The University of Birmingham has joined forces with industry partners in the Netherlands and Germany to launch iDesign, an EU-funded training network that will train students how to prepare bespoke structurally and functionally diverse, three-dimensional molecules with desirable physicochemical properties for drug discovery.
Applications for PhD studentships on iDesign, The University of Birminham's cutting-edge organic synthesis drug-discovery research project, are now open.
The University is looking to recruit six students to this prestigious project. Applications should be made online via the University of Birmingham website. The closing date for applications is 19 March 2018. Details of the individual projects and how to apply can be found below:
Project 1: synthesis of stereodefined diamine sulfone scaffolds based on intramolecular cycloadditions of sulfenic acids
Academic Supervisor: Dr Richard Grainger
Industry partner: AnalytiCon Discovery
Application form
Project 2: intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation Strategies for Morpholine and Oxazepane Scaffold & Library Generation
Academic Supervisor: Dr Liam Cox
Industry partner: AnalytiCon Discovery
Application form
Project 3: fused bicyclic heterocyclic scaffolds for drug discovery
Academic Supervisor: Dr John Fossey
Industry partner: Mercachem
Application form
Project 4: convergent Access to Fused Polycyclic Alkaloids by Gold-Triggered Cascading Cycloadditions
Academic Supervisor: Dr Paul Davies
Industry partner: Mercachem
Application form
Project 5: functionalised Macrocycles as Novel Scaffolds for Library Generation
Academic Supervisor: Dr Liam Cox
Industry partner: Mercachem
Application form
Project 6: rigid 3D Scaffolds by a Diversity-Generating Functional-Structural-Skeletal Elaboration Approach
Academic Supervisor: Dr Paul Davies
Industry partner: Mercachem
Application form
