Structural Biology Associate Director

A global pharmaceutical company is seeking to recruit a Structural Biology Associate Director to their office in Shanghai. The organisation focuses on biomedical R&D technologies and therapeutics. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a leading pharmaceutical company that believes innovation is the best way to make a marked improvement in people's lives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Leading Structural Biology group, working closely with medicinal chemists from chemistry group and biologists from biologics discovery group.
• Solving co-crystal structures and determining antigen epitopes by x-ray crystallography method.
• Leading and coordinating fragment-based screening projects using SPR, NMR, MST, and native-MS methods.

Skills and Requirements:

• A PhD and Post-Doc in structural biology or biophysics or related field.
• Proficiency in molecule cloning, protein expression, protein purification, protein crystallization screening, co-crystal preparation, structure determination, and structure analysis.
• 5 years' experience of synchrotron data collection.
• Familiarity with protein NMR and proficiency in FBS using 1D NMR method such as STD, WaterLogsy, CPMG, T1ρ.
• Familiarity with protein-based HSQC screening method.
• Experience using Mnova or Topspin software.
• At least 2 years' experience of fragment-based screening.
• Familiar with biophysical methods such as MST, SPR, and native-MS for fragment-based screening.
• Familiarity with Linux operation system.
• Familiarity with common shell commands.
• Familiarity with CCP4, COOT, PYMOL, PHENIX, and XDS software.
• Knowledge of SBDD and FBDD.
• Skilled in commercial modeling software, such as Schrodinger, MOE.
• Work experience in antibody homolog modeling and antibody engineering.
• Work experience in CRYO-EM, and/or HDX-MS, and/or LCP methods.
• Demonstrable multitasking, project management, and execution skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, including communication, presentation, persuasion, and influence.
• Good organisational skills, including efficiency, punctuality, and collaboration in a team environment.
• Proficiency with computer skills, such as MS Office.

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