• Exciting opportunity to contribute to the Department of Pathology
• Located within the Camperdown Campus
• Full time, 1 year fixed term opportunity with a base salary $92K - $98K p.a plus superannuation

About the opportunity 

We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Medicinal Chemistry who will be part of a large dynamic research group in the Medical Foundation Building at University of Sydney. This role will be responsible for synthesising, characterising and testing of new drugs (especially thiosemicarbazone analogues and their different complexes) for their effects on cancer cells and in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such Alzheimer’s disease. The study of these compound is an ongoing NHMRC-funded research project in Prof. Des Richardson’s laboratory.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate who has:

• Recently awarded PhD (within 2 years of award) with strong Honours (H1 preferred or H2A) and outstanding undergraduate record in chemistry and biological sciences
• Excellent expertise as a medicinal chemist in basic organic and inorganic chemistry synthetic procedures including metal complexation of ligands, processes of purification (e.g., recrystallisation) and also characterisation (mass spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, etc.).
• Skills in the biological sciences that include biochemistry and possibly molecular biology (e.g., proliferation assays, western analysis, RT-PCR, etc)
• Excellent English writing skills
• High organisational skills and basic computer software utilitisation ie., WORD, EXCEL, Office, Corel Draw, etc.

About us

For more information about the Department of Pathology please visit:

https://sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/schools/school-of-medical-sciences/discipline-of-pathology.html

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students.

We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.

How to apply

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 270/0219F to apply.

Please note: visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Closing date: 11.30pm Tuesday 12 March 2019

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

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