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Jonathan Large

Scientific Director, Chemical Biology

Jon is head of LifeArc’s Chemical Biology group, which leads, delivers and supports our small molecule discovery work. He has more than 20 years research experience as a medicinal chemist, and has worked in, led and managed multidisciplinary project teams in therapeutic areas including oncology, infectious disease, neuroscience and pain.

Jon manages a 16 strong team of scientists based at our Stevenage site, which is dedicated to the design and delivery of high-quality small molecules to drive forward LifeArc’s project portfolio.

He holds a PhD from the University of York, and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Bristol and at the Institute of Cancer Research before joining LifeArc.