Synthetic Chemistry (fully funded) PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Drug discovery to control C. difficile infections by targeting sporulation

Newcastle University
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Dr P Salgado, Dr J Hubbard

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Interested in a PhD studying antibiotic resistant bacteria and explore new ways to treat drug-resistant infections? In this PhD, you will use a range of biochemistry, biophysical and structural techniques, together with molecular biology, genetics, and microbiology approached to develop new therapeutics targeting C.

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Innovative Enantioselective Methodology for Novel (GTA 20 STU)

University of Leicester
Department of Chemistry

Dr A Stuart, Dr A Pulis

Application Deadline: 4 February 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

An important strategy in the development of new pharmaceutical products is the incorporation of fluorine because of its beneficial influence on the metabolic…

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Metal-mediated acceptorless dehydrogenation as a route to high-added value products (GTA 20 SOL)

University of Leicester
Department of Chemistry

Dr G A Solan, Dr F Ortu

Application Deadline: 4 February 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The development of new sustainable catalytic systems based on earth abundant metals for fundamentally significant synthetic transformations represents a major objective in modern chemical research at both the academic and industrial level.

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New Strategies for Chemical Synthesis via Frustrated Molecules (GTA 20 PUL)

University of Leicester
Department of Chemistry

Dr A Pulis, Dr A Stuart

Application Deadline: 4 February 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Like building a house from bricks and mortar, molecular synthesis is the construction of new chemical entities from other molecules.

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Probing the Chemical Space of Heterobifunctional Molecules Targeting the Epigenome (GTA 20 HOD)

University of Leicester
Department of Chemistry

Dr J Hodgkinson, Dr S Cowley

Application Deadline: 4 February 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The development of new chemical tools and probes is vital to understanding the functions of multifaceted proteins and enzymes in the cell and their role in disease.

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Rare Earth organometallic reagents for C-H activation chemistry (GTA 20 ORT)

University of Leicester
Department of Chemistry

Dr F Ortu, Dr A Pulis

Application Deadline: 4 February 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (EAS) reactions are one of the pillars of organic synthesis and are widely used to functionalise arenes.

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Killing the unkillable. Developing bacterial capture compounds to identify new targets against antimicrobial resistant Staphylococcus aureus

University of Sheffield
Department of Chemistry

Dr R Corrigan, Dr D Williams

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The “superbug”, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major threat to global health. Once inside a host, bacteria, like S.

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Killing the unkillable. Developing bacterial capture compounds to identify new targets against antimicrobial resistant Staphylococcus aureus

University of Sheffield
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Dr R Corrigan, Dr D Williams

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The “superbug”, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major threat to global health. Once inside a host, bacteria, like S.

Details

MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Killing the unkillable. Developing bacterial capture compounds to identify new targets against antimicrobial resistant Staphylococcus aureus

University of Sheffield
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Dr R Corrigan, Dr D Williams

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The “superbug”, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major threat to global health. Once inside a host, bacteria, like S.

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Asymmetric Clip-Cycle Reactions of Cyclic Amines

University of York
Department of Chemistry

Dr P Clarke

Application Deadline: 8 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Background. Cyclic amines are privileged pharmacophores present in many drug molecules and biologically active natural products, with the 5- and 6-membered rings by far and away the most prevalent.

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