Funded PhD in Peptide-Based Precision Anti-Infectives for Foodborne Listeriosis University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at the University of St Andrews in the School of Biology / School of Chemistry, working on design, synthesis, and mechanism of action of inhibitors of the human enzyme DNPH1 (2′-deoxynucleoside 5′-phosphate N-hydrolase 1). This project sits at the interface of Biochemistry , Structural Biology , Medicinal Chemistry , Organic Synthesis , and Chemical Biology . DNPH1 is a nucleotide-sanitizing enzyme, and the project aims to design potent and selective inhibitors and elucidate how ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Bath in the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP): Designing Cell-Accumulating Covalent Inhibitors to Combat Gram-Negative Antimicrobial Resistance . This project sits at the interface of medicinal chemistry, microbiology, chemical biology, biochemistry, and pharmaceutical chemistry . The research aims to understand how to design covalent inhibitors that can accumulate inside Gram-negative bacteria, overcome permeability and efflux barriers, and ...

PhD studentships are available through the University of Strathclyde’s collaborative research partnership with GSK. The opportunity is for PhD research in Medicinal Chemistry , Chemical Biology , and Structural Biophysics , with studentships starting in October 2027 . Funding covers home/UK fees only . The post does not mention a stipend, international fee coverage, or other financial details. The announcement is shared by Laura Paterson, Strathclyde Manager of the Collaborative GSK Research Pro...

PhD opportunity at The Francis Crick Institute in London, United Kingdom: Enabling antibiotics discovery by targeted protein degradation with Dr Francesca Ester Morreale. This funded PhD project focuses on targeted protein degradation (TPD) in pathogenic bacteria as a new strategy for antibiotic discovery . The project will explore how to design novel antibiotic degraders and study their mechanism of action using biochemistry , biophysics , proteomics , and molecular microbiology . The lab’s bro...

Industry-based PhD studentship at GSK R&D in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde, Department of Chemistry . The programme, titled “Building a Career in Drug Discovery at GSK” , offers PhD research in medicinal chemistry , chemical biology , or structural biophysics and in silico modelling . The project is co-supervised by Strathclyde chemistry academics and a senior GSK scientist, with research aligned to modern drug discovery. Research themes include design and development of moder...