Research Scientist jobs in United Kingdom

Certara accelerates medicines using proprietary biosimulation software, technology, and services to transform traditional drug discovery and development. Its clients include more than 2,000 biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and regulatory agencies across 62 countries.

The Quantitative Systems Toxicology (QSTS) team are constructing a ‘QSTR Dashboard’, comprising two types of machine learning tools based on molecular features. These are (1) QSAR models, predicting K i at off‑target receptors in the Bowes Panel and (2) QSTR models, predicting toxicity/absence of toxicity for specific toxicities (such as hepatotoxicity; phototoxicity; seizure; peripheral neuropathy; etc.).

The role will involve curation of data for both types of model, focusing initially on the QSAR models. For these, structure‑activity data will be curated from medicinal chemistry publications and from IUPHAR‑BPS and ChEMBL. For the QSTR models, data will be curated from drug labels, drugs@fda, FAERS and SIDER (etc.). The role will also involve learning how to build and test the models, and use of text‑mining tools to assist with the data curation.

The candidate will be educated to MSc level with a strong pharmacology knowledge and previous experience of data curation. They will be expected to present their work to colleagues for feedback.

Certara bases all employment‑related decision on merit, taking into consideration qualifications, skills, achievement, and performance. We treat all applicants and employees without regard to personal characteristics such as race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental condition, genetic information, military service, or other characteristic protected by law.