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Peter Brown

Peter Brown

Chemical Probes Manager

Peter J. Brown is a medicinal chemist by training with extensive experience in cross-functional project management. As a Project Manager for READDI-AC, Peter manages the interface between the screening and medicinal chemistry cores (B and D) and serves as the data steward for Core B. Peter received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Sheffield and performed postdoctoral research at Indiana University with Philip Magnus culminating in the total synthesis of (-)-Pleiomutine, a bis-indole alkaloid. Prior to joining the SGC in 2009, Peter spent nineteen years at GlaxoSmithKline in various roles, most recently Section Head, Medicinal Chemistry, and was focused on the early Hit-ID phase of Drug Discovery and finding tool compounds for the Nuclear Receptor family of proteins. Peter’s research interests include using HTS, target-focused arrays, DNA Encoded Libraries, and fragment-based methods to discover probes for novel targets.

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