Dr David Palmer

Senior Lecturer

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Personal statement

I am a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Stratchlyde. I was born in London, but grew up in Cumbria in north west England. After obtaining a Masters degree in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield, I worked as a synthesis chemist for Norbrook Laboratories before reading my PhD in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Between 2008 and 2011, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University in Denmark and then at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany. In 2012 I was awarded a Marie Curie Research Fellowship and returned to the UK to join the Department of Physics at the University of Strathclyde. I moved to my current position in the Department of Chemistry in February 2014.

Expertise

Has expertise in:

Theoretical and computational chemistry
Solvation Thermodynamics
Molecular Simulation
Cheminformatics/Bioinformatics
Drug Discovery
Biochemistry
Machine Learning

Prizes and awards

Chemical Structures Association Trust Grant: Recipient; 2/6/2014
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF - 272391 - IETSOL): Recipient; 1/2/2012

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Publications

Exploring ligand stability in protein crystal structures using binding pose metadynamics: Fusani Lucia, Palmer David S, Somers Donald O, Wall Ian D; Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (2020); https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00843
Development of high-throughput ATR-FTIR technology for rapid triage of brain cancer: Butler Holly J, Brennan Paul M, Cameron James M, Finlayson Duncan, Hegarty Mark G, Jenkinson Michael D, Palmer David S, Smith Benjamin R, Baker Matthew J; Nature Communications Vol 10 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12527-5
Developing infrared spectroscopic detection for stratifying brain tumour patients : glioblastoma multiforme vs. lymphoma: Cameron James M, Butler Holly J, Smith Benjamin R, Hegarty Mark G, Jenkinson Michael D, Syed Khaja, Brennan Paul M, Ashton Katherine, Dawson Timothy, Palmer David S, Baker Matthew J; Analyst (2019)
Optimised spectral pre-processing for discrimination of biofluids via ATR-FTIR spectroscopy: Butler Holly J, Smith Benjamin R, Fritzsch Robby, Radhakrishnan Pretheepan, Palmer David S, Baker Matthew J; Analyst (2018); https://doi.org/10.1039/C8AN01384E
3D matters! 3D-RISM and 3D convolutional neural network for accurate bioaccumulation prediction: Sosnin Sergey, Misin Maksim, Palmer David S, Fedorov Maxim V; Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Vol 30 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/aad076
Health economic evaluation of a serum based blood test for brain tumour diagnosis : exploration of two clinical scenarios: Gray Ewan, Butler Holly J, Board Ruth, Brennan Paul M, Chalmers Anthony J, Dawson Timothy, Goodden John, Hamilton Willie, Hegarty Mark G, James Allan, Jenkinson Michael D, Kernick David, Lekka Elvira, Livermore Laurent J, Mills Samantha J, O'Neill Kevin, Palmer David S, Vaqas Babar, Baker Matthew J; BMJ Open Vol 8 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017593

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Research interests

The main focus of my research is the development and application of molecular simulation and molecular informatics methods to solve industrially relevant problems at the interface between biochemistry and chemical physics. Recent examples have included the design of an enzyme for use in food manufacturing (in collaboration with Chr. Hansen A/S) and the development of new methods for computational drug discovery using the Integral Equation Theory of Molecular Liquids (in collaboration with AstraZeneca).

Professional activities

ScotCHEM 2015: Organiser; 26/6/2015
Computational Biomolecular Design using the Integral Equation Theory of Molecular Liquids: from Drug Discovery to Bionanotechnology: Contributor; 27/4/2015
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (Journal): Guest editor; 1/1/2015
WE-Heraeus Seminar on "Exploring Solvation Science": Participant; 27/10/2014
Modelling Molecules and Materials – M3 MGMS Meeting: Participant; 20/8/2014
248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition: Speaker; 10/8/2014

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Projects

Industrial Case Account - University of Strathclyde 2019 | Sharratt, Hannah: Palmer, David (Principal Investigator) Nelson, David (Co-investigator) Sharratt, Hannah (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2023
Accurate permeability prediction for “New Modalities” compounds using 3D RISM: Palmer, David (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2021
Endofotonics (ZICOM) postdoc: Palmer, David (Principal Investigator) Baker, Matthew (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 11-Jan-2019
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical Devices and Health Technologies | Confield, Lily Rose: Baker, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator) Confield, Lily Rose (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2021
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Confield, Lily Rose: Baker, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator) Confield, Lily Rose (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2021
A novel blood test for the early diagnosis of cancer and for pro-active health screening (High Growth Spin Out Phase 2): Baker, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator); 03-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2019

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Address

Pure and Applied Chemistry
Thomas Graham Building

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