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Research Interests
Dr Blair Johnston is a Reader in Computational Modelling at the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences. He teaches on the Masters of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Clinical Pharmacy and Chemistry with Drug Discovery degrees.
My group has research interests in five broad areas: drug discovery, molecular structure simulation, machine learning and prediction, data analysis, and web-enabled science and collaboration tools. In the vast majority of our research, we work closely with experimental scientists in the design and execution of collaborative research to realise the full potential of their laboratory data. This combination of experiment and theory often provides unique insight into the systems being studied.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 1998 → 30 Sep 2001
Bachelor of Science, GLASGOW UNIVERSITY
1 Oct 1994 → 31 May 1998
External positions
Pharmaceutical Data Science Lead (Joint Appointment), National Physical Laboratory NPL
1 Jul 2018 → 30 Jun 2020Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 2001 → 31 Mar 2002Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Blair Johnston is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Silk
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Molecules
Chemical Compounds
Crystallization
Chemical Compounds
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Medicine & Life Sciences
Crystals
Chemical Compounds
Drug Discovery
Medicine & Life Sciences
olanzapine
Chemical Compounds
Molecular structure
Chemical Compounds
Network
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Projects 2005 2023
Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Pereira Diaz, Laura
Florence, A., Johnston, B. & Pereira Diaz, L.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/19 → 1/10/22
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
Investigating the biomolecular complexity of drug-induced cardiotoxicity by fingerprinting single cell and cardiac spheroid mass spectral information using Time-of-flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS)
Cunningham, M. R., Veerman, B., Johnston, B. & Currie, S.
1/02/19 → 28/02/22
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
Research Output 2002 2019
Microfluidic-assisted silk nanoparticle tuning
Wongpinyochit, T., Totten, J. D., Johnston, B. F. & Seib, F. P., 30 Jan 2019, In : Nanoscale Advances. 1, 2, p. 873-883 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Silk
Microfluidics
Nanoparticles
Inhibitory Concentration 50
Water
Structural investigation and compression of a co-crystal of indomethacin and saccharin
Connor, L. E., Vassileiou, A. D., Halbert, G. W., Johnston, B. F. & Oswald, I. D. H., 14 Aug 2019, In : CrystEngComm. 21, 30, p. 4465-4472 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Saccharin
Indomethacin
Dimers
Compaction
dimers
Datasets
Data for: "The impact of paracetamol impurities on face properties: investigating the surface of single crystals using TOF-SIMS"
Robertson, M. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 21 Mar 2018
DOI: 10.15129/7e48f205-e591-465c-89e2-2fc44055a1a7
Dataset
Data for "Enabling precision manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients: Workflow for seeded cooling continuous crystallisation"
Brown, C. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 10 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.15129/37e8aaf0-4153-4e7a-b00a-13daa26310de
Dataset
Thesis
An exploration of the potential of metabolomics for the detection of recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) abuse in sport
Author: Daskalaki, E., 1 Dec 2014Supervisor: Watson, D. (Supervisor) & Johnston, B. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Application of hydrophilic interaction chromotography and high resolution mass spectrometry in an investigation of the LNCaP prostate cancer cell metabolome
Author: Alossaimi, M. A. M., 1 Mar 2014Supervisor: Watson, D. (Supervisor) & Johnston, B. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Prizes
Shortlist for S-Lab’s Effective Laboratory Management Awards
Blair Johnston (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
laboratory
Shortlist for University of Strathclyde Entrepreneur Awards
Blair Johnston (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Other distinction
honors and awards
entrepreneurship
Activities 2009 2019
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) European UGM and Science Day
Blair Johnston (Participant)13 Jun 2019 → 14 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
EPSRC Future Manufacturing Research Hubs Showcase Event - CMAC
Blair Johnston (Speaker)30 Apr 2019 → 3 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk