Chemical Biology
Fundamental advances in chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology have provided unprecedented opportunities to probe living systems at a molecular level. These advances have led to the development of a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field - Chemical Biology. Within Chemical Biology groundbreaking chemical methodology may be applied to the elucidation of essential biological processes. Additionally, newly identified biological targets may drive the development of unique chemical entities.
Topics of current interest within Chemical Biology include:
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Elucidating protein-protein interactions using synthetic probes
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Combating antibiotic & multidrug resistance
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Novel strategies for the development of antiviral agents
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Developing new strategies for cancer chemotherapy
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Developing new strategies for cell targeting and delivery
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Manipulation of gene expression
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Probing the cell cycle with synthetic agents
Our Faculty
- Immunotherapies for cancer
- New therapies for autoimmune diseases
- New therapies for infectious diseases
- Natural product synthesis and biosynthesis
- Biocatalysis
- Medicinal chemistry
- Molecular targets for Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Chemical Tools for Drug Discovery
- Cancer Therapeutics
- Molecular signaling in cancer cells
- Identification of biomarkers for cancer and AD
- Chemical proteomics
- Drug Delivery Materials
- Elastin-like Polypeptides
- Polyrotaxanes
- Affinity Capture Templates for CryoEM
- Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
- Designer dyes for chemical imaging
- Sustainable hybrid thermoplastics
