Postdoctoral Research Associate in Drug Design

**Pay Scale:** STANDARD GRADE 7



**Salary ( £)**: £36,024 - £44,263 per annum



**Location:** Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford



**Contract type:** Fixed Term Contract up to 16th April 2025



**Hours:** Full Time (37.5 hours per week)








**About the role**





We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join Prof
Philip Biggin’s lab in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) to
investigate and establish novel methods for protein-ligand affinity prediction
that can offer significant speed gains but similar accuracy to absolute
binding free energy (ABFE) calculations. This builds on a substantial body of
work already performed by this team, but the main objective is to enable these
calculations to find use in the early hit-to-lead stages of drug-design.





This is a full-time fixed-term post up to 16th April 2025 and is funded by the
Boehringer Ingelheim.





The actual starting salary offered will be based on qualifications and
relevant skills acquired and will also be determined by the funding available.





**What We Offer**





Your happiness and wellbeing at work matters to us, so we offer a range of
family friendly and financial benefits including:





• An excellent contributory pension scheme



• 38 days annual leave



• A comprehensive range of childcare services



• Family leave schemes



• Cycle loan scheme



• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs



• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans





The University also runs an enormous amount of social groups and sports clubs
for those looking for more than just a great place to work.





**About you**





Applicants should hold a PhD/DPhil or be near completion of a PhD/DPhil in
Biochemistry, Chemistry or a related subject and have substantial experience
in advanced neural network development, programming, and their use. You will
have experience in free energy calculations as well as experience and regular
use of/contribution to GitHub or similar code repository. You will also have
proven HPC skills and proficiency in Python. Excellent communication skills
are expected with the ability to write for publication and present research
proposals, and you will be able to demonstrate competence and success in your
thesis research (and postdoctoral work if appropriate).





**Application Process**





You will be required to upload a supporting statement, setting out how you
meet the selection criteria, curriculum vitae and the names and contact
details of two referees as part of your online





Only applications received before **12 noon** on **Friday 17th May 2024** can
be considered with interviews for shortlisted candidates to be held as soon as
possible thereafter.





**Committed to equality and valuing diversity**