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Development of Carbohydrate-based Therapeutic and Anti-infective Compounds

 

My research group has developed expedient methodologies for the preparation of a library of structurally diverse unusual sugars. These unusual sugars can be incorporated stereoselectively onto selective molecules, generating a library of glycosylated compounds with immense biological interest: a strategy, which we called, glycodiversification. Using glycodiversification strategy, my group can quickly evaluate the properties of sugar-containing molecules, leading to various applications in areas including chemistry, biology, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacy. Several distinct but cooperative projects are being conducted:

 

Project 1: Development of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics

Project 2: Antiviral Research

Project 3: Development of Novel Antitubercular Agents

Project 4: Development of Technologies for Complex Carbohydrate Synthesis

Project 5: Development of Carbohydrate Conjugates

Project 6: Development of Novel Antifungal Agents

 

 

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