Overview
Medicinal Chemistry from Cardiff University aim is to offer knowledge and expertise for a career in the pharmaceutical industry, academia or in primary/secondary care.
Distinctive features
- The work involves close collaboration with virologists and biochemists throughout Europe, and USA.
- The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has excellent facilities for the group. It has purchased a Bruker 500MHz NMR spectrometer, a Fisons Platform II Mass Spectrometer (set up for electrospray and APCI) and several Silicon Graphics workstations and extensive software including Sybyl, Macromodel, DOCK, GRID and Oxford Molecular Software. The synthetic chemistry laboratories have recently been refurbished and each researcher has their own fume hood.
- There are excellent library facilities and computer links from all the laboratories allowing access to a wide range of databases.
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Research themes
- Molecular modelling
- Nucleotide prodrugs (“Protides”) especially as anticancer and antiviral agents
- This research group enjoys well-equipped laboratories.
There is close collaboration with virologists and biochemists throughout Europe, and USA.
Area of expertise
- Computer-based molecular graphics
- synthesis and analysis of bioactive molecules
- applying a wide variety of spectroscopic and other analytical methods.
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Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 60 months
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Disciplines
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants should possess a minimum of an upper second class Honours degree, master's degree, or equivalent in a relevant subject.
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International
24450 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 24450 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4712 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.
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Funding
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