A postdoc position is open in Peter Swaan's group
in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at 
the University of Maryland, Baltimore. An ideal 
candidate should have a Ph.D. in computational 
chemistry/biophysics/biology, highly motivated 
and extensive experience with ligand-based and 
structure-based design, virtual screening, molecular 
dynamics simulations, and homology modeling, 
preferably with an emphasis on membrane proteins. 
An understanding and working knowledge of commercial 
packages such as Tripos, Catalyst and MOE is preferred. 
Some programming skills are a plus.

In general, our group focuses on studying the 
structural biology of membrane transport proteins. 
The lab employs a multi-tiered approach involving 
biochemical, molecular biological and computational 
techniques to predict structure-activity relationships 
of drug molecules and molecular mechanisms of transport. 
Previous postdocs have been highly productive in this
 environment. The successful candidate will coordinate 
several collaborative projects and interact with 
investigators in academia and pharmaceutical industry. 
The initial project will focus on developing 3D-QSAR 
models for specific transport proteins and expand into 
studying membrane protein/lipid bilayer interactions 
using extensive MD simulations. For a list of recent 
publications see:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=Swaan%20P%5Bau%5D

Interested candidates should send their applications
to pswaan(_)rx.umaryland.edu Please attach (1) a cover 
letter stating your experience and interest in the project,
and possible starting date, and (2) itemized CV including
contact information for at least two references. The 
review of applications will begin immediately and will 
continue until the position is filled. The earliest 
starting date is Sept 1, 2008. EO/AA Employer.