Post-Doctoral Researcher Virology - VirusBank Platform

at  KU Leuven

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER VIROLOGY - VIRUSBANK PLATFORM

(ref. BAP-2025-98)
Laatst aangepast: 10/02/25
The VirusBank Platform (KU Leuven) is a non-profit research laboratory (funded by the Federal Government, ministry of Public Health) embedded in the Rega Institute (www.antivirals.be) with support from CD3 (www.cd3.be) with the mission to better prepare human society against future viral epidemics/pandemics. As such, the objective of the VirusBank Platform is to build a strategic collection of viruses together with toolboxes of innovative assays and in vivo models which will facilitate the discovery and characterization of antiviral strategies against virus families with high epidemic/pandemic potential. The VirusBank Platform is currently looking for a Post-doctoral Researcher who will contribute to a research program aiming to develop these toolboxes, and to deploy these for the discovery and characterization of antiviral strategies against viral families with high epidemic or pandemic potential. As a member of the VirusBank Platform research team, the candidate will be responsible for the daily coordination and conduct of scientific research with the aim to develop/optimize and to mechanistically characterize toolboxes of infectious assays and in vivo models.
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• Independently design and execute experimental viral infection research as well as in collaboration with other researchers;
• Work in the lab together with technicians on the optimization and validation of cell-based assays for antiviral small molecules and antibody against various viruses, including data analysis and reporting;
• Contribute to project management and provide guidance to (junior) research technicians;
• Conduct accurate monitoring, documenting, and reporting of experimental results and/or research findings;
• Write and review research papers, and develop connections with local and international researchers for collaborative work;
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.