The Drug Innovation Group (DIG) is a medicinal chemistry group at University of Ghana (UG). DIG staff and laboratories are situated in the Frank Tortor Building at the Department of Chemistry. DIG is part of a fully integrated malaria drug discovery project under the ethos of the Grand Challenges African Drug Discovery Accelerator (GC-ADDA) program comprising eight (8) African institutions with many international partners funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and LifeArc. DIG is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral fellow on a 1-year fixed contract renewable for a further two years.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The research focus for the postdoctoral fellowships will be synthetic organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Knowledge, skills, and abilities required:<\/p>\n The successful applicant:<\/p>\n \u2022 must have achieved a PhD degree in synthetic organic chemistry or medicinal chemistry within the past 5 years. Salary:<\/strong>\u00a0The successful applicant shall be paid according to the University of Ghana 2020 salary structure and at the Lecturer & Equivalent level.<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Please e-mail the documents below in a single pdf file to the Department Secretary Email:<\/p>\n sssam@ug.edu.gh\u00a0\/\u00a0chemdept@ug.edu.gh<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A letter of application stating your suitability for the role. Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a022 December, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Drug Innovation Group (DIG) is a medicinal chemistry group at University of Ghana (UG). DIG staff and laboratories are situated in the Frank Tortor Building at the Department of…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-ocz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93048,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93035\/revisions\/93048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 The successful candidate will be expected to utilize data from Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) and biological studies to design and synthesize potential drug leads for malaria and other neglected tropical diseases.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 must be able to carry out independent organic synthesis.
\n\u2022 must be willing to supervise MSc and PhD students.
\n\u2022 must be willing to comply with the University\u2019s approved policies, procedures, and practices for postdoctoral fellows.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Curriculum Vitae (CV).
\n\u2022 Copies of academic transcripts and certificates.
\n\u2022 Two academic\/industrial references.<\/p>\n