Eilidh McKay
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Eilidh was born in Aberdeen and raised in Sheffield, where she completed her undergraduate degree in chemistry with a year in industry at GSK. During this time, Eilidh completed a master’s project or Dr. Benjamine Partridge entitled ‘Synthesis of Borylated Heterocycles’ for their use as medicinal chemistry building blocks. Between this and her placement year, Eilidh discovered a keen interest for medicinal chemistry and the drug discovery process, later undertaking a PhD on the GSK/University of Strathclyde collaborative programme in October 2022. Eilidh now works on methods for synthesising homogenous antibody-drug conjugates, a rapidly developing class of biological therapeutic. Eilidh is currently partway through a three month placement in the Burley group and exploring Scotlands’ highland walks, and is enjoying feeding carrots to the highland cows.
Eilidh was born in Aberdeen and raised in Sheffield, where she completed her undergraduate degree in chemistry with a year in industry at GSK. During this time, Eilidh completed a master’s project or Dr. Benjamine Partridge entitled ‘Synthesis of Borylated Heterocycles’ for their use as medicinal chemistry building blocks. Between this and her placement year, Eilidh discovered a keen interest for medicinal chemistry and the drug discovery process, later undertaking a PhD on the GSK/University of Strathclyde collaborative programme in October 2022. Eilidh now works on methods for synthesising homogenous antibody-drug conjugates, a rapidly developing class of biological therapeutic. Eilidh is currently partway through a three month placement in the Burley group and exploring Scotlands’ highland walks, and is enjoying feeding carrots to the highland cows.
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