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Santa Clara University (Assistant Professor)
Elan Pharmaceuticals

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Position Title
    Assistant Professor in Biophysical Chemistry

Job Description
    Establish an externally-funded and productive undergraduate research program, contribute to departmental research and teaching objectives, and demonstrate the ability to effectively teach physical chemistry, general chemistry, and courses for non-science majors. Specific responsibilities can be seen by clicking  here.

Qualifications desired
    Education
        Ph.D. and postdoctoral experience in physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry or closely allied field
    Experience
        College teaching experience is highly desirable, and experience in teaching a diverse student population is preferred.

Job Location
    Santa Clara, California

Salary
    Competitive, depending on experience

Employer Description
    Santa Clara University is a highly ranked Catholic Jesuit institution in the Silicon Valley with an ACS-approved undergraduate program and a housing program. It is an EO/AA employer committed to excellence through diversity, and welcomes applications from women, persons of color, and members of historically underrepresented groups.

Application Instructions
    Submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts, personal statement(s) covering research plans, teaching philosophy, a representative example of scholarship (in-press or published article, sample syllabi and teaching evaluations for any lecture course taught), and three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent in electronic form (Word and/or PDF format) to  .

Abstract 3955; will run until September 27, 2010


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Position Title
    Medicinal Chemist

Job Description
    Highly motivated scientist member of a 3-6 medicinal-chemist team in a 25-person department of medium-sized pharmaceutical company. Designing target molecules, planning syntheses and executing the syntheses in collaboration with an experienced superevisor doing the same work. Requires fluency in written and spoken English, and a record of publications, resentations and/or patents.

Qualifications desired
    Education
        PhD, prefer relevant post-doc experience also
    Experience
        Up to 5 years in industrial drug discovery.  Skilled in planning and executing synthetic organic chemistry. Knowledge of protein-small molecule interactions and/or small molecule pharmacology is a plus.

Job Location
    South San Francisco, CA 94080

Employer Description
    Elan is a neuroscience-based company wiht headquarters  in Dublin, Ireland, focused on developing new medicines for neurodegenerative diseases.  Elan's principal research and development sites are in the United States and Ireland.

Application Instructions
    Submit resumés directly to  or  .

Abstract 3956; will run until November 2, 2010


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