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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, ed@ed : a new gas-phase electron diffraction structural refinement program, The University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 1998 → 30 Sept 2001
Award Date: 1 Mar 2002
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, University of Glasgow
1 Oct 1994 → 31 May 1998
Award Date: 1 Jul 1998
External positions
Pharmaceutical Data Science Lead (Joint Appointment), National Physical Laboratory NPL
1 Jul 2018 → 30 Jun 2020
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 2001 → 31 Mar 2002
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DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Paterson, Fraser
Florence, A. (Principal Investigator), Johnston, B. (Co-investigator), Prostredny, M. (Co-investigator) & Paterson, F. (Research Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/25 → 1/04/29
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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CERSI for the Digital Transformation of Medicines Development and Manufacturing
Markl, D. (Principal Investigator), Florence, A. (Co-investigator) & Johnston, B. (Co-investigator)
1/02/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Quality by digital design in action: a workflow for crystallisation and isolation
Houson, I., Siddique, H., Chong, M. W. S., Robertson, M., Turner, A. J., Nordon, A., Osman, A., Galindo, A., Dunn, A. S., Johnston, B., Benyahia, B., Brown, C. J., Mustoe, C. L., Price, C. J., Reilly, C. D., Adjiman, C. S., Jackson, G., Prasad, E., Halbert, G. & Feilden, H. & 17 others, , 25 Dec 2025, In: International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 686, 15 p., 126343.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predictive approaches for 3D ‐printing: Methods and approaches for polymeric materials
Cooley, I., Wang, W., Kozyrev, V., Wildman, R. D., Johnston, B. F. & Croft, A. K., 25 Sept 2025, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science. 15, 5, e70048.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data for: "The impact of paracetamol impurities on face properties: investigating the surface of single crystals using TOF-SIMS"
Robertson, M. (Creator), Ottoboni, S. (Contributor), Chrubasik, M. (Contributor), Mir Bruce, L. (Contributor), Johnston, B. (Contributor), Price, C. J. (Contributor), Florence, A. (Contributor), Oswald, I. (Contributor) & Nguyen, T. T. H. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 21 Mar 2018
DOI: 10.15129/7e48f205-e591-465c-89e2-2fc44055a1a7
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Data for "Quality by Digital Design in Action: A Workflow for Crystallisation and Isolation"
Siddique, H. (Creator), Turner, A. (Creator), Houson, I. (Creator), Chong, M. (Creator), Robertson, M. (Creator), Nordon, A. (Creator), Dunn, A. S. (Creator), Osman, A. (Creator), Galindo, A. (Creator), Johnston, B. (Creator), Benyahia, B. (Creator), Brown, C. (Creator), Mustoe, C. (Creator), Price, C. J. (Creator), Reilly, C. (Creator), Adjiman, C. (Creator), Jackson, G. (Creator), Prasad, E. (Creator), Halbert, G. (Creator), Feilden, H. (Creator), Sefcik, J. (Creator), McGinty, J. (Creator), Robertson, J. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator), Al-Attili, M. (Creator), McGowan, M. (Creator), Siddique, M. (Creator), Pathan, M. (Creator), Rajoub, N. (Creator), Hamilton, N. (Creator), Feeney, R. (Creator), Brown, S. A. (Creator), Urwin, S. (Creator), Bernet, T. (Creator), Pickles, T. (Creator), Li, W. (Creator) & Florence, A. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 27 Jun 2025
DOI: 10.15129/68fec595-1444-459f-99ae-4de352cf01e3
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Prizes
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Shortlist for S-Lab’s Effective Laboratory Management Awards
Johnston, B. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
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Shortlist for University of Strathclyde Entrepreneur Awards
Johnston, B. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Data Mining Crystallisation Kinetics
Brown, C. (Speaker), Johnston, B. (Contributor), Alvarado Maldonado, D. A. (Contributor), Vassileiou, A. (Contributor) & Florence, A. (Contributor)
31 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation
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Novel off-target effects of doxorubicin on cardiovascular gap-junctional proteins
Veerman, B. (Speaker), McMullen, C. (Contributor), Rattray, Z. (Contributor), Johnston, B. (Contributor), Dempsie, Y. (Contributor), Martin, P. E. M. (Contributor), Currie, S. (Contributor) & Cunningham, M. R. (Contributor)
5 Feb 2021Activity: Talk or Presentation › Oral presentation