Postdoctoral Training Fellow - Structure-Based Drug Discovery/High-
Throughput Crystallography
Institute of Cancer research Structure-Based Drug Design Group
Section of Structural Biology/Centre of Cancer Therapeutics
(Chelsea, London & Sutton, Surrey)
The Institute of Cancer Research is one of the world's leading cancer
research organisations and is internationally-renowned for the
quality of its science. Our mission is the relief of human suffering
by pursuing excellence in the fight against cancer.
An Institute of Cancer Research-funded Postdoctoral position is
available immediately in Dr. Rob van Montfort’s Structure-Based Drug
Design group. The Post-doc will be involved in establishing high-
throughput crystallography and fragment-based screening at the
Institute to develop drug candidates for cancer targets and will be
responsible for crystallisation and structural analysis of protein-
ligand complexes from its current drug discovery programmes. The post-
doc will be expected to interact closely with biologists,
computational chemists and medicinal chemists throughout The
Institute and will work across two sites in Chelsea, London and
Sutton, Surrey.
The Structure-Based Drug Design group is a joint initiative between
the Section of Structural Biology and the Centre of Cancer
Therapeutics at the ICR. The Institute is exceptionally well equipped
for all aspects of drug discovery, with state-of-the-art laboratories
for molecular biology, recombinant expression in bacterial and
eukaryotic systems, biochemistry, X-ray crystallography and medicinal
chemistry.
Applicants must have a PhD in a biological or physical science, and
experience in macromolecular crystallography/crystallisation (to
include protein biochemistry, protein crystallisation and protein
crystallography). Experience in molecular biology, protein
purification and/or Structure-Based Drug design will be an advantage.
The starting salary for the position will be in the range £26,597 to
£32,698 p.a. inclusive (based on previous postdoctoral experience)
and the post is offered initially on a fixed-term contract of up to 3
years. Informal enquiries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please DO NOT
send your application to Dr. van Montfort; CVs must be submitted in
line with the instructions below.
For further particulars and details of how to apply, please visit our
website at: www.icr.ac.uk Alternatively you may call our 24-hour
recruitment line on: 020 7153 5475 quoting reference number C83.
Closing date: Friday 16th November 2007.
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