Ph.D. Student in Computer-aided Drug Design

Laboratory of Dr Jian Hui Wu at the Lady Davis Institute, McGill
University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Canada, has an open position
for Ph.D. student in computer-aided drug design. 
(http://www.ladydavis.ca/ and http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/oncology/). 
The admission time is Jan, 2012. This Ph.D. student will join Dr Wu's
team to work on projects aiming to discover novel anticancer agents by
integrating Structure-based Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry  and
Molecular Biology. This student will spend most of the time on
theoretical study, including structure-based drug design and
development of methods for in silico target fishing. 

The student will have opportunity to learn 'wet' experimental
techniques in Molecular Biology or Medicinal Chemistry. For University
admission requirement, please check the following link:
http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/expmed/grad_applic_requirements.htm

The ideal candidate will possess a master degree in drug
design/molecular modeling, a strong background in Chemistry, a
scientific attitude, excellent programming skills, and the ability to
communicate written and orally in English.

  
Interested applicants should send a cover letter, CV, statement of
research interests, and contact information for three referees to Dr.
Jian Hui Wu at jian.h.wu|-|mcgill.ca. The admission time of this Ph.D.
student is Jan, 2012.