Assistant Professor, Chemical Biology

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Chemical BiologyThe Department of Medicinal Chemistry and the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Utah invite applicants for multiple tenure-track faculty positions in all areas of chemical biology, included but not limited to bioorganic chemistry, drug discovery, phenotypic screening, protein design/engineering, natural product-inspired drug design, computational chemistry, proteomics/high-throughput mass spectrometry, and synthetic biology.  Candida…

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Drug Discovery Opportunities at D. E. Shaw Research

D. E. Shaw Research is seeking outstanding scientists with expertise in structure-based drug design or related areas to join our New York–based team. This is a unique opportunity to develop and work with transformative technology in a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment.

Areas relevant to our efforts include computer-aided drug design, fragment-based approaches, molecular modeling, cheminformatics and bioinformatics, medicinal chemistry, and target analysis and selection. Specific knowle…

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Postdoc/Assistant Professor in scientific database programming

Postdoc/Assistant Professor in scientific database programming

Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen

We are looking for a highly motivated and ambitious bioinformatician or software/database developer for a 4-year position with a flexible start.

Our research
The Gloriam group (www.gloriamgroup.org) conducts computational drug design, tightly integrated with chemistry and pharmacology, and structure-function studies …

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PhD fellowship in Biophysics and Cellular Biology

Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology is offering a three-year PhD fellowship in biophysics and cellular biology. The PhD fellowship is financed by Dr Céline Galvagnion. The fellowship is available from 1 August 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Project description
Parkinson’s Disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons and the presence of protein deposits in the brain of patients. These deposits are mainl…

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Postdoctoral fellowship in a project called “Co-evolution of metacaspase structure and biological function in Arabidopsis”

Metacaspases in Arabidopsis and poplar

This fellowship is a part of a 5-year project, supported by Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation, aiming to advance our mechanistic understanding of metacaspase family proteases. The project will develop through a close cooperation between five research groups located in Uppsala BioCenter at SLU and Umeå University, possessing complementary expertise in biochemistry, structural biology, drug design and plant cell and developmental biology. The successf…

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Potential Research Fellows

Potential Research Fellows
The Department of Biochemistry in Cambridge is seeking to host early career researchers who have the ambition to start an independent research group facilitated by an external fellowship.
The Department has more than 40 research groups (bioc.cam.ac.uk/research) with interests that fall broadly into the following areas:
Chemical Biology and Drug Design, Disease Biology, DNA and Chromatin Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Plant Biochemistry and Bioenergy, RNA Biology, …

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Editor-in-Chief of Medicinal Chemistry Research

Editor-in-Chief of Medicinal Chemistry Research

Springer Nature announces an exciting opportunity for an exceptional candidate to serve as Editor-in-Chief of Medicinal Chemistry Research.

Medicinal Chemistry Research is a journal for the prompt disclosure of novel experimental achievements in the many facets of drug design, drug discovery, and the elucidation of mechanisms of action of biologically active compounds. Articles are sought which emphasize research in chemical biological …

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Postdoc in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry

A postdoc position for 3 years within synthetic organic and medicinal lipid chemistry is available at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, starting 1 March 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The research environment
The position is in the group of Professor Trond Ulven (www.tugrp.dk) at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology. The research of the group is within organic and medicinal chemistry, drug discovery and medical nutrients, especi…

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PhD Fellowship in Scientific Database Development (not excluding applicants that have submitted a PhD thesis but not yet defended)

The Computational Drug Design Group (Gloriam group), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark and ENAMINE, Research and Development, Kiev, Ukraine wishes to employ a 3-year PhD Fellow for a Scientific Database Development project. The project starts 1. December 2018 or as soon as possible.

Groups
ENAMINE (Kiev, Ukraine) will employ the fellow for the first 32 months. You will first train for 15 months at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) – the first 8 months jointly with 3 othe…

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Lab Head Medicinal Chemistry

The Strasbourg R&D center has the mission to develop and advance a portfolio of innovative research
projects from target validation to lead optimization supported by Sanofi Units/Divisions in partnership
with academics or biotechs with the ultimate goal to enrich the global research program portfolio. The
site (54 scientists) covers high-throughput screening and automation, biochemistry and cell biology,
drug design, bioinformatics, and medicinal chemistry capabilities.

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Senior Scientist

Senior Scientist

Requisition ID: WD175875
Position: Full time
Functional area: Science and Technology
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Relocation: No

Your Responsibilities:
Biopharm Molecular Discovery (BPMD) is a department within GSK’s Drug Design and Selection group dedicated to the discovery of novel and effective biopharmaceutical medicines. This department comprises several complementary functions focused on the progression of a portfolio of biopharmaceuticals fr…

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Senior Research Scientist to Peptide Drug Design & IP

Gubra is looking for a Senior Research Scientist to fill a newly established position in our growing Chemistry & IP group. We are looking for a self-motivated scientist with skills to navigate and collaborate in an energetic organization and who is able to meet our high ambitions when it comes to novel peptides. The ideal candidate has a strong passion for peptides and is knowledgeable about design and patent aspects of generating novel peptide drug candidates.

Going forward the Chemistry &…

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Role of CADD in Medicinal Chemistry : An Overview

How to implement cheminformatics methods and computational approaches in medicinal chemistry for a drug candidate selection.

Role of CADD in Medicinal Chemistry from Zastra Innovations