Teaching
Prof. Liptrott is the Program Director for the MSc in Pharmacology and Toxicology and contributes teaching relating to toxicology and drug delivery, with a focus on the biocompatibility and immunocompatibility of advanced therapeutics and complex medicines.
Additionally, Prof. Liptrott contributes to several undergraduate and postgraduate modules and courses across Health and Life sciences; these modules are listed below. As well as providing supervision, both primary and co-supervisory, to several PhD students across the university, his group also regularly hosts visiting researchers for collaborative projects and is open to collaborations.
In 2018, he was awarded a Certificate in Professional Studies in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Liverpool), and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Biocompatibility of advanced therapeutics, biomaterials, and complex medicines
- Background on nanomaterial classes and the benefits of nanoformulation.
- Impact of nanoformulation on material properties.
- Interaction of nanomaterials with biological systems.
- Relationships between nanoparticle characteristics and biological effect.
- Complications and considerations investigating nanomaterials.
Immunotoxicology, nanotoxicology, biocompatibility
Molecular Techniques for the Life Sciences
- Application of PCR in genetic testing, infectious disease, and research and development
- Variants of PCR (real-time, endpoint etc.)
- Experimental Design
- Troubleshooting/optimisation
Structure-activity relationships (SAR)
Understanding of the quantitative aspects of drug action on cellular receptors. Addressing the relationship between drug efficacy and chemical structure, and how we may quantify the impact of molecular changes on drug action.
Modules for 2024-25
Communication and Study Skills for the Life Sciences
Module code: LIFE130
Role: Teaching
DRUG METABOLISM AND RESPONSE
Module code: LIFE403
Role: Teaching
Drug Metabolism and Drug Response
Module code: LIFE315
Role: Teaching
Experimental Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology
Module code: LIFE764
Role: Teaching
Frontiers in Drug Delivery and Advanced Therapeutics
Module code: LIFE766
Role: Teaching
PHARMACOLOGY RESEARCH PROJECTS
Module code: PHAR660
Role: Teaching
PRACTICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Module code: LIFE234
Role: Teaching
Pharmaceutical Toxicology
Module code: LIFE765
Role: Teaching
Principles of Pharmacology
Module code: LIFE207
Role: Teaching
Supervised Theses
- Computational pharmacokinetics of long-acting formulations for the treatment of HIV infections
- INVESTIGATING THE FATE AND IMMUNOLOGY OF INTRAVENOUSLY INJECTED MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS IN MICE
- Investigating the impact of, novel, therapeutic delivery systems on immunological responses - determination of short, and long-term, exposure effects
- Investigating the potential mechanisms behind the immunological responses to liposomes – links to cardiovascular complications
- Investigating the role of human umbilical mesenchymal stromal cells as therapies in a model of renal IRI in different mouse strains
- PBPK Modelling for the Prediction of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Systemic and Intratumoural Distribution in Prostate and Pancreatic Cancers – Towards their Application in Hyperthermia Treatment