TropIQ Health Sciences is looking for a talented postdoctoral fellow to join our dynamic group of scientists focused on the discovery of new interventions for mosquito-borne infectious diseases. The fellow will support the 'TropInhi' project executed in collaboration with Radboud University, Radboud University Medical Center and Protinhi Therapeutics. Within the framework of this project, the fellow will focus on the discovery of novel chemical molecules that interrupt pathogen transmission between the human and the mosquito host. The fellowship has a duration of 2.5 years.

Tasks and responsibilities
The project aims at identifying new inhibitors to interrupt transmission of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika and malaria. The fellow will design experimental strategies to assess pathogen life cycle progression in the two host systems and establish high throughput screens of chemical libraries to identify novel inhibitors. For resulting compounds we will work with the project partners to understand their structure-activity relationship and to improve potency and selectivity. The fellow will be responsible for design and execution of the experimental work and reporting of project progress both internally as well as to the project partners. The fellow may be co-inventor on patents related to their work.

Required qualifications and experience
Minimum qualifications:

• PhD in life sciences and strong skills and experience in molecular virology
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Evidence of collaborative research
• Creative, flexible and entrepreneurial personality

Additional preferred qualifications

• Affinity with drug discovery/molecular pharmacology

Fixed-term contract: 2,5 years.

The position provides a challenging opportunity to become active in the battle against tropical infectious diseases as part of an enthusiastic team of scientists. The versatile nature of the project and the multidisciplinary setup of the project provide an excellent basis for widening research skill sets and broadening the scientific horizon. We offer a contract for 2.5 years at a competitive salary.

TropIQ

TropIQ aims at creating better opportunities for people by improving their health. To this end it provides enabling technology for the elimination of infectious diseases. The company is located at the Noviotech high-tech campus in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and was founded in 2011 as a spin-off of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center.