Thorsten Nowak
C4X Discovery
Manchester
United Kingdom
Biography
Thorsten Nowak completed his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (UK) in the areas of aldol methodology and natural product synthesis. In 1996 he joint AstraZeneca where he worked on all stages of drug discovery in medicinal chemistry as team leader and project manager. His keen interest in new technologies motivated a career move in 2012 when he joined C4X Discovery. Since he joined C4X, Thorsten has been instrumental in expanding the capabilities of C4X into applied drug discovery. In his current role as Head of Medicinal Chemistry, Thorsten is leading the chemistry group and is responsible for all internal drug discovery efforts conducted at C4X as well as programme work with our pharmaceutical partners.
Abstract
Abstract : Discovery of Novel Orexin-1 Selective Antagonists using NMR Guided Conformational Design