We are currently building the founding team for a breakthrough interdisciplinary project focused on using artificial intelligence to identify antiviral candidates against the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV).
We're looking for researchers and specialists who are open to innovation, collaboration, and the opportunity to contribute to a spin-off project. All roles listed are open for discussion. Let's build this together.
Expertise in virology, molecular biology, biochemistry, or related fields
Experience with research design and academic grant applications
Capability for co-authorship or oversight of scientific direction
Willingness to work with an interdisciplinary team (AI + chemistry)
Openness to supporting a startup/spin-off model with partial IP protection
Readiness to serve as scientific mentor and main scientific authority
Can help structure laboratory research phases
Can co-sign or advise on grant proposals
Experienced with genome or protein analysis and sequence alignment
Able to prepare and clean biological data for AI models
Works closely with virologists and AI developers
Supports virtual screening and target validation
Familiar with virus structures and known mechanisms of action
Capable of evaluating molecular candidates from a biological perspective
Experience with drug discovery, QSAR, molecular modeling, or reinforcement learning
Creates or fine-tunes models for molecular activity prediction
Works with molecular representations (SMILES, graph-based models, etc.)
Optimizes compound libraries based on target profiles
Supports virtual screening and de novo molecular design
Coordinates with biologists/chemists on model parameter tuning