Postdoctoral Research Associate - Chemical Biology and Therapeutics - Cupido Lab
Listed on 2026-08-20
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Research/Development
Research Scientist, Drug Discovery
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics
- Cupido Lab
Location
Memphis, TN
Category
Postdoc
Department
Chemical Biology and Therapeutics
Shift
Weekday Day
Position Type
Full Time
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Job DescriptionThe lab of Dr. Tommaso Cupido e Children’s Research Hospital is looking for motivated, biology-inclined synthetic chemists to push the frontier of RNA proximity-induced pharmacology.
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in chemistry, chemical biology, or related fields, familiarity with multistep organic synthesis, and at leastone first-author peer-reviewed publication (accepted or close to be).
The focus is the discovery, design and development of small-molecule modulators using novel screening and compound optimization platforms, with emphasis on yet-to-be-drugged pathways and biological mechanisms thatregulate RNA biology and gene expression in cancer.
The project will be conducted in the Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics e Children’s Research Hospital and builds on strong investments into a world-class infrastructure in high-throughput chemical discovery andsynthesis.
Weoffer:
- - State-of-the-art, fully staffed facilities for chemistry, biophysics, biochemistry, structural biology, mass spectrometry, genomics, cell microscopy and data-drivendiscoveries at St Jude.
- A highly collaborative and supportive research environment with premierexperts in cancer biology.
- Opportunities to develop expertise across chemical biology, structural, cellular and molecular biology, proteomics, and drug discovery.
- Strong opportunities for scientific growth, publication, grant writing, collaboration, and career development.
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