Scientist Target Identification and Selection

Immatics

Tübingen, Germany

YOUR MISSION

The job profile is focused on the target identification & selection for precision medicine, which will involve but is not limited to these tasks:

You will be responsible for the identification and selection of novel tumor-specific HLA ligands to fuel Immatics’ internal and partnered target pipelines.
You will utilize Immatics’ powerful XPRESIDENT® target discovery platform to analyze a broad range of patient-individual as well as population-based Omics datasets (peptidomics, transcriptomics, genomics) and you will further research and include available relevant data into your selection process.
You will join an interdisciplinary team of bioinformaticians, scientists and technology experts to develop new selection strategies. You will evaluate and support the integration of new technologies that will further optimize our target selection process.
You will identify the best immunotherapy targets for each tumor indication and patient.

YOUR PROFILE

You hold a PhD degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Medicine, Pharmacy or have been comparably educated, ideally with a track record in cancer biology and/ or immunotherapy. You show a high motivation to translate your scientific findings into clinical development and application and enjoy working with datasets from different scientific disciplines. Ideally, you have previous experience in mass spectrometry and its related Omics fields. Knowledge in next generation sequencing, large-scale data analysis and/ or relational databases is also of advantage. You take careful processing and documentation of your results for granted. Your scientific excellence, analytical competence and communication skills in English enable you to successfully contribute to projects as part of an interdisciplinary team and to present your work internally or to external partners from the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.

You embrace rapidly changing requirements with an open mind and show a high degree of flexibility in an environment which is marked by a constant striving for excellence. Your motivation is driven by your passion for innovation and science. You approach tasks in a structured, reliable and foresighted manner, combined with an elevated level of individual responsibility and strong social skills.

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