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Biography

Dr. Robert Falconer is a Co-Founder & serves as Advisor at Incanthera. Dr. Falconer is a medicinal chemist and registered pharmacist having obtained his BPharm degree at The School of Pharmacy, University of London. Following a brief period as a hospital pharmacist, he returned to London to undertake a PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry. He then became a Research and Teaching Fellow and was subsequently appointed Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences. His early research was focused on chemical approaches to drug delivery, with a specific interest in carbohydrates, peptides, and lipids. He was then appointed to his current position of Lecturer then Reader, in Medicinal Chemistry at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is an elected member of the EPSRC peer review college and honorary treasurer for the RSC Central Yorkshire Section. His research focuses on the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of cancer therapeutics. Specifically, he is interested in developing molecules that target the glycocalyx, the carbohydrate layer that decorates the cancer cell, and in the development of protease-activated anti-cancer agents. He has published numerous peer-reviewed research articles and meeting abstracts and is an inventor on four patents. He is the lead medicinal chemist at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics for ICT2588 and the protease-activated cancer drug discovery opportunity.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Advisor, Incanthera
Education
University of London, Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of London, B.Pharm (Bachelor of Pharmacy)
Gender
Male
Phone
+44 01274
Address
  • 76 King Street
  • Manchester M2 4NH
  • England, United Kingdom
+44 0161

Robert Falconer Ph.D Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Incanthera Company Co-Founder & Advisor Manchester, United Kingdom Drug Discovery

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