Stuart McElroy's Biography

Stuart McElroy, Head of Biology, European Screening Centre Newhouse , University of Dundee

Stuart McElroy took up the position of Head of Biology at the European Screening Centre (ESC) in Newhouse in 2013. Focussed on hit/lead discovery, the ESC forms part of the European Lead Factory, a novel platform for innovative drug discovery aimed at bridging the gap between large Pharma and Europe’s academics and SMEs. Stuart gained his degree in Pharmacology at the University of Edinburgh followed by a PhD from the University of Strathclyde before helping to establish the Dundee Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) in 2006, a small biotech style integrated drug discovery group based within Dundee University. Initially focussed on neglected tropical diseases, Stuart worked on early stage drug discovery projects across a wide variety of target classes before becoming a team leader in 2010. He went on to help establish the non-tropical disease portfolio within the DDU where he led the DDU discovery biology in partnerships with both large pharma and SMEs prior to taking up his current role.