https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R154579/Senior-Scientist-Structural-Biologist-X-ray-crystallography-Cryo-EM
*Job Description* New hires based in the US & Puerto Rico will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption or accommodation to this vaccination requirement, subject to applicable law. This position is within the Computational and Structural Chemistry group department at our company's Research Laboratories in Boston, MA, USA. This group supports drug discovery using atomic resolution single particle cryo-EM and x-ray diffraction to determine the structure of therapeutically important targets. The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of the structural biology process, from sample preparation and data collection through data processing and structure determination, and will work closely with molecular biologists, biochemists and biophysicists who employ state-of-the art capabilities to drive drug design. We are an integral arm of both discovery and process chemistry and collaborate seamlessly with teams around the globe to innovate and invent better molecules faster. Productive and collaborative interactions with other members of the global, cross-functional department are required. There is an expectation for periodic travel to other locations. Cooperative and collaborative use of internal expertise and resources will be essential to success. The position requires active interaction with the external scientific community to continually improve scientific understanding, including presentations at national or international meetings. Consistently cited as a great place to work, our company employs talented people who discover, develop, manufacture, and market a wide range of vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. Each of us is joined by an extraordinary sense of purpose — bringing our company's finest achievements to people worldwide. The company's Boston campus is located within the heart of industry in the greater Boston and Cambridge areas allowing for close interactions with the quickly-expanding high resolution single particle cryo-EM community as well as the structural biology field at large, giving easy access to the latest developments in the field. *Required Experience and Skills:* · PhD degree in structural biology field. · Demonstrated experience in a broad range of activities for x-ray crystallography and/or atomic resolution single particle cryo-EM, including sample preparation, data collection, image processing & structure determination. · Excellent communication skills (written, presentation, and oral) that enhance team-based progress is required. · Application of those skills both within and outside the department to ensure the maximum understanding of program status for therapeutic area project teams and management is required. · Demonstrated potential to develop project management skills and identify/develop new areas of scientific expertise in structural biology. · Expectation to support an inclusive workplace through positive actions, and a demonstration of both receiving and giving honest professional feedback. · Ability to work effectively and flexibly within timelines. · Demonstrated ability to prepare peer-reviewed publications *Preferred Experience and Skills:* · PhD degree with at least two years of postdoctoral training in structural biology field · Experience with biophysical and functional characterization methods (e.g. SPR, NMR, thermal shift and calorimetric assays) to guide construct design and optimization of solution conditions for successful structural outcomes · Experience with structure determination of small molecule : protein complexes · Experience with structure determination of peptide protein : complexes. · Experience with the application of hybrid structural techniques to answer biological questions · Ability to manage multiple projects and subsequent prioritization · Experience using computational tools for protein engineering and design. We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe. *Who we are …* We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. 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