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Research Fellow in Molecular Modelling

Employer
QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST
Location
Northern Ireland
Salary
£33,797 - £34,804 per annum
Closing date
2 Jan 2020

Application closing date 02/01/2020 
Salary £33,797 - £34,804 per annum 
Job category/type Research 
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Job description

Queen's University Belfast is a driver of innovation based on our talented, multinational workforce. Throughout the University, our academics are collaborating across disciplines to develop new discoveries and insights, working with outside agencies and institutions on projects of international significance. We are connected and networked with strategic partnerships across the world, helping us to expand our impact on wider society locally, nationally and globally. The University is committed to attracting, retaining and developing the best global talent within an environment that enables them to realise their full potential.

We are a leader in gender equality and diversity, and are one of the UK's most successful universities in the Athena SWAN initiative which promotes gender equality and career progression. The School of Pharmacy holds an Athena SWAN Silver award in recognition of our commitment and success in addressing gender equality, representation, progression and success for all our staff.  We are ranked 1st in the UK for knowledge transfer partnerships, (Innovate UK) 9th in the UK for University facilities (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018) and 14th in the UK for research quality (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019).

Based in Belfast, a modern capital city, our beautiful campus is surrounded by abundant acres of parkland and is renowned as one of the safest and affordable cities in the UK. The choice of local Schools from pre-nursery upwards are some of the best available, and lovers of the outdoors can enjoy any number of activities from rowing and kayaking to top class golf among many others. We are immensely proud of what our city and our University will offer you.

Our five core values - Integrity, Connected, Ambition, Respect, Excellence - are shared by our staff and students, representing the expectations we have for ourselves and each other, guiding our day-to-day decisions and the way we behave as individuals in an international organisation. 

The School of Pharmacy at Queen's has been ranked 2nd in the latest rankings in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 for Pharmacology and Pharmacy.  

We are recruiting for a Research Fellow in Molecular Modelling who will be part of a Group led by Dr Irina Tikhonova.  The Research Fellow will assist in planning and delivery of research within the area of structure-based drug design methods so that the overall research objectives of the project are met.  The Research Fellow will develop, plan and deliver an area of personal research and expertise, and undertake research under supervision within a research programme aimed at study Bile Salt Hydrolase structure and function and use the gained information for structure-based drug design.  Techniques will include molecular dynamics simulations (NAMD, GROMACS or AMBER), enhanced sampling simulations, 3D-GRID-based analysis, docking, scoring, virtual screening, substructure search, machine learning and sequence analysis. 

The successful Research Fellow must have: 

  • Have or about to obtain a PhD in computer-aided drug design or a closely related area
  • At least 3 years recent research experience in computer-aided structure-based drug design
  • Strong background in structure-based ligand design methods
  • Proficiency in Schrodinger Small Molecule Drug Discovery suite and OpenEye
  • Proficiency in at least one MD simulation program, i.e. NAMD, Gromacs, or Amber
  • Experience in structure-based virtual screenings

Candidate Information

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Dimitrios Lamprou via email to D.Lamprou@qub.ac.uk

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