Computational Chemist Review
by AstraZeneca
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
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- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
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- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
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- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at AstraZeneca
- 7. Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Overview
Using methods like MD and FEP to help guide and prioritize the selection of compounds to synthesize. Building up SAR knowledge using computational tools. Early stage and late stage discovery work.
Skills
A lot. Molecular Dynamics, Linux/Bash, FEP, Schrodinger Suite, MOE, PyMOL, Python (Standard libraries + RDKit + MDAnalysis), Metadynamics (PLMED).
Responsibilities
A lot of responsibilty as early as 1 month in. Work completed had impact on big projects and was considered based on merit and scientific rigor. Responsibilities increased appropriately with skill level.
Support & Guidance
My supervisor was fantastic, and my team was really helpful. It is also to some extent what you make of it. There are loads of extra 'seminars' and 'lectures', and you are of course free to collaborate with other employees and team members. Very smart people and generally very organized company, so there is always someone to ask or docs to be read.
Culture
Very good. Science-focused and very interesting work.
Your Impressions
Loved it.
Yes
If you're interested in drug discovery then this is about as good as it gets. Very solid fundamentals are established so youare able to work on the cutting edge.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
South East
September 2022
