Medicinal Chemistry

EDUCATION:

Required: Master's degree in Biology, Biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, enzymology, pharmacology, chemistry or related field.

Preferred: PhD in one of the natural sciences or related field or Medical degree.

EXPERIENCE:
Required: Eight years experience of relevant research experience in lab. With preferred degree, three years of required experience.

Preferred: Relevant industrial experience within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with track record of contribution to at least one successful medicinal chemistry discovery, optimization and development project.                               

The ideal candidate will have strong synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry background, a broad understanding of the drug discovery process and of the requirements to successfully develop new clinical agents. Candidate will have demonstrated ability to design small molecules to optimize multiple physical/pharmacological parameters simultaneously, a strong knowledge of medicinal chemistry and contemporary synthetic organic chemistry, with a demonstrated track record of creative independent problem solving. Experienced at contributing to medicinal chemistry teams, solving problems to advance projects toward the clinic. Skilled experimentalist with demonstrated ability to conduct challenging multi-step organic chemistry synthesis and overcome synthetic hurdles, trained in various purification and analytical techniques. Strong publication record in peer reviewed journals. Excellent communication, writing, and organizational skills are a must. Ideally, the candidate will be familiar with oncology drug discovery and have some understanding of cancer biology.

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