Research Assistant - Drug Design and Discovery For Zewail City of Science and Technology

Research Assistant - Drug Design and Discovery Jobs In Egypt And Career In Zewail City of Science and Technology Vacancies In Giza 2014
Employer Zewail City of Science and Technology
Job Title Research Assistant - Drug Design and Discovery
Vacancy Deadline(mm/dd/yy) 1/1/2015
 Languages English, Excellent
Arabic, Excellent
Country Egypt
City Giza
Job Category Research
Job Type Full Time
Job Level Junior
Description Dr. Reem K. Arafa, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Zewail University of Science and Technology is looking for qualified applicants for a research assistant position. The position is within Dr. Reem K. Arafas research field with wide interdisciplinary exposure. The research conducted will cover the design, discovery and synthesis of novel therapeutically active molecules thus experience is required in the following areas: — Structure based design - docking and ligand optimization. Experience of working on fragment based design projects would be an advantage. — Ligand based design - SAR analysis of project data sets and calculation of ADME/Tox relevant properties. This would also include core replacement work and focused library design. — Virtual screening - using protein X-ray structures and also a variety of a ligand based methods such as shape and fingerprint based technologies. — Protein sequence analysis and homology modelling - experience of multiple sequence alignment and homology modelling experience across numerous protein classes, including GPCRs, would be an advantage. — Various chemical synthesis techniques. — Practices adopted for compound purification and characterization.
Qualifications Applicants should have a B.Sc. Degree at least (M.Sc. is preferred) in drug design, medicinal chemistry, computational chemistry or a related field.
Gender Any
Car owner Any
Experience 1 - 2 Years.
Other Skills • Strong writing and presentation skills • Experience with spectroscopic and other analysis tools (FTIR, UV-vis, NMR, Mass Spec., Thermal analysis, etc…) and ability to interpret the results • Experience with endnote, web design, SPSS is preferred • Can work in a team • Problem solving and analytical thinking • Planning and organizing • Innovative
Salary (L.E.) Negotiable
Comments Required Documents: • Detailed C.V. including full publication list.  • Brief statement of aresearch career plan (not more than 1 page)
Job Contact Email The detailed C.V. including publication (if any) should be sent directly to rkhidr@zewailcity.edu.eg with the Job code in the subject line of the email. The position is open until filled.

Research Assistant - Drug Design and Discovery Jobs In Egypt And Career In Zewail City of Science and Technology Vacancies In Giza 2014

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