Lanyon-Hogg Group | Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Synthetic chemistry
Biochemistry
Drug discovery
Our group uses synthetic chemistry and biochemistry to develop small-molecule therapeutics and generate new insights into fundamental biology. We are interested in using tool molecules and interdisciplinary methodology to identify and validate new drug targets.
MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
As part of the Medicinal Chemistry Group in the Department of Pharmacology, our research involves the synthesis and development of biologically active small-molecules. This includes identification of new inhibitors by screening approaches, design of improved molecules using rational and computational guidance, and testing of molecules in biochemical, cellular and in vivo settings. Current Medicinal Chemistry projects include: development of molecules to reverse antibiotic resistance; non-natural modulation of protease activity; light-activated therapies for treatment of cancer.
CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Our research in Chemical Biology involves the use of chemical methodology and small molecules to probe biological questions. This encompasses a range of methodology including organic synthesis, biorthogonal 'click' chemistry, and biochemical or mass spectrometry-based proteomic analyses. Current areas of interest include: profiling of small-molecule targets in vivo; synthetic functionalisation of proteins; use of machine-learning for analysis and optimisation of biochemical processes.
JOINING THE LAB
We are always on the lookout for motivated people to join the lab. If interested, please make contact to discuss further (thomas.lanyon-hogg@pharm.ox.ac.uk). At the postdoctoral level, we are willing to support applications to fellowship programmes. At the PhD student level, recruitment is conducted via one of the Oxford University doctoral training programmes; please note that these programmes normally close in January each year. We particularly welcome interest from groups that are under-represented in scientific research.
Current PDRA Vacancy
We are currently recruiting for a postdoctoral research associate in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology to join one of our antibiotic resistance research projects. More details and application submission can be found here (deadline 12:00 GMT 24 November 2023). Applications will be anonymised prior to shortlisting and assessed only on scientific merit.
Our team
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Thomas Lanyon-Hogg
Career Development Fellow
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Adam Thomas
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Chemical Biology and Antimicrobial Resistance
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Jacob Bradbury
DPhil Chemistry in Cells Student
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Saidu Kamara
DPhil Interdisciplinary Bioscience student
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Marine Guingand
DPhil in Pharmacology
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Jemima Brimacombe
DPhil in Interdisciplinary Bioscience
Alumni
Postdoctoral researchers: 2022: Om Tanwar.
Part II/MSc: 2023: Amy Stonehouse, Adam Winnifrith, Isla Sandeman, Arina Belov; 2022: Anna McDonald, Thomas Hodgkinson, Kiera Gilbert, Vasiliki Mina; 2021: Nicholas Etherington, Jemima Brimacombe.
BSc: 2021: Tara Shutes, Jasmine Harris.
Visiting researchers: 2023: Why Wong (Cambridge); 2022: Gabriele La Monica (Palermo), Vanessa Rogga (Zagreb); 2021: Marine Guingand (Paris), Sarah Kapllani Mucaj (Cambridge).
Collaborating labs
Dr Kerstin Timm (Pharmacology)
Prof. Timothy Walsh (Zoology)
Dr Georgia Isom (Pathology)
Prof. Ben Davis (Pharmacology & Rosalind Franklin Institute)
Prof. Angela Russell (Pharmacology & Chemistry)
Prof. Ming Lei (Pharmacology)