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UF medicinal chemists modify sea bacteria byproduct for use as potential cancer drug

University of Florida pharmacy researchers have modified a toxic chemical produced by tiny marine microbes and successfully deployed it against laboratory models of colon cancer. Writing today in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, UF medicinal chemists describe how they took a generally lethal byproduct of marine cyanobacteria and made it more specifically toxic — to cancer...

Dr. Luesch receives golden medal honors at Thailand conference

Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., a professor and chair of medicinal chemistry and the Debbie and Sylvia DeSantis Chair in Natural Products Drug Discovery and Development, received the Golden Medal Award for his presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Herbal and Traditional Medicine.

Hendrik Luesch , Ph.D.

Professor And Chair, Debbie And Sylvia DeSantis Chair In Natural Products Drug Discovery And Development

Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., a professor of medicinal chemistry, received his Diplom in Chemistry at the University of Siegen (Germany)…

Yousong Ding , Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Yousong Ding, Ph.D., an associate professor of medicinal chemistry, received his B.S. in applied chemistry from Peking University…

Oliver Grundmann , Ph.D.

Assistant Dean For Lifelong Learning And Clinical Professor

Oliver Grundmann, Ph.D., received a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy and European pharmacist license from the University of Münster,…

Qi-Yin Chen , Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Qi-Yin Chen, Ph.D., serves as a research associate professor in Dr. Hendrik Luesch’s group in the department of Medicinal Chemist…

Ranjala Ratnayake , Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Ranjala Ratnayake, Ph.D., was appointed a research assistant professor in the department of medicinal chemistry at the University…

Nicholas Bodor , Ph.D.

Graduate Research Professor Emeritus

Bodor received his B.S./M.S. degree in Organic Chemistry in 1959 at Bolyai University in Transylvania, and his Ph.D. degree in 19…