Postdoctoral Researcher

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Position Summary:
We seek a Data scientist to develop innovative machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods to predict drug-like small molecules from large chemical screens based on the DNA Encoded Library (DEL) and Affinity Selection Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) technologies.

The candidate will be hosted by the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), Haibe-Kains and Schapira labs. The candidate will be responsible for aggregating the existing and future drug screening data and developing novel integrative machine learning/AI models for the identification of potential drug targets; approved or experimental drugs.

The candidate will be assisted by software developers to leverage internal tools (AIRCHECK) in order to develop, train and test ML and DL predictive models, independently or in collaboration with other experts in the Haibe-Kains and Schapira labs and other SGC collaborators.

Duties:

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