Job Description
<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!</strong></h3>
<div>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. </div>
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<div><strong>WHAT</strong> we do is every bit as important as <strong>HOW</strong> we do it! Our work together is guided by four enduring core values:</div>
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<div>*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.</div>
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<div>*AIM HIGH: We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind.</div>
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<div>*LEAD WITH HEART: Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.</div>
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<div>*MODEL EXCELLENCE: The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making.</div></div><h3><strong>Summary:</strong></h3>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">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. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">As a Conjugation Intern for Vaxcyte, you will work on a project as outlined below:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="39" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Develop a new method for quantifying polysaccharide molecular weight using chromatography techniques.</span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="39" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Further develop existing methods to leverage them for reading samples with higher levels of process impurities.</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="39" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Design and execute experiments in support of the broader conjugation team goals.<span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">The Intern will learn and practice: </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="40" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">How the conjugation process fits into the broader vaccine development proces ... (truncated, view full listing at source)