Congratulations to Dr Aidan McKeown Aidan McKeown (our 76th PhD student) on a successful PhD defense. He smashed the tankard tradition! Many thanks to Dr Will Unsworth as External Examiner, it was great to host you at Strathclyde.

We have two available PhD studentships in the area of Biopharmaceuticals for starting October 2025. Projects are collaborative between Strathclyde Science and GSK. Full details within the image and at strath.ac.uk/science/chemis… Closing date: 30th October, 2024.

We are pleased to open our recruitment for our collaborative GSK/Chemistry - University of Strathclyde PhD Studentships starting Oct 2025 in the areas of Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry. Students will be based at GSK, Stevenage. Full details below and at: strath.ac.uk/science/chemis… Deadline: 06/01/2025.

Still time to apply for our available PhD studentships in Biopharmaceuticals for starting October 2025. Projects are collaborative between Strathclyde Science and GSK. Full details within the image and at strath.ac.uk/science/chemis…… Closing date: 30th October, 2024.

Delighted to have our paper accepted in Angewandte Chemie. This research was collaborative with AstraZeneca and discloses efficient iridium-catalysed systems for the HIE of sulfoximines. Congratulations to all involved. #catalysis #hydrogenisotopes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Very welcome news that our iridium-catalysed C(sp3)-H labelling science has had 500 views since publication! Congrats to all the authors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad… #ViewsMilestone

A PhD position is available to join my group at Heriot-Watt University! This exciting project aims to develop innovative strategies to modify and enhance polymer properties through catalytic processes, opening up new frontiers in materials science. findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

We have PhD studentships available for starting 2025. Please see williamjkerr.com for full details. Projects are focused on iridium catalysis.

New publication from our collaborative programme on the high-throughput synthesis of PROTACS. Congratulations to Rebecca, Harry, Afjal and Glenn! Burley Research Group GSK pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Congratulations to Dr Smith on successfully defending his PhD thesis, and many thanks to Professor Willis for the examination. Blair carried out some excellent science in the area of iridium catalysis. All the best with your future career at LGC, Genomics Division.

An appreciated highlight of our paper in Drug Discovery Today from Peter Clark, Innovate UK Business Connect. linkedin.com/posts/petedcla… sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper published describing methods for HIE in the presence of nitrile functionality: …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch… Many congratulations to all involved in this science! #iridiumcatalysis #hydrogenisotopeexchange #deuterium

New paper published in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis on electrochemical amidation. Congratulations to all authors. James Thompson Chemistry - University of Strathclyde GSK advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Yesterday we held our annual GSK Large Molecule Discovery/Strathclyde Science PhD Symposium. It was a very successful event with lots of great science discussed. Congratulations to Temea Turjaka and Max Phippen for being awarded best talk and poster presentation, respectively.

Congratulations to our collaborative PhD Student Rebecca Stevens who has been awarded The European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (EFMC) - Young Scientists Network PhD Prize, sponsored by Selvita. Burley Research Group GSK efmc.info/ysn-phd-prize#….

Congratulations to our collaborative student Eilidh McKay who won first prize for her oral presentation at the 35th SCI Fine Chemicals Group Postgraduate Symposium. Eilidh is working on ADC research with GSK and the Burley Group. Burley Research Group GSK Strathclyde Science

New paper ✴️ Congrats to PhD students Caity Fawcett and Alfie Doherty who have recently published in Bioconjugate Chemistry. The paper has also been selected as an Editor’s Choice article. GSK Chemistry - University of Strathclyde ACS Publications Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

PhD Studentships available. See williamjkerr.com/opportunities/ for full details.

New Paper ✴️✴️ Our collaborations with AstraZeneca have been highlighted as part of an ACS Med Chem Lett special issue “Academic and Industrial Collaborations in Drug Discovery”. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…