Description

The Research Directorate of Parkinson’s UK is dedicated to accelerating the delivery of new and better treatments to people with Parkinson’s. Through our Virtual Biotech programme, we fund preclinical and early clinical stage projects in biotechs and contract research organisations to bring new treatments to people living with Parkinson’s.

About the role

As an expert in your field, you will bring knowledge of drug discovery principles and practices to the directorate and as part of the Virtual Biotech team you will:

• Manage and evaluate new preclinical project proposals
• Work collaboratively with external partners and the Parkinson’s community
• Lead on some of the drug discovery projects and support others
• Develop robust project plans featuring efficient use of external resource providers (e.g. for in vitro and in vivo biology/pharmacology, screening, ADME profiling)

What you’ll bring

The ideal candidate, will have:

• Extensive drug discovery biology experience with at least 5 years spent in pharma or biotech environments
• Doctoral degree in relevant discipline (Ph.D, MD, D.Phil)
• Expert knowledge of small molecule drug discovery principles and practices including experience of assay development and in vitro biochemical and cellular techniques
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex information in suitable formats for both scientific and lay audiences
• Experience of neuroscience drug discovery, with preferable specialisation in neurodegeneration

Please visit our website via the apply button to send us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description, available on our website.

Closing date: 27 March 2022

Post source:jobs.theguardian.com

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Name:PARKINSONS UK

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