Melioidosis — a bacterial infection that causes fever, pneumonia, and sepsis — presents two enormous challenges for infectious disease experts: it kills roughly half the people who contract it and it is extremely tough to treat even in countries with advanced health care systems.Continue readingDavis Lab collaboration advances combo-drug treatment to combat Melioidosis
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Chemists synthesized a highly complex natural molecule through a revolutionary strategy of functionalizing normally inert carbon-hydrogen (C-H). Science published the breakthrough led by chemists at Emory University and Caltech. Continue readingChemists showcase power of pathbreaking method to make complex molecules
Emory University chemist Fang Liu has been awarded $875,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for her research on enhancing light-driven electron transfer, also known as photoredox catalysis. This chemical process, which uses light to initiate electron transfer, is a growing area in organic synthesis, with applications in sectors like healthcare and renewable energy.Continue readingDOE awards Emory chemist $875K to optimize light-driven electron transfer
Emory chemist Fang Liu received $875,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for her work aimed at optimizing the use of light to spark the transfer of an electron. Known as photoredox catalysis, this powerful chemical process is one of the fastest growing areas of organic synthesis, with applications spanning everything from health care to renewable energy.Continue readingDOE funds Emory chemist’s goal to optimize light-driven electron transfer
A new grant from the National Science Foundation will give undergraduate students nationwide the opportunity to come to Emory University next summer to build their research skills alongside dedicated faculty mentors. The highly competitive $400,000 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grant will fund training and support for up to nine students in the new Catalyzing Careers in Chemistry initiative each summer for three years.Continue readingNational Science Foundation REU grant will support new undergraduate research in chemistry
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A new program from the Biological Discovery through Chemical Innovation (BCDI) initiative is taking a highly interdisciplinary approach to train the next generation of drug discovery scientists. Funded by a T32 Institutional Training Grant from the National Institutes of Health, this grant is rooted in chemistry, a first for Emory University.Continue readingEmory’s new predoctoral training program builds next generation of drug discovery scientists
Dr. Laura K. G. Ackerman-Biegasiewicz has received a Scialog: Automating Chemical Laboratories award. The award is part of a three-year initiative from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation that aims to accelerate innovation and broaden access within the chemical enterprise through advances in automated instrumentation and artificial intelligence.Continue readingLaura Ackerman-Biegasiewicz receives Scialog funding for automating chemistry laboratories
Emory University’s School of Medicine is embarking on a groundbreaking new initiative to develop a drug discovery pipeline for translating fundamental biological discoveries into the next generation of life-saving treatments. The idea for the center was formulated by esteemed co-directors Haian Fu, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology in the Emory School of Medicine, and chemist Dennis Liotta, PhD, co-founder and former executive director of Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE) and the Emory Institute for Drug Development, along with a leadership team with a shared vision.