Computational Chemist

  • Location

    Cambridgeshire

  • Sector:

    Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Excellent

  • Contact:

    Peter Rowland

  • Contact email:

    peter@rowlandtalent.co.uk

  • Salary high:

    0

  • Salary low:

    0

  • Job ref:

    RT396

  • Published:

    over 3 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2020-09-19

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Computational Chemist to join a rapidly growing drug discovery company in Cambridgeshire.

 

 

The role:

As an experienced Computational Chemist, you will join the Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) department to provide solutions to a range of complex and exciting drug discovery problems.

 

 

Responsibilities:

  • Using a suite of software tools, you will support drug discovery projects.
  • Work collaboratively with the Medicinal Chemistry and Biology groups to progress multiple projects covering a range of therapeutic areas.
  • Lead the development of platform technologies within the company.
  • Identify new business opportunities and write proposals.
  • Support/ train new and junior Computational Chemists.

 

 

Candidates will have:

A PhD in computational chemistry with experience of small-molecule and protein modelling. You will have previous experience in structure-based and ligand-based drug design, along with an in-depth knowledge of drug discovery processes.

 

Furthermore, candidates will have in a variety of computational tools and techniques including virtual screening, structure-activity relationships, and chemoinformatics.

 

 

 

 

To apply to the Computational Chemist role please send your CV to Peter at Rowland Talent Solutions.