Cheminformatics Researcher
Talentmark are recruiting for a Cheminformatics Researcher to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry on a contract basis for 12-months.
Salary:
£41.09 phr to £54.80 phr PAYE
Cheminformatics Researcher Role:
1. Develop and optimise molecular representations for lipids involved in targeted lipid nanoparticles (tLNPs).
2. Analyse lipid structures using cheminformatics workflows, AI/ML methods, and public/internal datasets.
3. Generate and refine virtual lipid libraries using chemical intuition, molecular modelling, and reaction-based enumeration strategies.
4. Build and validate predictive models linking lipid structure descriptors to formulation and in-vivo outcomes.
5. Design workflows for diversity selection and prioritisation of lipids for synthesis and chemical space exploration.
Your Background:
6. PhD in Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline with relevant industry or research experience.
7. Strong experience applying cheminformatics and AI/ML techniques to lipid analysis and molecular design.
8. Proven scientific programming capability, particularly with Python.
9. Understanding of lipid nanoparticle formulation, synthesis, purification challenges, and structure-property relationships would be advantageous.
10. Experience with chemoinformatics toolkits, molecular descriptors, and AI-enabled computational chemistry approaches.
Company:
Our client is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. They focus on finding answers for some of the world's most urgent medical needs.
Location:
This role is based at our client’s site in Bracknell.