Darren Derksen, University of Calgary

Research

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Novel Therapeutics and Medicinal Chemistry

Latest funding

Development of Non-Opioid Therapeutics for the Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal and Addiction
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$864,450
New Synthetic Methods for the Preparation of Highly Functionalized Heterocycles
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$87,000
Increasing the Biodegradability and Environmental Compatibility of Plastic Materials
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$600,000

All 7 grants and awards

No publications available.

Development of Non-Opioid Therapeutics for the Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal and Addiction

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Derksen, Darren J

Keywords: Electrophysiology; Ligand Lipophilic Efficiency; Medicinal Chemistry; Molecular Dynamics; Mutagenesis; Opioid Withdrawal; Pannexin 1; Structural Biology; Structure-Activity Relationship Studies; Structure-Based Drug Design

$864,450

New Synthetic Methods for the Preparation of Highly Functionalized Heterocycles

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Derksen, Darren

Keywords: organic synthesis; heterocycles; nucleophilic aromatic substitution; atropisomers; cross electrophile coupling; stereochemistry; catalysis; azetidine; ring strain; natural products

$87,000

Increasing the Biodegradability and Environmental Compatibility of Plastic Materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Derksen, Darren DJD

$600,000

Novel ligand design to improve olefin polymerization catalysis

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Derksen, Darren

$240,000

Critical X-Ray Source Upgrade to Chemistry Department X-ray Diffraction Facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Piers, Warren

$142,960

Synthesis of Complex Molecular Architectures Using Strategic 1,4-Sigmatropic Rearrangements

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Derksen, Darren

$140,000

Precision molecular diagnostics for crystal arthropathies

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Maccallum, Justin

Keywords: Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease; Crystal Arhropathies; Diagnostics; Gout; Inflammatory Osteoarthritis; Microscopy; Phage Display; Psuedogout

$546,975

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Novel Therapeutics and Medicinal Chemistry Dear Professor Derksen, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on novel therapeutics and medicinal chemistry connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Development of Non-Opioid Therapeutics for the Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal and Addiction" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]