The future of drug discovery depends on the ability to design, predict and create innovative molecules rapidly and efficiently. Our researchers develop novel synthetic chemistry and combine it with computational chemistry and machine learning to explore new chemical space and advance molecular discovery.
Our expertise spans photochemistry, electrochemistry, flow chemistry, automated synthesis, late-stage functionalisation and process chemistry, alongside advanced AI/ML and data science techniques. Together, these complementary capabilities streamline the design, optimisation and scalable synthesis of innovative molecules for biological discovery.
Enabling technologies
These advances provide the foundation for the Centre's integrated approach, underpinning therapeutic discovery across academia, biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry.
Key capabilities include:
- Photochemical and electrochemical synthetic methodologies
- High-throughput experimentation
- Flow and automated synthesis
- Peptide and macrocycle synthesis
- Late-stage functionalisation
- AI/ML and data science for predictive chemistry and library design