ScientistChemistry(bachelor/master)

Developing future oncology medicines through hands-on medicinal chemistry. Within our Medicinal Chemistry department, we have an exciting opportunity for a Scientist Chemistry, who is enthusiastic about hands-on laboratory work and enjoys working closely with colleagues in a collaborative environment. This role offers the chance to apply your expertise, and to make a real impact on the progress of our projects. Acerta Pharma will be relocating to Amsterdam, with the current move planned for early 2027. Until that time, you will be working from our facilities in Oss. After the move, you will be based at our new site in Amsterdam. **Scientist Chemistry (bachelor/master)** **Pivot Park Oss | Amsterdam UMC campus** **Fulltime** **Your challenge:** As a Scientist, you will be part of our Medicinal Chemistry team and focus on the synthesis and analysis of new molecules. You will be the driving force in the lab, contributing to the progress of our projects towards clinical development. **What will you be doing?** * Your main task is to synthesize new bioactive substances chemical entities within medicinal chemistry programs, using state-of-the-art organic chemistry techniques. Together with your colleagues, you will implement new synthetic routes and processes to get to the desired molecules most efficiently. * You will scale up the synthesis of interesting analogues from mg to g scale for further _in vivo_ testing. * You will present your work in regular chemistry and project meetings and actively take part in discussing the chemistry of your and other teams. * You will have the opportunity to familiarize yourself with important concepts on optimization of small molecules for different modalities in modern Medicinal Chemistry (e.g. learn about the usage of AI and computational Chemistry structure-based drug design within this process). * You maintain a high quality and accurate electronic notebook, a safe working environment, and operate according to our guidelines on Saf