Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Free energy calculations using molecular dynamics are widely used in the pharmaceutical industry to predict drug binding affinities. Scaffold hopping presents distinct challenges however. The very large number of possible alternate scaffolds means that the method used must be very efficient, while the potentially large chemical change creates problems with method accuracy. In this project you will address these problems.
The School of Chemistry is offering a fully funded PhD studentship to a highly motivated candidate to start in September 2024. This research project aims to develop new ways of constructing 3-dimensionally complex natural products using strategies inspired by their biosynthesis.