Postdoctoral Associate- Medicinal Chemistry
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Location: Houston, TX
- Job Number: 7105429 (Ref #: 12343-en_US)
- Posting Date: Jul 15, 2022
- Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Summary
A Postdoctoral research associate in Synthetic Organic/Medicinal Chemistry is available at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. The successful candidate is expected to have recently obtained PhD degree and a strong track record of publications in the field. The main job duty is to design and synthesize compounds targeting biologically/pharmaceutically important proteins for chemical biology and drug discovery for cancer and infectious diseases. In addition, he/she would receive training in computational drug design, molecular biology and/or x-ray protein crystallography for career development. Find the research interests, project descriptions and recent publications at the PI's website: https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/yongcheng-song31069 .
Job Duties
- Plans, directs and conducts specialized and advanced research experiments.
- Evaluates and analyzes data.
- May establish new research protocols and procedures.
- Summarizes research findings and publish results in research journals.
- May be responsible for laboratory operations.
- May supervise research staff.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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