Job Description

✨✨Fully funded PhD position✨✨

Are you interested in peptide-based drug development? If yes, then this opportunity is for you!

Fully Funded PhD position at the UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. The fellowship includes a living stipend and tuition fee support.

Project details: De novo Design of Ion Channel Modulators.
This project combines multiple disciplines, including peptide chemistry, medicinal chemistry, electrophysiology, and structural biology. The successful candidate will design and chemically synthesize peptides using an automated peptide synthesizer, and characterize them using various analytical techniques (HPLC, LCMS, NMR, etc.). In addition, the candidate will conduct functional and stability assays and collaborate with an international expert on structural studies using cryo-EM.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Prof. David Craik’s group, a Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science (CIPPS). https://lnkd.in/gDR_cwbn

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a strong background in peptide chemistry, chemical biology, and a passion for impactful research.
If you are interested, please share your academic CV at b.khatri@imb.uq.edu.au.