Principal Investigator - Montréal, Canada - Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

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Principal Investigator

Assistant or Associate Professor

Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC)

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

The Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) in partnership with the Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of Université de Montréal (UdeM) invites
Learning/Artificial Intelligence applied to the search for new treatments in human health, including mainly
small molecules and possibly some aspects of chemical biology such as unnatural biopolymers (amino acids
or nucleic acids) or natural products.

IRIC's primary goal is to better understand the biological processes that contribute to cancer and identify
ground-breaking avenues in the development of effective therapies. IRIC is located in a state-of-the-art
building on the main campus of UdeM. It currently hosts 27 Principal Investigators and nearly 450 trainees,
graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research associates and support staff. IRIC also comprises several
cutting edge core facilities, including Bioimaging, Biophysics & NMR, Flow Cytometry, Genomics, High

Throughput Screening (chemical, RNAi, and CRISPR), Bioinformatics, Histology, Medicinal Chemistry,

Proteomics, and In Vivo Biology/Animal facility. Most importantly, IRIC houses one of the largest Drug
Discovery Units in an academic setting in Canada. Its activities are led by a team of 65 expert chemists and
biologists who have extensive drug discovery experience in an industrial setting. A collegial, dynamic and
curiosity-driven research environment is a defining feature of the Institute.

We offer competitive recruitment packages commensurate with experience and qualifications, a research
intensive environment, state-of-the art facilities and competitive graduate training programs. The new
Principal Investigator will be appointed as a Faculty in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
- ). Access to IRIC's core facilities and extensive expertise of IRIC's drug discovery unit will

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine includes 30 regular
professors and more than 60 clinical or adjunct professors. Research teams address fundamental biomedical
research questions in close connection with translational and clinical research conducted in the Faculty of
medicine network of affiliated hospital research centers and institutes. Through its cutting-edge teaching
programs in biochemistry and bioinformatics, the Department supports the training of more than 350
undergraduate students and 200 graduate students. We are particularly interested in attracting colleagues
who share our commitment to teaching, mentoring and fostering a collaborative research environment that
embraces both excellence and diversity.

For more information, please visit the following web sites:

IRIC

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

Université de Montréal
Intelligence approaches applied to the drug discovery process, including but not limited to: compound activity
prediction, compound physical/pharmaceutical properties prediction, virtual screening, drug optimization,
retrosynthesis planning, Graph Neural Networks (GNN), reinforcement learning.

As a professor, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the promotion of excellence at IRIC

and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine. In this
**capacity, you will be expected to: **Emphasise the development of novel, state-of-the-art computing approaches rather than the

Collaborate on projects with large multidimensional datasets, so experience in integrating genomics,
proteomics, and clinical data sets with drug screening would be an asset; 

Take part in academic-industry collaborations with biopharmaceutical partners; 

Develop an innovative, internationally recognized, financially independent research program; 

Supervise graduate students and postdoctoral fellows; 

Contribute to the teaching mission of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the
undergraduate, M.Sc. and Ph.
D. levels; 

Through teaching and research activities, ensure the development of your discipline in addition to
actively participate in the functionning of IRIC, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine of UdeM.

To succeed in this role, you will need to: 
Hold a Ph.
D. and demonstrate significant postdoctoral experience and productivity in a relevant area; 

Have an outstanding publication record; 

Have the potential to develop both internal and international collaborations; 

Demonstrate an ability to provide high quality university-level education; 

An adequate knowledge of the French language (written and spoken) or a strong commitment to
mastering the proficiency level required, in a