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Group picture (2024)
Picture: Gina Bach

Research Subjects:

  • Computer-aided drug design (CADD)
  • Preparative organic chemistry
  • Synthesis of novel inhibitors/modulators for kinases (Pim-1, PKA), transporters (NTCP, ASBT SOAT), nuclear receptors (PPARβ/δ), GPCRs and viral targets like matrix proteins (VP40 of Ebola virus) and proteases (NS2B-NS3 of Dengue virus)
  • Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) technology
  • Temporary covalent fragment-based drug design (TCFBDD)
  • In vitro assays, recombinant gene expression, protein production and purification
  • X-Ray protein crystallography