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Computer simulation of metal-amyloid interaction and its role in plaque formation
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Chemistry
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the greatest healthcare challenges facing 21st century society. AD is associated with formation of fibrils and plaques in brain tissue that impair proper functioning of neurons. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Platts
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Self-assembling Functional Peptides for Biomedical Applications
University of Sheffield Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Designed short peptides can self-assemble into different nanostructures (such as nanovesicles and nanofibrils) through weak interactions and have a variety of applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Zhao
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Toward developing next-generation therapeutics - targeting the undruggable interactome
Aberdeen University Department of Chemistry
Cyclic and modified cyclic peptides are very appealing scaffolds especially as therapeutics with several examples reach the clinic e.g. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Houssen, Prof M Jaspars, Dr L Trembleau
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Direct observation of the structure and function of cooperatively assembled membrane spanning pores formed by antimicrobial peptides
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
This project will combine multiple single molecule imaging techniques applied to model membranes [1] to study the mechanisms of peptide interaction of established and novel AMPs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O Castell, Dr Y Jin, Prof A Jones, Dr PD Watson
 1 April 2021 PhD Research Project

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Investigation of salivary peptides as SARS-CoV-2 entry inhibitors
University of Dundee Dental School
The global pandemic caused by the emergence of a novel Coronavirus in Wuhan during 2019 has had a huge impact on all aspects of human health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D H Edwards, Dr M Islam
 30 June 2021 PhD Research Project

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Protease-resistant antimicrobial peptides to target bacterial and fungal pathogens
The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  Research Group: Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Antimicrobial resistance is quickly becoming a serious global health problem. The emergence of multidrug-resistant microbial strains combined with the drying up of the antibiotic pipeline in the pharmaceutical industry has significantly worsened the situation in recent years. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Bella, Prof L Tabernero
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The development of therapeutic peptides for cancer.
University of Sheffield Department of Biomedical Science
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in women and the third in men. There were 1.8 million new diagnoses in 2018. There is a huge demand to improve conventional therapies and to discover novel ones. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Brown, Dr X Zhao
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The greening of peptide synthesis
University of York Department of Chemistry
Peptide synthesis (both solution and solid state) is of fundamental importance to the pharmaceuticals sector. They are therefore expected to play a major role in the future of drug discovery. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M North
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Bioactive Peptide Nanostructures: The relation between bioactivity and molecular self-assembly into diverse nanostructures
University of Reading School of Chemistry
Research into bioactive peptides includes work on antimicrobial peptides, amyloid-related peptides with relevance to protein misfolding diseases such as Alzheimers, lipopeptides with applications in immune therapies and for wound healing and skincare. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof I W Hamley
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Therapeutic targeting of chemokines in inflammation
University of Oxford Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Inflammation, driven by leucocytes, adversely affects organ function in diseases such as myocarditis, myocardial infarction, acute lung injury, sepsis and pancreatitis,. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Bhattacharya
 23 July 2021 PhD Research Project

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Peptide hydrogels as a long-acting multipurpose drug delivery platform for combined contraception and HIV prevention
Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy
HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death in women of reproductive age worldwide. HIV and unintended pregnancies are prevalent in developing nations due to the lack of effective female contraceptive choice. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Laverty, Prof K Malcolm
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Development of a novel anti-Ran-GTPase peptide nanoparticles for blockade of regulator of chromosome condensation 1 (RCC1) function in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells: A novel approach for anti-metastatic therapies
University of Sunderland School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences
Ran is a small ras-related GTPase that has an important role in nucleocytoplasmic transport, microtubule assembly and cell cycle progression. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Faheem, Prof A Elkordy
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Understanding the mechanisms of controlled release systems based on pristine graphene and tripeptides
The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Graphene has received considerable interest especially in electronics and recently increased attention in the biomedical sciences, with potential applications from gene and drug delivery. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Pluen, Dr R A Bryce
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What really makes a bacterial lipoprotein a real lipoprotein? Important implications for developing or improving lipoprotein-based vaccines
University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences
Bacterial lipoproteins have attracted much interest as vaccine candidates over recent years. The lipoprotein, Factor H binding protein, of Neisseria meningitidis for example is the sole antigen of Trumenba, the vaccine developed by Pfizer, and is a major component of the Bexsero vaccine developed by GSK. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Griffin, Dr N Oldfield, Dr K Woodridge
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Functionalised Metal-Organic Cages for Biomolecule Encapsulation
The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry
In contrast to the plethora of examples of metal-organic cages that encapsulate, stabilise and activate small molecules a limited number of cages capable of encapsulating biomolecules have been reported. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Riddell, Dr L Natrajan
 31 March 2021 PhD Research Project

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