PhD Studentship (Natural Products Lead Discovery)

The Division of Pharmaceutical Biology, Pharmacenter of the University of Basel, is seeking a highly motivated and skilled PhD student with a keen interest in natural product-based drug discovery. This student will join a team composed of already 2 PhD students.

 

Your position

• You will be part of a multidisciplinary team (involving a total of 3 PhD students) aiming at the discovery of natural products targeting signalling pathways involved in melanoma cell proliferation.
• You will perform in-house state-of-the-art high-content screens in a collaboration with the University of Berne (Prof. Oliver Pertz).
• You will use our platform for HPLC-based activity profiling combining on-line (PDA, ELSD, MS/MS) and off-line (microprobe NMR) spectroscopy.
• Your will isolate active compounds identified in extracts and elucidate their structures.

 

Your profile

• MSc degree or Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Biology
• Keen interest in state-of-the-art analytical and spectroscopic methods
• Team player with interest in multi-disciplinary research
• Good command of German and English

 

We offer you

• A position in an international and highly productive research group
• Involvement with interdisciplinary drug discovery projects

 

For more information on the technology platform and current research, please consult our website at www.pharma.unibas.ch

 

Application / Contact

via Email only to

 

Dr. Eliane Garo and Prof. Matthias Hamburger

Pharmaceutical Biology

Pharmacenter of the University of Basel

Klingelbergstrasse 50, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland

eliane.garo@unibas.ch