PhD Projects for Chemistry Graduates
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Please indicate which scientific disciplines (Biology, Chemistry, Physics & Engineering, Mechanism-based drug discovery) you are interested in.
PLEASE NOTE - projects marked with an asterisk (*) have special eligibility requirements and stipend arrangements.
Section of Cancer Therapeutics
A novel, three-dimensional protein kinase inhibitor library based on azacycles and azabicycles
Dr Ian Collins
Dr Swen Hoelder
Targeting protein-protein interactions with drug like azaspirocyclic scaffolds
Professor Keith Jones
Professor Julian Blagg
Section of Structural Biology
Structural basis for PCNA regulation by monoubiquitylation
Professor Laurence Pearl
Structural studies of human tripeptidyl peptidase II
Dr Ed Morris
Mechanism-based Drug Discovery
Professor Julian Blagg and Dr Rob van Montfort
Targeted disruption of TPR-domain recruitment to the Hsp90/Hsp70 molecular chaperone systems*
Professors Paul Workman and Laurence Pearl
Professor Keith Jones and Dr Richard Bayliss