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The Palmer Lab is currently open to applications for a (one) fully funded PhD position. The PhD student will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of synthetic chemists, chemical biologists, and data scientists supported by a £3.9M EPSRC Prosperity Partnership Award centred around the development of next generation medicines beyond Lipinski space. This is a multi-year, collaborative endeavour with our industrial partner GSK, and has the overall objective of retooling the underpinning synthesis of oligonucleotides (ONs) and their derivatives, the development of platforms for cell targeting, and new approaches to heterobifunctional molecules. More information about the PhD position can be found here. Applications should be submitted at this link. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. (Last updated on 30th April 2026)
We are a computational chemistry group based in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. We develop theory, simulation and informatics methods to study the behaviour of biochemical systems. Our current research interests include molecular solvation, chymosin biochemistry, diagnosis of disease using FTIR spectroscopy, and computer-aided drug design.
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We have recently co-founded a biomedical diagnostics spinout company, Dxcover. Further information is available here.​
