Cohort 1 (2019-2023)
Our first CDT Cohort have now completed their PhDs. We are very excited to see our first wave of MoSMed graduates!
Isaline Castan
- CDT Doctoral Researcher (Aligned)
- Supervisor: Mike Waring
- Email: I.Castan2@newcastle.ac.uk
- Project Title: Expanding the scope of DNA encoded library chemistry using micelles
Laura Filipe
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: Paul Denny
- Email: laura.n.filipe@durham.ac.uk
- Project Title: Deconvoluting the mode of action of a suite of novel antileishmanials
Olivia Gittins
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: Martin Noble
- Email: O.Gittins@newcastle.ac.uk
- Project Title: Protein aptamers to enable structure-based drug discovery – making the undruggable druggable
Jenny Gilmour
- CDT Doctoral Researcher (Aligned)
- Supervisor: Simi Ali
- Email: J.Gilmour@newcastle.ac.uk
- Project Title: Ex vivo normothermic perfusion of organs to minimise ischaemia reperfusion injury
Jessica Graham
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: Mike Waring
- Email: J.Graham9@newcastle.ac.uk
- Project Title: Expanding the scope of metal-catalysed aminations for DNA-Encoded Libraries
Alex Hallatt
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: Celine Cano
- Email: A.Hallatt1@newcastle.ac.uk
- Project Title: Small molecule tools to target glucose metabolism in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Carissa Lloyd
- CDT Doctoral Researcher (Aligned)
- Supervisor: Steven Cobb
- Email: carissa.m.lloyd@durham.ac.uk
Jacob Murray
- CDT Doctoral Researcher (Aligned)
- Supervisor: AnnMarie O'Donoghue
- Email: jacob.murray@durham.ac.uk
Chong Yun Pang
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: Professor Simi Ali
- Email: C.Pang@newcastle.ac.uk
- Project Title: Evaluation of nitrated chemokines to monitor ischemia reperfusion injury in organ transplantation
Rachael Pirie
- CDT Doctoral Researcher (Aligned)
- Supervisor: Daniel Cole
- Email: R.Pirie2@newcastle.ac.uk
- Project Title: Novel Data Science and Mathematical Approaches to Drug Discovery
Toni Alexandra Pringle
- CDT Doctoral Researcher (Aligned)
- Supervisor: James Knight
- Email: T.Pringle1@newcastle.ac.uk
- Project Title: The synthesis and evaluation of radioimmunoconjugates in the PET imaging of cancer
Catherine Salvini
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: Mike Waring
- Email: C.Salvini2@newcastle.ac.uk
- Project Title: Rapid evolution of hits using DNA encoded reagents
Matthew Smith
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: AnnMarie O'Donoghue
- Email: Matthew.s.smith2@durham.ac.uk
- Project Title: Nitron Derivatives to Blatter Radicals: Novel Anticancer Prodrugs and Mechanistic Probes
Kate Sowerby
- CDT Doctoral Researcher (Aligned)
- Supervisor: Ehmke Pohl
- Email: kate.v.sowerby@durham.ac.uk
Ruth Walker
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: Matthias Trost
- Email: R.H.Walker2@newcastle.ac.uk
- Twitter: @Ruth_Walks
- Project Title: Development of high-throughput MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry assays for drug discovery, in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim.
Samuel Went
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: Tim Blower
- Email: samuel.c.went@durham.ac.uk
- Project Title: Molecular tools from bacteriophages: A structural and functional characterisation of the BREX bacteriophage resistance system
Isabelle Zawadzki
- CDT Doctoral Researcher
- Supervisor: Steven Cobb
- Email: isabelle.g.morris@durham.ac.uk
- Project Title: The Design and Synthesis of CCL2 Targeting PROTACS