Dear all,

Could I draw your attention to a great position that we
have available to join a two year, MRC DPFS-funded project to provide
structural and biophysical input to a drug discovery project in the CRUK
Newcastle Drug Discovery Unit.

The project is pursuing an exciting structural hypothesis
to develop therapies to address an unmet need for treatments for patients with
ovarian cancer. It is currently in early lead optimisation, and the post holder
will be joining a well-founded team to develop and apply techniques of
structural biology (crystallography/cryo-EM), biophysics (SPR/ITC), and
cellular and cell-free assays to progress the project towards clinical
candidate selection.

Because the work will be conducted in a group that has
been instrumental in the development of licensed drugs, this post will offer
the holder an insight into authentic and effective modern structure based drug
discovery.  It would especially suit
someone looking to round off their structural biology skills with a view to
pursuing careers in academic or industrial drug discovery.

Informal approaches can be made directly to Martin Noble
(martin.noble@newcastle.ac.uk)
or Jane Endicott (jane.endicott@newcastle.ac.uk),
but anyone considering the position should apply through the Newcastle University
portal using the URL:

https://jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-Research-AssistantAssociate/839154501/

This link also offers further particulars for the post,
for which the closing date is 8th September 2022.

Best wishes,

Mat

 

Dr Mathew Martin