidates built on our mRNALNP platform that we will be taking into clinical trials over the next few years. Our work to date has been funded primarily via project agreements totalling 10 million USD with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Vitalik Buterin's public health & biosecurity organisation Balvi.

We work extensively on novel LNP formulations and other mechanisms for nucleic acid delivery including the design and synthesis of novel charged lipids and are hiring aggressively in this area.

We are looking for a senior synthetic chemist with deep expertise in the design and synthesis of novel lipids in particular cationic and ionizable lipids for nucleic acid delivery to join our team. While all things being equal we prefer candidates who are willing to work in person at one of our wet labs in Hyderabad we are willing to consider exceptionallyqualified candidates from anywhere in the world who wish to work remotely.

Viable Candidates Will Have Demonstrated Competence In De Novo Lipid Design For Nucleic Acid Delivery Applications. We Expect The Individual We Hire To Be Able To Independently Generate a Number Of Viable Lipid Designs For Use In MRNALNP Formulations Targeting Various Desirable Properties Including

  • increased mRNA expression in vivo
  • increased thermostability
  • reduced reactogenicity and toxicity
  • targeted delivery to relevant tissues and cell types

The ideal candidate will also have experience working on highthrougput in vitro screening of novel lipids and LNP formulations along with strong experience with and understanding of how changes to lipid design manifest in vivo.

We offer very competitive compensation comprehensive health insurance covering immediate family (including preexisting conditions) note: for Remote candidates health insurance may vary based on country of residence and most importantly a collaborative work environment focused on solving the cuttingedge multidisciplinary challenges of our novel mRNA platform.


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