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From: Patrick Walters <wpwalters@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: Editorial
To: Brian Shoichet <shoichet@cgl.ucsf.edu>


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e're looking for someone with MD expertise (see below).  I think this could be a huge opportunity for someone of that phenotype.  

Please let me know if you know of anyone who would be interested in joining our band. 

Best,

Pat

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Relay Therapeutics is seeking a highly motivated computational chemist to join our rapidly growing team.  This individual will utilize cutting edge computational methods, in conjunction with information generated by a variety of biophysical techniques, to design novel therapeutics targeted to allosteric sites.  In this role, the ideal candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to integrate computational and experimental insights and drive drug discovery.

Responsibilities
  • Carry out analyses that combine computational and experimental data to develop testable hypotheses that drive drug discovery programs
  • Collaborate with scientists throughout the company to maximize the impact of computational efforts on projects
  • Work collaboratively with external computational groups to develop and refine new computational methods 
  • Ensure effective communication of computational results across departments and teams
  • Develop new approaches to streamline and enhance computational workflows

Preferred Qualifications
  • Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry, Computational Biology, Biophysics, or a related discipline
  • 1 to 5 years of industrial or postdoctoral experience
  • Demonstrated expertise applying wide variety of modern computational chemistry methods  
  • Demonstrated expertise in structure-based drug design
  • In depth knowledge of molecular dynamics and its application to drug discovery
  • Facility working in a Unix/Linux environment
  • Ability to program in at least 1 modern scripting language (e.g. Python)
  • Strong interpersonal and communications skills 
  • Ability to conduct independent research ​




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Brian Shoichet, Professor
http://bkslab.org/
415-514-4126

University of California, San Francisco
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

By Courtesy:
University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research