Medicinal chemistry
Medicinal chemistry is a multidisciplinary science involving molecular design, chemical and enzymatic synthesis and bioassays followed by modifying compound properties for pharmaceutical applications.
Medicinal chemistry thus combines organic chemistry with biochemistry, physical chemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, structural biology, enzymology, computer modelling, molecular biology and in vitro and in vivo examinations.
Theme leader: Professor Vito Ferro
Research disciplines
Biochemistry and molecular biology
Biotechnology
Inorganic chemistry
Microbiology
Organic chemistry
Physical and computational chemistry
Research themes
Biomolecular chemistry
Infection and immunity
Medicinal chemistry
Molecular genetics and genomics
Nanotechnology and materials chemistry
Science education
Structural biology and biochemistry
Theme members
Professor David Ascher Biological data modelling
Professor Paul Bernhardt Inorganic Chemistry - Coordination chemistry
Professor Paul Burn Organic opto-electronics
Dr David Cantillo Synthetic organic electrochemistry and flow chemistry
Professor Jack Clegg Metallo-supramolecular chemistry
Professor James De Voss Biological and synthetic chemistry
Professor Elizabeth Gillam Biocatalysis and Molecular Toxicology
Professor Bostjan Kobe Structural biology of infection and immunity
Professor Mark Schembri Bacterial Pathogenesis
Professor Gary Schenk Physical Chemistry - Structure, function, mechanism and pharmaceutical potential of metalloenzymes
Professor Nick West Tuberculosis microbiology
Professor Craig Williams Organic Chemistry - Synthesis and isolation of complex natural products, method development, medicinal and physical organic chemistry