CPTS 570 – Research

Department of Medicinal Chemistry: Roland Kersten, Ph.D. 
 
Department: Medicinal Chemistry
Speaker: Roland Kersten, Ph.D. , University of Michigan
Title: Omics-guided discovery and biosynthesis of plant peptides
Abstract: Plants biosynthesize peptide natural products via the ribosomal pathway. Plant peptides are cyclized via head-to-tail-macrocyclization, disulfide bonds or crosslinks between aromatic amino acid side chains and other amino acids. The latter aromatic […]

Leroy B. Townsend Seminar Series: John MacMillan, Ph.D. 
 
Department: Medicinal Chemistry
Speaker: John MacMillan, Ph.D. , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz
Title: Integrated Approaches to Natural Product Discovery
Abstract: The MacMillan lab focuses on the discovery and biological characterization of bioactive molecules, including natural products from microbial sources. We approach this through an integration of […]

Shaomeng Wang Drug Discovery Distinguished Lecture Series: Jun Liu, Ph.D.
 
Department: Medicinal Chemistry
Speaker: Jun Liu, Ph.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Title: Molecular Glues Inspired by Natural Products as New Modulators of Protein Function
Abstract: Natural products have served as an invaluable source of both drugs and chemical […]