Jobs

To support the QSAR and Chemoinformatics community, we post relevant jobs on this web page. If you would like to advertise please contact us by email (ukqsar@ukqsar.org).

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Junior Computational Chemist: Redx Pharma Ltd

(added Oct 4th  2012)

We are seeking a Computational Chemist join our team, supporting a broad portfolio of drug discovery and development projects. The job will require the candidate to provide computational drug discovery support services to a team of medicinal and development chemists, and will be responsible for hands-on project support working within the computational chemistry team (initially with one senior computational chemist). The role requires core familiarity with:

more details here

The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years’ experience within an academic, pharma or biotech environment with knowledge of and experience in using many of the techniques above, and will have working knowledge of the principal computational chemistry tools (academic, commercial and freeware) which can be applied to these and other problems in drug discovery and development. The candidate will also have experience in working one-to-one with medicinal or synthetic chemists, and have excellent communication and presentation skills.

Please apply by emailing your CV and covering letter to hr@redxpharma.com quoting reference JID – CCJ

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Computer-Aided Drug Discovery (CADD) Scientist – Novartis, Basel

(added Oct 1st  2012)

We are looking for an outstanding CADD scientist with experience in the application of cheminformatics, modelling and computational chemistry techniques to target assessment, hit finding and lead optimization; the key objective of the role is to impact discovery projects and to strengthen collaborations with biologists and chemists working to discover new medicines.

Responsibilities include:

• Taking accountability to answer key scientific issues in discovery projects
• Communicating results to cross-functional and global teams
• Doing innovative science to impact discovery efforts
• Identifying, championing and leading academic collaborations

Requirements:

The successful candidate should be an established CADD Scientist with proven track record of contributions to discovery projects, exemplified by publications and patents; candidates who have contributed significantly to the successful delivery of a clinical candidate will be preferred.

The ideal candidate will be competent in written and oral communication skills, well organised with good time management. Further, he / she will be professional, cooperative, self motivated and able to take the initiative. We look for a strong team player with good interpersonal skills who has an understanding of team dynamics and of how to make high impact in a drug discovery environment

To apply, please upload your CV, covering letter, which should include a reference to this advertisement (CADD Investigator at Basel, 104185BR), and any other documentation you would like us to consider through the link in this website: http://nibr.com/careers/.

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Vacancy for a Database Curator (Chemoinformatics) – University of Edinburgh

(added Aug 28  2012)

You would join  the team developing the IUPHAR Database (http://www.iuphar-db.org) and the Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (http://guidetopharmacology.org).

The post requires a postgraduate qualification in chemoinformatics or equivalent experience; you would play the lead role in the curation of the chemistry content of the databases. Further details are available on the University of Edinburgh website

(http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk) under vacancy reference 3016163.

Tony Harmar FRSE                                    tony.harmar@ed.ac.uk

Professor of Pharmacology

University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science Queen’s Medical Research Institute University of Edinburgh

47 Little France Crescent

Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, Scotland

Tel +44 131 242 6693 FAX +44 131 242 6782 http://www.guidetopharmacology.org

http://www.iuphar-db.org

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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.