Postdoc Research Associate - College of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences - Villegas Lab
Description : Position Summary
Position Summary
The Postdoc Research Associate will be involved in the development and application of computational methods to identify bioactive compounds and study their mechanisms of action.
The Postdoc Research Associate will use computational methods for protein and peptide design, will perform virtual screening of compound libraries, will investigate mechanisms of actions through in silico docking and free energy calculations, as well as investigate structure and dynamics of protein-ligand interactions with molecular dynamics simulations.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Development and application of computational methods for protein, peptide, and small molecule design.
- Development of Machine Learning models for establishing structure-activity relationships of bioactive compounds.
- Performing Molecular Dynamics simulations to study biological questions and predict mechanism of action of bioactive compounds.
- Writing manuscripts and review articles related to research topics of the lab.
- Mentor and train undergraduate and graduate students in computational methods.
- Keeping accurate record of the experiments suitable for writing manuscripts and grant proposals
- Presenting the results at scientific meeting.
- Participate in the weekly lab meetings, Journal Clubs and common seminars of the Department.
Qualifications :
Minimum Qualifications
Ph. D. degree in chemistry, physics, computational biology, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong background in machine learning, statistics, physics, and mathematics.
- Proficiency in R, Python, or C++.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to effectively work independently.
- Understanding of structural biology.
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