Peter's research interests include both experimental studies and computational modelling to solve problems in drug design, synthesis and mode of action. Currently he is involved in a range of research projects in collaboration with other Beacon members that are based around the detection and treatment of cancers and pathogenic diseases:

Structural Based Drug Design and in silico screening in the treatment of certain types of cancers Mechanistic study modelling of key steps associated with biological pathways Use of MALDI-TOF in the detection of cellular proteins and peptides Use of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) in the analysis of drug-target kinetics

Tindle, John, Gray, Mark, Warrender, Robert, Ginty, Kevin and Dawson, Peter (2012) Application Framework for Computational Chemistry (AFCC) applied to New Drug Discovery. International Journal of Grid and High-Performance Computing, 4 (2). pp. 46-62. ISSN 1938-0259