Hi everyone, I would like to draw your attention to the following Protein Crystallographer job position currently available within the Structural Biology Group at the AbbVie headquarters in Lake County, Illinois, USA. For details and to apply, please follow the link below:
https://careers.abbvie.com/abbvie/jobs/2206563?lang=en-us Best regards, Henry Senior Scientist I, Phys Chem Description The Protein Crystallography Group at AbbVie Headquarters in Lake County, Illinois is seeking a highly motivated scientist to join our Structure-Based Drug Discovery team. The ideal candidate should have extensive hands-on experience in modern X-ray Crystallography techniques and computational methods of molecular structure analysis. As part of multidisciplinary teams, the Scientist will utilize fragment-based strategies to identify ligands and provide insight to advance drug discovery targets through structure-based design. The successful candidate will contribute to drug discovery projects across the portfolio of AbbVie interests that also include therapeutic antibodies and novel biologics. Key Responsibilities: * Determine X-ray crystal structures of protein-ligand complexes in high throughput modes and identify strategies for improved molecular designs. * Provide guidance to crystallization and protein construct design efforts for useful sample preparations * Utilize cheminformatics tools and manipulate scripts for use across mixed computing platforms * Interact with members of Fragment-based Drug Discovery team to advance hit to lead projects * Work with biologists, molecular modelers, and medicinal chemists to validate targets of interest * Maintain accurate and timely records of experimental results * Communicate results and interpretative analysis to project teams, and present at internal meetings * Publish in peer-reviewed journals as appropriate and present at external scientific meetings * Evaluate the scientific literature critically and adopt novel technologies which will facilitate structure-based drug discovery at AbbVie Qualifications: * PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics, or a related field * 3+ years of relevant academic or industry experience is required * Proven ability in protein crystallization and crystal structure analysis with X-ray or cryo-EM/Electron Diffraction data * Familiarity with structure-based drug design strategies and fragment based approaches * Experience in complementary techniques of macromolecular SAXS analysis or cryo-EM is desirable * Must be detail oriented and meticulous regarding documentation and data management * Ability to work both independently and as part of a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary team * Effective written and verbal communication skills * Ability to work on multiple projects in parallel and rapidly adjust to changing priorities ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
