Location: Newtown, Kolkata
Company: Innovodigm Pvt. Ltd.
Position Type: Full-time
Innovodigm is seeking a skilled scientist with hands-on experience in virology, live attenuated viral vaccines, cell culture and vaccine formulation.
Key responsibilities:
- Handle measles, rubella or similar viral vaccine strains in an appropriate biosafety laboratory.
- Conduct mammalian cell culture, virus propagation, infectivity testing and potency evaluation.
- Perform assays such as CCID₅₀/TCID₅₀, plaque assays, cytopathic effect (CPE) assessment and immunoassays.
- Support vaccine formulation and stability studies.
- Analyse experimental results and troubleshoot viral potency and cell-culture assays.
- Prepare protocols, experimental records, stability reports and regulatory documentation.
- Follow applicable biosafety, aseptic-processing, GLP and GMP requirements.
Qualifications and experience:
- M.Sc., M.Tech., M.Pharm., Ph.D. or an equivalent qualification in Virology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Immunology, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related field, or B.Tech in biotech with 3-5 years experience in relevant field.
- Approximately 2–5 years of relevant laboratory or industry experience.
- Demonstrated experience in handling viruses, preferably measles, rubella, mumps or other live attenuated vaccine viruses.
- Experience with Vero cells or other vaccine-production cell lines is strongly preferred.
- Understanding of vaccine formulation, stabilization, lyophilization or other controlled drying technologies will be an advantage.
- Familiarity with BSL-2 practices, aseptic techniques, GLP/GMP documentation and vaccine quality-control requirements.
Ideal candidate:
The ideal candidate will combine strong virology and cell-culture expertise with a keen interest in vaccine formulation. The candidate should be methodical, safety-conscious and capable of independently planning experiments, analyzing results, troubleshooting viral potency assays and working effectively within a multidisciplinary product-development team.
To apply:
Interested candidates may send their CV and a brief description of their relevant experience to [[Confidential Information]], with the subject line:
Application – Scientist, Virology
