Fully Funded 4 Year PhD Studentship in Molecular Sciences for Medicine Centre for Doctoral Training Available to Commence in October 2021

Our Centre for Doctoral Training in Molecular Sciences for Medicine (MoSMed) is an EPSRC funded joint venture between Newcastle and Durham Universities delivering a comprehensive research and training programme focused on Science at the interface of molecular and medical sciences, business skills, innovation and entrepreneurship.

For further information regarding MoSMed please refer to the webpage at: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/mosmed

Please find below an outline of the project available at Durham University. 

Fully Funded 4 Year PhD Studentship in Molecular Sciences for Medicine Centre for Doctoral Training Available to Commence in October 2023

Our Centre for Doctoral Training in Molecular Sciences for Medicine (MoSMed) is an EPSRC funded joint venture between Newcastle and Durham Universities delivering a comprehensive research and training programme focused on Science at the interface of molecular and medical sciences, business skills, innovation and entrepreneurship.

We have a fully funded project available to apply for at Durham University for 2023/24 entry. For full details of this project please refer to the following advert: NBDTP (ncl.ac.uk) 

Project mos23_16 PROTACS: new computational methods, targets and experimental validation

In spite of great advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms of diseases such as cancer, the discovery of new drugs remains a huge challenge in academia and the pharmaceutical industries. Over the last decade, PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) drugs have gained significant traction as these compounds target proteins not by inhibition but by tagging them for protein degradation. PROTACs are bifunctional molecule where two ligands are connected by a flexible linker. This project is aimed at developing and testing new methods for the rational design of PROTACs in a close collaboration between the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), Newcastle University and Durham University.

For further details regarding this project please contact: Prof Ehmke Pohl: ehmke.pohl@durham.ac.uk

 Please note that if you wish to apply for this project this is done via the University portal at: https://www.dur.ac.uk/study/pg/apply/

Please select the course ‘PhD in Molecular Sciences for Medicine (EPSRC CDT)’ and indicate the relevant project reference number in the ‘Field of Study’ section.

Details regarding the application process for the above project can be found at the following link: Durham | MoSMed CDT | Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk) Should you have any queries regarding application to the projects at Durham University, please contact the Durham MoSMed CDT Manager Emma Worden: emma.worden@durham.ac.uk

For further details regarding this project please contact: Prof Ehmke Pohl - Ehmke.pohl@durham.ac.uk

Please note that if you wish to apply for this project this is done via the University portal at: https://studyatdurham.microsoftcrmportals.com

Should you have any queries regarding application to this project, please contact the Durham MoSMed CDT Manager Emma Worden: emma.worden@durham.ac.uk

The closing date to apply is 5pm Friday 18^th August 2021.