Research Scientist-Computational Chemist

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Job Category:ScienceType of Employment:Full-Time Employment - FTEResponsibilities:The Discovery Chemistry Research and Technology (DCRT) organization within the Lilly Research Labs is a small molecule focused organization that spans from target identification to clinical candidate selection. The Computational Chemistry and Cheminformatics (C3) team in the DCRT organization is seeking a motivated computational scientist to join our team. We are growing and looking for an individual who has demonstrated experience in utilizing computational techniques in small molecule structure-based design. You will be a key driver of interdisciplinary drug discovery project teams and propel utilization of computational chemistry methods in projects. We are an innovative and dynamic team looking to enhance our diverse capabilities in drug discovery. We are committed to continually improving our abilities to make life better for patients around the globe. Our commitment to our employees, patients and communities is unmatched, and we want you to be a part of this team.We need a scientist who can:

Generate and build computational models to help direct synthetic strategies, idea generation and prioritization.

Champion broad utilization of free energy methods across discovery research

Use leading computational techniques to study protein motions, protein-ligand interactions, or protein-protein interactions to understand binding and enable structural design of new molecules.

Apply computational techniques such as conformational analysis, structure searches, docking, molecular dynamics simulations, homology modeling, pharmacophore modeling, free energy perturbation, machine learning, virtual screening and advanced data analytics.

Collaborate as part of a multidisciplinary team (medicinal chemists, structural biologists, biologists, statisticians, toxicologists) providing computational expertise to advance drug discovery projects.

Perform large scale data extraction, manipulation, and merging of multiple data sets for statistical analysis and scoring.

Script workflows in various computational software to efficiently perform molecular calculations.

Develop a deep understanding and practical, working knowledge of computational chemistry software suites such as MOE, Schrodinger, CHARMM, AMBER, Cresset, Knime, ChemAxon, Macromodel, and Gaussian to apply to computational research.

Contribute to the development and training of desktop applications for medicinal chemists by developing scripts or workflows for efficient use of software.

Basic Qualificiations:

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Cheminformatics, Computational Chemistry, Bioinformatics or related field

Strong foundation in organic chemistry or physical chemistry is required

Additional Skills/Preferences:

Two or more years of academic or industrial experience working in a highly collaborative team.

Experience in utilization of Molecular Dynamics in protein systems.

Basic experience in scripting or programming languages such as Python, Perl, or C/C.

Strong oral and written communication skills, organizational and leadership skills.

Additional Information:

The position may require working in an area with allergens and potentially hazardous materials (PHM) may be used by other scientists.

The position will involve occasional travel to other research sites to understand and support global Discovery business.

Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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