Drug Discovery and Safety (DDS)

What is Drug Discovery and Safety?

The Drug Discovery and Safety (DDS) master programme is a research oriented master programme with a focus on drug development. The programme combines aspects of chemistry, pharmacology, medicine, genetics and toxicology and takes a multidisciplinary approach.

In the Drug Discovery and Safety programme you will be engaged in

• Characterization of new receptors or other proteins within the human body
• Computational modeling of biologically active compounds
• Synthesis of biologically active compounds
• Study the binding of biologically active compounds to receptors or other target proteins
• Study the cellular response of a ligand-receptor interaction
• Study the desired and undesired response of a ligand-receptor interaction
• Developing of new testing methods for all this

As a Drug Discovery and Safety student you will

• Acquire insights into the various aspects of the drug discovery and development processes
• Experience a good balance between group, pair and individual study
• Become an expert in one of the specializations in drug discovery and development
• Participate in internationally renowned research groups within the Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences: 
  • Division of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Division of Molecular Toxicology
  • Division of Biomolecular Analysis and Spectroscopy

Your profile

You are interested in one of the aspects of drug discovery and development. You have a background in molecular pharmacology, molecular toxicology or chemistry. Developing new drugs is such a complex and wide-ranging process that it requires real specialists that are excellent team players: people with a broad perspective and who will do their utmost to tackle the diseases of tomorrow in an interdisciplinary environment. If you recognize yourself in this profile, the master programme Drug Discovery & Safety will suit your interest.