Post-doctoral Position in Drug Development at Westermarck Laboratory

University of Turku; Turku; On-site; EUR 41,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Turku in Turku, Finland, offers a post-doctoral position in the Westermarck Laboratory at the Turku Bioscience Centre. The project focuses on evaluating the therapeutic potential of targeting CIP2A, a central pathogenic factor in certain cancers and other diseases.

Remit includes protein chemistry and structural biology in drug development research. The successful candidate should have a PhD (or near completion), hands-on experience in protein chemistry and protein interactions,

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• Conduct protein chemistry and structural biology experiments.
• Explore therapeutic potential of CIP2A targeting in disease models.
• Publish first-author paper related to the project (as applicable).

Skills

Protein chemistry

Protein interactions

High throughput screening

Structural biology methods

Computational structural analysis

Teamwork

Communication

Education

PhD (or soon-to-be)

Tools

Computational tools

Job description

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

Deadline 15 October