Postdoctoral Fellow: Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery

Posted 9 days ago

virginia commonwealth universityHenrico (VA)

Biochemists and Biophysicists Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

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About the role

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow with expertise in synthetic chemistry and chemical biology to advance small-molecule therapeutics and chemical biology tools. The lab investigates treatments for substance use disorders, pain therapeutics, and targeted protein degradation, integrating design, synthesis, biology, and computational approaches. The successful candidate will design, synthesize, characterize, and evaluate compounds, work with teams across

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