Summer Intern, Polysaccharide

Vaxcyte • San Carlos, CA

12h • $23 • Onsite

About The Position

Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.
WHAT we do is every bit as important as HOW we do it! Our work together is guided by four enduring core values:
RETHINK CONVENTION: We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered.
AIM HIGH: We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind.
LEAD WITH HEART: Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.
MODEL EXCELLENCE: The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making.
Summary:
Vaxcyte’s Summer Internship program offers students with an opportunity to gain valuable work experience that complements their college curriculum with relevant hands-on work that can shape their future career pathing and interests.
As a Polysaccharide Intern for Vaxcyte, you will work on a project as outlined below:
Receive training in microbiological techniques and analytical assays to support fermentation studies for multiple S. pneumoniae serotypes.
Learn to operate the AMBR system to monitor and collect real-time fermentation data.
Analyze and correlate optical density (OD) measurements across multiple systems to support implementation of an online biomass monitoring approach.
Apply proper microbiological handling, data collection, and documentation practices to generate high-quality analytical results.
Evaluate and validate the online biomass monitoring system across multiple serotypes to assess consistency and performance.
The Intern will learn and practice:
Sterile Microbiological Techniques.
Streptococcus pneumonia upstream processes.
Polysaccharide Analytical Assays.
Data Documentation and Reporting.
Independent Research and Problem Solving.
Collaboration and Professional Development.
Program Details:
The Internship will begin in June and will be around 10 weeks (8 hours per day) in duration at our San Carlos, California location.

Requirements

• Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree (enrolled student with at least 1 year at university completed) or Master’s Degree with a focus on Biotechnology, Biochemistry, or Microbiology.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Strong attention to detail and work quality.
• Demonstrates collaboration and teamwork.
• Enthusiastic-Shows curiosity and is eager to learn.
• Dedicated.

Responsibilities

• Receive training in microbiological techniques and analytical assays to support fermentation studies for multiple S. pneumoniae serotypes.
• Learn to operate the AMBR system to monitor and collect real-time fermentation data.
• Analyze and correlate optical density (OD) measurements across multiple systems to support implementation of an online biomass monitoring approach.
• Apply proper microbiological handling, data collection, and documentation practices to generate high-quality analytical results.
• Evaluate and validate the online biomass monitoring system across multiple serotypes to assess consistency and performance.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern