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Research Fellow in Medicinal Chemistry

June 6, 2016 By Off

School of Life Sciences

Full time, fixed term for 2 years

The School of Life Sciences is at the forefront of research in the biological sciences in the UK, coming in the top 10 in the REF 2014.

Medicinal chemist (Research Fellow II, Grade 8) Responsible for design and implementation of medicinal chemistry strategy.

We wish to appoint a number of positions within the Sussex Drug Discovery Centre (SDDC) to join a multidisciplinary team working on a 2-year project funded by the Wellcome Trust and scheduled to commence on 1st July, 2016. The project aims to identify novel compounds that target specific subtypes of the GABAA receptor with the ultimate goal of developing new drugs for the treatment of Huntington’s disease.

The project is led by Prof John Atack (molecular pharmacology), Prof Martin Gosling (electrophysiology) and Prof Simon Ward (medicinal chemistry and drug design) and an overview of research within the SDDC can be found at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sddc/

The School is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and currently holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award. Applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in science and engineering at Sussex. The School of Life Sciences welcomes applications to academic posts from candidates who wish to work part-time or as job-sharers.

The University offers various schemes to provide real benefits to parents, these can be found at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/humanresources/personnel/familyfriendlypolicies

Potential candidates wishing to find out further details regarding the position or the project are encouraged to contact Professors John Atack (J.Atack@Sussex.ac.uk), Martin Gosling (M.Gosling@Sussex.ac.uk) or Simon Ward (simon.ward @sussex.ac.uk) before applying.

Applications should be accompanied by a full CV, a statement of research interests and aspirations (not more than 4 pages), and the names of three academic referees.

Closing date for applications: 22 June 2016

Expected start date: 1 July 2016

For full details and how to apply see www.sussex.ac.uk/jobs

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