A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level
A practical drug discovery project for third-year undergraduates is described. No previous knowledge of medicinal chemistry is assumed. Initial lecture-workshops cover the basic principles; then students are asked to improve the profile of a weakly potent, poorly soluble PI3K inhibitor (1). Comp...
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| author | Fray, Michael J. Macdonald, Simon J.F. Baldwin, Ian R. Barton, Nick Brown, Jack Campbell, Ian B. Churcher, Ian Coe, Diane M. Cooper, Anthony W.J. Craven, Andrew P. Fisher, Gail Inglis, Graham G.A. Kelly, Henry A. Liddle, John Maxwell, Aoife C. Patel, Vipulkumar K. Swanson, Stephen Wellaway, Natalie |
| author_facet | Fray, Michael J. Macdonald, Simon J.F. Baldwin, Ian R. Barton, Nick Brown, Jack Campbell, Ian B. Churcher, Ian Coe, Diane M. Cooper, Anthony W.J. Craven, Andrew P. Fisher, Gail Inglis, Graham G.A. Kelly, Henry A. Liddle, John Maxwell, Aoife C. Patel, Vipulkumar K. Swanson, Stephen Wellaway, Natalie |
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| description | A practical drug discovery project for third-year undergraduates is described. No previous knowledge of medicinal chemistry is assumed. Initial lecture-workshops cover the basic principles; then students are asked to improve the profile of a weakly potent, poorly soluble PI3K inhibitor (1). Compound array design, molecular modelling and screening data analysis are followed by laboratory work in which each student, as part of a team, attempts to synthesise at least two target compounds. The project benefits from significant industrial support, including lectures, student mentoring and consumables. The aim is to make the learning experience as close as possible to real-life industrial situations. Forty-eight target compounds have been prepared, the best of which (5b, 5j, 6b and 6ap) improved the potency and aqueous solubility of the lead compound (1) by 100-1000 fold and 10-fold, respectively. |
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| spelling | nottingham-22922020-05-04T20:18:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2292/ A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level Fray, Michael J. Macdonald, Simon J.F. Baldwin, Ian R. Barton, Nick Brown, Jack Campbell, Ian B. Churcher, Ian Coe, Diane M. Cooper, Anthony W.J. Craven, Andrew P. Fisher, Gail Inglis, Graham G.A. Kelly, Henry A. Liddle, John Maxwell, Aoife C. Patel, Vipulkumar K. Swanson, Stephen Wellaway, Natalie A practical drug discovery project for third-year undergraduates is described. No previous knowledge of medicinal chemistry is assumed. Initial lecture-workshops cover the basic principles; then students are asked to improve the profile of a weakly potent, poorly soluble PI3K inhibitor (1). Compound array design, molecular modelling and screening data analysis are followed by laboratory work in which each student, as part of a team, attempts to synthesise at least two target compounds. The project benefits from significant industrial support, including lectures, student mentoring and consumables. The aim is to make the learning experience as close as possible to real-life industrial situations. Forty-eight target compounds have been prepared, the best of which (5b, 5j, 6b and 6ap) improved the potency and aqueous solubility of the lead compound (1) by 100-1000 fold and 10-fold, respectively. Elsevier 2013-12 Article PeerReviewed Fray, Michael J., Macdonald, Simon J.F., Baldwin, Ian R., Barton, Nick, Brown, Jack, Campbell, Ian B., Churcher, Ian, Coe, Diane M., Cooper, Anthony W.J., Craven, Andrew P., Fisher, Gail, Inglis, Graham G.A., Kelly, Henry A., Liddle, John, Maxwell, Aoife C., Patel, Vipulkumar K., Swanson, Stephen and Wellaway, Natalie (2013) A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level. Drug Discovery Today, 18 (23-24). pp. 1158-1172. ISSN 1359-6446 undergraduate research project asthma kinase PI3K delta thienopyrimidines http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359644613002924 doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2013.09.004 doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2013.09.004 |
| spellingShingle | undergraduate research project asthma kinase PI3K delta thienopyrimidines Fray, Michael J. Macdonald, Simon J.F. Baldwin, Ian R. Barton, Nick Brown, Jack Campbell, Ian B. Churcher, Ian Coe, Diane M. Cooper, Anthony W.J. Craven, Andrew P. Fisher, Gail Inglis, Graham G.A. Kelly, Henry A. Liddle, John Maxwell, Aoife C. Patel, Vipulkumar K. Swanson, Stephen Wellaway, Natalie A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level |
| title | A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level |
| title_full | A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level |
| title_fullStr | A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level |
| title_full_unstemmed | A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level |
| title_short | A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level |
| title_sort | practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level |
| topic | undergraduate research project asthma kinase PI3K delta thienopyrimidines |
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