Research Fellow (Medicinal Chemistry) - Cardiff University

Vacancy Reference Number

7788BR

Closing Date

4 Oct 2018

Salary

£41,212 – £47,722 – grade 7 per annum

Address

Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University

Duration

Fixed-term for 5 years

The Medicines Discovery Institute are looking attract a motivated Medicinal Chemist to join their expanding team at Cardiff University. The successful candidate will have experience in all three areas; Synthetic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry, and Drug Discovery. The Institute desires a candidate that has strong and valuable leadership and interpersonal skills to help lead and promote the Institutes success.

Using experience of medicinal chemistry and an understanding of the principles of drug design, the role holder will develop structure activity relationships within chemical series to guide optimisation of potency, physiochemical and ADME properties. Together with the project leader, the role holder will co-ordinate medicinal chemistry strategy and synthetic chemistry problem solving to ensure outsourced activities are highly integrated to project activities. You will co-ordinate outsourced activities including the managing of contract medicinal chemistry support activities in the portfolio, and design and implement efficient synthetic routes for the synthesis and characterisation of target molecules.

The newly-established Medicines Discovery Institute represents a major investment in translational science by Cardiff University. The goal of the Institute is to translate world-leading research on scientific understanding of disease mechanisms into innovative therapeutic approaches. Our vision is to play a leading role in discovering new medicines in areas of high unmet need, with a particular emphasis on, but not exclusive to, neuroscience and mental health. We are creating a vibrant community of researchers across both academic and biotech sectors engaged in major research programmes which build off the unique strengths of Cardiff University and work collaboratively with other universities and companies across Wales and internationally. Building off investment from both the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government’s Sêr Cymru scheme and Cardiff University, we will recruit a number of key academic, research and operational roles to work alongside the current and future grant & industry funded staff.

In addition to a number of live drug discovery projects running at Cardiff University, funded principally by the Wellcome Trust and the MRC, we are establishing a new drug discovery group to establish a pipeline of projects. This team will work closely with scientists across Cardiff University and beyond, to start to translate exciting new discoveries in neuroscience and mental health into potential new medicines for onward development through both academic and commercial routes.

This position will be based at Cardiff University and will be part of a multi-disciplinary drug discovery team. We are looking for an individual with a strong passion for enabling and leading drug discovery projects through medicinal chemistry expertise, with extensive experience of medicinal chemistry and drug design in an academic or commercial environment. For informal inquiries, please contact medicinesdiscovery@cardiff.ac.uk

In Higher Education, female and BME (black and minority ethnic) staff are underrepresented in senior academic roles. Applications are therefore particularly welcome from applicants who identify as female and/ or BME. We also welcome applications from members of the LGBT+ Community.

In addition, the post holder will line manage a team of two Research Associate (Medicinal Chemists).

This post is full-time and fixed-term for 5 years and is available immediately.

Salary: £41,212 – £47,722 – grade 7 per annum

Closing date: Thursday, 4 October 2018.

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

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Contact Details

medicinesdiscovery@cardiff.ac.uk