Career Opportunities at Astex - September 2009 Astex Therapeutics Ltd, based in Cambridge, UK, was founded 10 years ago and is a world-leading biotechnology company that has pioneered fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) platform to discover and develop medicines in areas of unmet medical need. Astex has successfully progressed its first three oncology drug candidates into clinical trials and has recently extended its technology to anti-viral targets. Astex has established an internationally leading scientific reputation in FBDD, the most important new area of drug discovery chemistry in the last 20 years. We remain committed to the highest possible scientific standards and have established a strong track record in high calibre scientific publications, presentations and peer citations. As a result of this continued success in our drug discovery programmes, we are now seeking highly talented scientists with a passion for innovative drug discovery. The closing date for applications is 25th September 2009. ________________________________________ Postdoctoral Structural Biologists (SB-09)
These roles are 2 year Post-Doc positions for lab-based scientists to join our structural biology department, which represent a tremendous learning experience at the start of a career in drug discovery, including interaction with scientists in other disciplines in the company's well equipped structural biology laboratories. Candidates will have broad skills in molecular biology, protein science and protein structure determination. Familiarity with insect cell expression systems and with protein purification - characterisation is desirable. Ideally you will have recently completed a PhD or have several years of relevant postgraduate experience. ________________________________________ Salaries and benefits package are highly competitive to ensure we attract, motivate and retain the best candidates. Please send your application to: Human Resources Astex Therapeutics Ltd 436 Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge CB4 0QA UK Or apply by e-mail to: h...@astex-therapeutics.com Disclaimer This communication is confidential and may contain privileged information intended solely for the named addressee(s). It may not be used or disclosed except for the purpose for which it has been sent. If you are not the intended recipient you must not review, use, disclose, copy, distribute or take any action in reliance upon it. If you have received this communication in error, please notify Astex Therapeutics Ltd by emailing m.orei...@astex-therapeutics.com and destroy all copies of the message and any attached documents. Astex Therapeutics Ltd monitors, controls and protects all its messaging traffic in compliance with its corporate email policy. The Company accepts no liability or responsibility for any onward transmission or use of emails and attachments having left the Astex Therapeutics domain. Unless expressly stated, opinions in this message are those of the individual sender and not of Astex Therapeutics Ltd. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of computer viruses. Astex Therapeutics Ltd accepts no liability for damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. E-mail is susceptible to data corruption, interception, unauthorized amendment, and tampering, Astex Therapeutics Ltd only send and receive e-mails on the basis that the Company is not liable for any such alteration or any consequences thereof. Astex Therapeutics Ltd., Registered in England at 436 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0QA under number 3751674
