CCL 08.01.25 Computational Drug Discovery Postdoctoral Positions, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

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From: jobs at ccl.net (do not send your application there!!!) To: jobs at ccl.net Date: Fri Jan 25 12:57:48 2008 Subject: 08.01.25 Computational Drug Discovery Postdoctoral Positions, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Computational Drug Discovery Postdoctoral Positions Computational drug discovery postdoctoral positions are available immediately at the Department of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Job Responsibilities The research projects are to discover and design specific inhibitors for targets implicated in cancers using state-of-the-art hit identification and lead optimization techniques. Computational methods including docking, QSAR, pharmacophore modeling, ab initio molecular dynamics and binding energy determinations will be developed and employed to study the target-inhibitor interactions and ADMET properties. The work involves collaboration with experimentalists who do the testing and synthetic modifications of the designed structures. Qualifications/Skills Candidates should have PhD degrees in computational medicinal chemistry, physics or related fields, and those who have MS degrees of computer science are also qualified for some positions. The individuals should be self-motivated and quick-learners. They should have prior experience in biomolecular modeling and drug discovery. Practical knowledge and experience of using current CADD techniques is desirable. Applicants should have excellent programming/scripting skills, in-depth knowledge of cheminformatics and bioinformatics, proficiency with chemical database management (MySQL) and UNIX/Linux operating system administration, and experience of web-based application development. If interested, please send your application (curriculum vitae, reference contact and a cover letter describing research interests and goals) to Dr. Shuxing Zhang: shuzhang AT mdanderson DOT org. MDACC is located in the metropolitan area of Houston, with affordable housing and competitive compensation programs consisting of medical/dental/vision benefits, relocation and other packages. It has been ranked as the No. 1 hospital by U.S. News & World Report (http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/search.php?spec=ihqcanc&). This is the fifth time in eight years that M. D. Anderson has achieved the highest ranking. Also it tops 2007 List of the best workplace in North America for new scientists, according to The Scientist magazine's fifth annual survey of postdoctoral research fellows (http://images.the-scientist.com/content/images/articles/52906/top15.jpg). More info about the Institute can be found at http://www.mdanderson.org. NOTE THAT E-MAIL ADDRESSES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED!!! All @ signs were changed to __ to fight spam. Before you send e-mail, you need to change __ to @ For example: change joe__big123comp.com to joe@big123comp.com Please let your prospective employer know that you learned about the job from the Computational Chemistry List Job Listing at http://www.ccl.net/jobs.

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