Nestlé Research Center (NRC) located near Lausanne, Switzerland
is one of the leading research laboratories in food and nutritional
sciences. With 700 members of staff from 50 nations, NRC has a strong
position in the international scientific community supported further by
332 outside scientific contracts and 240 scientific publications in 2007
(learn more about the NRC on www.research.nestle.com).

NRC has an excellent reputation in food and nutrition research that has
benefited consumers for over a century. By bringing together its
knowledge in Nutrition and Health, Food Science, Food/Consumer
Interaction, Food Quality and Safety, Nestlé opens the way to
develop Good Food and Good Life: to offer tasty foods that procure
health as well as pleasure for our consumers.

In this global and multicultural environment, Nestlé, a food,
nutrition, health and wellness company aims to work with the best
scientists in the world.

To support its research strategy, the BioAnalytical Science Department
at the NRC is seeking a:


Scientist in Structural Bioinformatics


who will manage the Computational Molecular Science Technology of the
Bioinformatics group.

You will have to actively manage a project portfolio where the
Computational Molecular Science technology is applied and will have to
regularly meet and inform clients at NRC on the advancement of the
projects. In its current setup the technology includes protein modeling,
molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations.

Within the Bioinformatics group you will work in interaction with
experts in protein sequence annotation and will apply protein structural
prediction methods to derive the 3D structure of enzymes and receptors
that can be used in computational molecular docking experiments and that
are relevant for the development of new nutritional products.

In the same time you will be an accomplished scientist and will have to
define and execute a research program for the discovery and
computational modeling of the bioactivities of functional peptides, as
well as for modeling their interactions with relevant enzymes and receptors.


Required education and profile:

- Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry, Biology or Physics 

- Previous experience in protein modelling or structure determination
  (or in related fields)

- Excellent written and spoken English (French and/or German would be an asset)

- Excellent communication skills 

- Good team player, sense of responsibility and autonomy at work

- Eager to work in a interdiscplinary and multicultural environment

If you fit the profile and you are interested by this position,
please post your complete application online (incl. cover-letter, resume
and names of references) on:
 www.careers.nestle.com  /  Requisition ID number: 1723.