Postdoctoral fellow and graduate student

CHARMM is a versatile program for atomic-level simulation of

many-particle systems, particularly macromolecules of

biological interest. - M. Karplus

Postdoctoral Fellow and Graduate Student

Date

2023-12-23

Location

University of Maryland

Description

The Shen lab at University of Maryland Pharmaceutical Sciences is developing and applying state-of-the-art computational tools to advance a variety of topics, including covalent drug design; structure-function studies and drug design for kinases, GTPases (RAS and Rac), ion channels, as well as opioid receptors. We have openings for a postdoctoral fellow and a graduate student.

Requirements :

• A PhD or BS degree in chemistry, physics, or related discipline
• Interest in developing continuous constant pH molecular dynamics (CpHMD) algorithms and / or machine learning techniques for applications to structure-function studies and computer-aided drug design
• Experience in MD simulations and computer programming required for the postdoctoral fellow and desired for the graduate student
• Promotion to the research associate and then research assistant professor level possible for the postdoctoral fellow

We offer :

Learn who we are and what we do :

Jana Shen Lab

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Baltimore, MD 21201

Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology Research

Rockville, MD 20850

Lab website : http : / / www.computchem.org

Twitter : @JanaShenLab

How to Apply

Send your cover letter and resume to

Prof. Jana Shen

Jana.Shen@rx.umaryland.edu

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