Postdoctoral Associate - Disney Lab
University of Florida · Palm Beach, Queensland, AU
Classification Title: Postdoctoral Associate Classification Minimum Requirements: Qualified applicants should have completed a relevant Ph. D. degree in stru...
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Classification Title: Postdoctoral Associate Classification Minimum Requirements: Qualified applicants should have completed a relevant Ph.D. degree in structural biology, chemical biology, or organic/medicinal chemistry. Job Description: Effective immediately, the Disney group in the Department of Chemistry at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology ( https://disney.scripps.ufl.edu ) is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Associate in RNA Chemical Biology. Lab Overview: The Disney group is a chemical biology laboratory focused on developing rational approaches to design highly selective therapeutics from only genome sequence. Known for its prolific output and pioneering research culture, the group has furthered advancements in annotating RNA structure from sequence alongside several novel technologies created in-house. The laboratory’s targeting of RNA by small molecules, an ambitious and highly focused enterprise in pursuit of chemical probe and lead medicine development, is summarized in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (2023) 618(7963): 169–179. Other representative publications from the Disney group include: o Science Translation Medicine (2021...