PhD Studentship

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Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

This is a 4 year PhD project funded by CoEBio3. This scheme is open to both the UK and international applicants. The start date is September 2024.

Peptides are essential in life and are widely used as therapeutic agents, vaccines, biomaterials and in other important applications. Currently there are more than 80 peptide drugs approved world-wide, with many more in clinical trials, including essential antibiotics, antiviral and anticancer agents as well as treatments for diabetes. Most peptides are produced by solid phase peptide synthesis and related chemical methods that are outdated, problematic to scale-up, require large amounts of deleterious reagents and solvents that are damaging to the environment. In this PhD project we will address this problem by developing novel enzymatic methods for more sustainable, cleaner and scalable peptide synthesis. The project will be run in collaboration with industrial partners at AstraZeneca, GSK, Merck and Codexis. Together we will focus on developing next generation enzymatic peptide synthesis technology that can deliver valuable pharmaceuticals ranging from small peptide drugs through to larger antibody drug conjugates (ADC). The PhD research programme will include: (i) using bioinformatics approaches to discover new synthetase and other enzymes from nature, that can be used to synthesise and functionalise peptides; (ii) developing directed evolution approaches to improve the activity and substrate scope of the enzymes for peptide synthesis; (iii) optimising the scale-up of processes for producing target peptides using novel separation methods to isolate peptide products.

Training will be provided in biological chemistry including enzyme chemistry, directed evolution, enzyme characterisation (X-ray crystallography and AI based modeling) and enzyme assays. Candidates are not expected to have expertise in all these areas at the outset; above all, scientific curiosity, and a desire to work in a multidisciplinary environment are most important. Candidates with a degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences or a related science, who also possess a desire to do cutting edge research at the Chemistry-Biology interface are encouraged to apply. Professor Jason Micklefield will supervise the project which will also involve close interactions with scientists at Merck, GSK, AstraZeneca and Codexis

Weblinks

www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk

tinyurl.com/RSCenzymediscovery

tinyurl.com/Micklefieldlab

UKRI rate (£19,237 for 2024/25)


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