Post-doctoral Position in Drug Development at Westermarck Laboratory

Post-doctoral Position in Drug Development at Westermarck Laboratory
University of Turku
Turku, Finland
€ 3700 - € 4000 per month
Post-doctoral position is available in the laboratory of Professor Jukka Westermarck at the Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. The project is focused on evaluating therapeutic potential of targeting of PP2A inhibitor protein CIP2A that has central pathogenic role in certain uncurable cancer types (PMID: 37793965, 37829116), but also in other diseases. Recent advancements by us have revealed very exciting opportunities for direct targeting of CIP2A (PMID: 36854761). We are now searching for a highly motivated post-doctoral fellow with solid previous experience on protein chemistry, structural biology and/or small molecule targeting to explore therapeutic potential of these novel findings.
Candidate requirements
Absolute candidate requirements:
PhD (or soon-to-be)
Solid hands-on experience on protein chemistry and protein interaction technologies
First author publication directly related to the field of this application
Preferrable technical competencies and other qualities:
Experience on small molecule development
Experience on high throughput screening
Experience on structural biology methods and computational structural analysis
Good team-working and communication skills
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Deadline 15 October
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