Drug Discovery Biology Coordinator

The School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee is a world-class academic institution with a reputation for its research excellence, its high-quality teaching and student experience, and the strong impact of its activities outside academia. With goo staff from over 40 countries worldwide, the school provides a dynamic, multi-national, collegiate and diverse environment with state-of-the-art laboratory, technology and teaching facilities.

We are looking for a highly motivated, organised and experienced drug discovery biologist to join our tuberculosis group as a biology coordinator. The appointee will be involved in leading the biology aspects of a portfolio of drug discovery projects for tuberculosis (TB). This position will be responsible for integrating results from our TB biology collaborators with the internal medicinal chemistry, structural biology and pharmacokinetic aspects of the program. The appointee will gain valuable experience in working with some of the world's leading TB biologists as part of the TB Drug Accelerator, a unique collaboration between industry and academia aiming to identify novel TB therapeutics. This is an open-ended appointment subject to funding from January 2025.

The position, offers you an excellent opportunity to work in a world-leading Drug Discovery Unit, addressing the unmet need of the world's leading infectious disease killer. In addition, you will (or something to this effect) grow your expertise and coordination skills by having a role in delivering novel inhibitors as part of a large global consortium. We offer a first-class package of benefits including 42 days annual leave, a range of policies designed to support staff to balance work and home life, and generous pension benefit. You can read more about the benefits we have to offer here.

Your priorities will include:

• Analysing and interpreting biological data generated by our TB collaborators and disseminating the results to the team.
• Designing new experiments to answer key questions for moving the project forward towards key milestones.
• Tracking and coordinating external research involving DDU compounds at TB collaborators.
• Maintaining a logical, centralised data repository for both external and internal biological data.
• Networking and influencing both locally and globally, contributing to writing reports, presentations, patent applications and publications.

Who we're looking for:

The successful candidate:

• Must have a PhD in a biological science related discipline (or alternatively a BSc in a biological science with subsequent substantial experience) and have worked in a drug discovery environment ideally with TB or other antibacterials.
• A track record of answering scientific questions by applying multiple complementary techniques and approaches by engaging with external experts.
• Demonstrate a broad understanding of both cell biology and enzymology, sufficient to propose approaches in either discipline to advance projects.
• Show clear organisational skills and a detailed focussed approach.
• Illustrate expertise in collaborating with external groups with evidence of their influencing capabilities to advance projects forward.

We are one of the UK's leading universities, internationally recognised for our expertise across a range of disciplines and research breakthroughs in multiple areas, including science, medicine and engineering, amongst many others. Our purpose is to transform lives, locally and globally, which we do as a community of staff, students and alumni.

For further information about this position please contact Dr. Laura Cleghorn at l.a.t.cleghorn@dundee.ac.uk. To find out more about the Drug Discovery Unit in the School of Life Sciences please visit (drugdiscovery.dundee.ac.uk).