Location: | Greater London, Sutton |
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Salary: | £34,344 to £44,034 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 21st March 2023 |
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Closes: | 17th April 2023 |
Job Ref: | ID: 561 |
Key Information
Salary: Dependent on relevant Postdoctoral experience. Future progression is based on annual performance review. If the candidate has not yet been awarded their PhD, the starting salary will be at £34,344 until the successful completion of their viva.
This role is eligible for ICR Sponsorship. Support will be provided for costs associated with Visa application. If you are considering relocating to the UK, further information can be found here.
Duration of Contract: 2 years
Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)
Job Details
We are seeking to appoint two Postdoctoral Training Fellows to join our In Silico Medicinal Chemistry Team where they will apply cutting edge computational chemistry techniques and data analysis to accelerate our drug discovery programmes.
For general information on Post Doc's at The ICR can be found here.
Key Requirements
The successful candidates must have a PhD in computational chemistry, or a related field and have wide-ranging experience in the use of computational chemistry methods. Familiarity with concepts in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery is desirable although training will be provided.
The ICR has a workforce agreement stating that Postdoctoral Training Fellows can only be employed for up to 7 years as PDTF at the ICR, providing total postdoctoral experience (including previous employment at this level elsewhere) does not exceed 10 years
Department/Directorate Information:
The Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery is a major component of the Division of Cancer Therapeutics and is a multidisciplinary 'bench to bedside' centre, comprising approximately 160 chemistry and biology scientists dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. We implement innovative drug discovery technologies, discover novel mechanism-based drugs, and develop these as rapidly as possible from the laboratory through to hypothesis-testing early clinical trials.
Cancer Therapeutics - The Institute of Cancer Research, London (icr.ac.uk)
We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Andrea Scarpino /Email: andrea.scarpino@icr.ac.uk
About The Institute of Cancer Research
Why work for us?
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The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world's most influential cancer research institutes, with an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. Further information about working at the ICR can be found here.
We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.
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