英国邓迪大学计算化学博士后职位

英国邓迪大学计算化学博士后职位

Reference Number SLSC0858 - Computational Chemist

University Of Dundee

Description

Reference Number SLSC0858

We are recruiting for an exceptional individual to join us as a highly motivated Computational Chemist within our Drug Discovery Unit, to work as part of our multi-disciplinary drug discovery teams contributing to compound design from the hit discovery process to lead optimisation and, together with the other Computational Chemists, to drive the development of computational methods for compounds optimisation

The post is available immediately. Starting salary from £41,526 to £49,553 depending on experience. A relocation allowance is available. This post will report to the Head of Computational Chemistry.

Your priorities will include:

  Develop computational chemistry methodology to enable drug discovery projects.

  Apply computational chemistry methodology to drug discovery projects.

  Contribute ideas to develop computational chemistry

  Manage projects on a day to day

  Direct line management of a number of people within the team, which will include setting their goals and deliverables, carrying out their appraisals, and ensure appropriate training is available and undertaken.

  Provide reports (written and oral) internally and to collaborators and funding agencies.

  Draft publications and encourage and work with other team members to write publications.

  Present work, where appropriate at scientific conferences.

  Contribute to the overall operation of the DDU, encouraging innovation and best practice.

  Build interactions with current collaborators.

  Internally establish good working relations with other disciplines with the DDU: hit discovery, medicinal chemistry, biophysical methods, drug metabolism & pharmacokinetics.

  Attend quarterly review meetings from other teams within the DDU and contribute ideas and suggestions where appropriate

Necessary Skills and experience

  Highly motivated, self-directed individual, professionally qualified with a PhD in computational chemistry, bio/cheminformatics, or a related topic.

  Strong scientific background with an understanding and experience of the Drug Discovery process

  Experience in both structure-based and ligand-based drug discovery

  A sound knowledge of commercial molecular modelling software (e.g. Schrodinger), data visualisation (e.g. Vortex) and pipelining tools (e.g. PipelinePilot, Knime)

  Experience in either Quantum Mechanics or Molecular Dynamics in drug discovery

  Ability to work independently, and in close collaboration with discovery scientists as part of a team

  Good time management, organisational and communication skills.

  Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

Desirable Experience

  Excellent knowledge in at least one programming or scripting language (Python, Perl, Java, R and R-Shiny)

  Experience in the creation of data workflows as well as data analysis and interpretation

  Understanding the use of Machine Learning/ Artificial Intelligence in drug discovery

  Line management of other computational chemists

For further information about this position please contact Professor Ian Gilbert at i.h.gilbert@dundee.ac.uk. To find out more about the Unit please visit https:// www. drugdiscovery.dundee.ac.uk