Senior Lecturer (Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery)

About the role

The Department of Life Sciences is seeking to appoint an outstanding researcher as a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery to strengthen the team that delivers our highly successful MPharm undergraduate degree. 

This represents an outstanding opportunity for an established researcher, with an internationally competitive research programme, to develop new synergies facilitated by the integration of the Pharmacy & Pharmacology and Biology & Biochemistry communities into a single unitary life sciences department. 

Current research strengths within the department include, but are not restricted to, peptide-based drug discovery, development of novel antimicrobials, discovery for interaction with DNA targets, zebrafish and organoid-based drug-discovery models.    

The role is offered as a full-time permanent (tenured) appointment. 

There is no compulsory retirement age.  

As well as conducting cutting-edge externally funded research, you will be expected to contribute to the delivery and development of taught courses at undergraduate and masters level, contributing in particular to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery courses, and to supervise postgraduate research students.

About you

You will have an active, internationally recognised research programme and a proven track record of innovation and high impact publication in medicinal chemistry, chemical biology and drug discovery, including, but not restricted to:

• peptide-based drug discovery
• novel antimicrobial strategies  
• DNA targets  
• zebrafish models for drug discovery  

About the Department

The Department of Life Sciences at the University of Bath was established in 2022 through the merger of the former Departments of Biology & Biochemistry and Pharmacology & Pharmacy. 

The department is located on the main University campus, in close proximity to the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. 

There is a strong interdisciplinary and collaborative culture across departments, fostered by a number of research centres including those for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI), Mathematical Biology (CMB) and Bioengineering and Biomedical Technologies (CBio) as well as the Milner Centre for Evolution (MCE).

Researchers within the department have access to the university’s central imaging and chemical characterisation facilities as well as the GW4 Cryo-EM facility located at nearby Bristol University (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/gw4-electron-cryo-microscopy/equipment/).

The department boasts a suite of environmentally controlled culture rooms as well as greenhouses, a zebrafish aquarium, Drosophila laboratory, a GridION and PromethION 2 Solo nanopore sequencing facility and a range of dedicated microscopes including confocal, 2-photon, light-sheet and TIRF.  

Additional info

For informal enquiries please contact Head of Department, Professor Philip Ingham FRS (lifescienceshod@bath.ac.uk) or Director of Pharmacy, Dr Philip Rogers (prspjr@bath.ac.uk). However, please ensure your application is submitted via the University website.

Alongside completion of the online application form, you should also upload a full Curriculum Vitae.

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

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We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged.

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