Summer Intern, Research at Vaxcyte in San Carlos, CA

Summary: Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from bacterial diseases. As a Research Intern, you will focus on protein expression and purification, contribute to technical efforts, and generate and analyze data to optimize purification workflows. Responsibilities: - Focus on protein expression and purification to support development of alternate protein carriers - Contribute to technical and analytical efforts to finalize processes - Screen protein constructs and purification strategies using small-scale expression and purification experiments - Generate and analyze data to identify promising constructs and optimize purification workflows Required Qualifications: - Must be pursuing a Master's Degree with a focus on Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, or related field - Proficiency in Microsoft Office - Strong attention to detail and work quality - Demonstrates collaboration and teamwork - Enthusiastic-Shows curiosity and is eager to learn Required Skills: Protein expression, Protein purification, AKTA FPLC chromatography Important Skills: Microsoft Office Nice-to-Have Skills: Enthusiasm, Attention to detail, Collaboration