10 Types of Drug Discovery Scientists

How can I become a scientist to discover new drugs for patients? How does the drug discovery team function? How does the pharmaceutical industry work?

As a young scientist, these might be the questions you think about if you are considering a science career in drug discovery and pharmaceutical companies. The most common disciplines in drug discovery include biology, chemistry and disciplines that integrate both, like biochemistry and pharmacology. On top of that, pharmaceutical industry offers long-term career options in various "cross-functional" disciplines, not limited to chemistry and biology. In such a large and complex team, there are many different career options for young scientists.

0:00 Overview
1:26 Medicinal chemist
2:01 Computational chemist
3:11 Machine learning engineer
4:03 Analytical chemist
4:47 Molecular biologist
5:24 Structural biologist
6:20 Computational biologist
6:58 Bioanalytical scientist
7:51 Biochemist
8:18 Enzymologist
8:52 Toxicologist

-About me-

I am a computational chemist in the pharmaceutical industry. I created the Mole Man Chem channel to explain some basic medicinal and biochemistry concepts because I believe the best way to relearn a concept is through teaching.

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