Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.

Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

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Career Programs

Job Sub Function:
Post Doc – Drug Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

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Career Program

All Job Posting Locations:
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements.

Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are seeking an outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry and Chemical Biology passionate about applying their synthetic chemistry knowledge for the development of novel chemical proteomic methodologies to be in Springhouse, PA.

This candidate would be part of a unique experience, jointly supported by Professor David MacMillan of Princeton University as well as the Discovery Proteomic Platforms (DPP) group within the Discovery Technologies and Molecular Pharmacology (DTMP) department of Therapeutics Discovery at J&J IM.

Join an interdisciplinary team dedicated to deploying pioneering technologies to support the identification of novel disease targets within Oncology, Immunology, and Neuroscience!

You will be responsible for:


* Plan and perform wet lab activities related to photocatalyst development, organic synthesis, mechanistic characterization, and chemical proteomics workflows.


* Independently interpret scientific literature to design, perform, and analyze data to define new experiments and studies for the progression of projects.


* Collaborate with a cross-functional team across and within academia and industry.


* Publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals and present results at scientific meetings.

Required Education:



* Ph.

D.

in Chemistry, or a related field.

Required Experience and Skills:



* 4+ years of proven experience in a laboratory setting.


* Strong background in synthetic organic chemistry.


* Highly motivated and capable of driving projects forward independently with minimal daily oversight.


* Strong planning and experiment coordination skills with the ability to multitask in a fast paced environment.


* Excellent interpersonal skills working with diverse colleagues,

Preferred Experience ...