PhD Scholarships 2010 Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre in collaboration with the University of Bradford
Study Subject: Pharmaceutical Solids
Employer: University of Bradford
Scholarships Level: PhD
Scholarships Description: The studentship offers the opportunity for a gifted individual to work on a problem of great significance, supported by two scientific groups of world standing. The candidate should have a first or upper second Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, physics or a similar discipline. A familiarity with crystallography or molecular modelling, or computer programming ability, would be useful additional experience. You will gain experience in a wide variety of computational methods, database searching tools and statistical analysis methodology in a discipline which is of direct relevance to the pharmaceutical and fine chemicals industries. There will also be opportunities to interact with
other groups within UoB and CCDC.
Many pharmaceuticals are formulated as salts to enhance their physical properties. CSP of salts is difficult because salts have, among other complexities, two independent ions which makes searching for potential stable crystal structures time consuming. To address the problem, this research project will develop and validate algorithms to limit the range of the CSP search to those structures that fall within the statistical distribution of salt bridge geometries observed in the vast number of experimental crystal structures stored in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). The key objective of this project is to deliver a validated approach whereby CSD derived information can be integrated into a CSP package to steer the prediction of molecular salt structures.
The 3 year project is fully funded by the CCDC and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and was awarded by the Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network to CCDC in collaboration with the University of Bradford. To be eligible for a full award, applicants must have a relevant connection with the UK (usually established by residence). See
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/StudentEligibility.htm for full eligibility details. This studentship will be paid at the current Research Council rate plus fees.
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