Drug Discovery Research Project (F1607)

90 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring and summer teaching

In this module, you’ll spend time in a research laboratory, designing and carrying out a series of experiments to answer a specific medicinal chemistry question.

Through this work, you’ll gain hands-on experience of the practical skills required to be a professional drug discovery chemist. These skills include the synthesis, purification and analysis and new molecules, each with the potential to be the starting (or end) point for the discovery of a new therapy.

During your research:

  • you’ll be supported through formal and informal PI/group meetings and by targeted training through use of equipment and software
  • you'll gain experience in how to draft research proposals, and present new data both as a formal scientific presentation and in an extended thesis
  • you'll have a deep understanding of the practical aspects of the drug discovery process.

Teaching