Medicinal chemistry allows us to understand how drugs work and how we can create smarter and more efficient pharmaceuticals to address growing health issues. Through diverse fields of chemistry – including inorganic, functional, biological and synesthetic – our experts are exploring the building blocks of therapeutic agents. Working with industry and biomedicine we explore, understand and create better therapeutic outcomes, including diagnostic, treatments and prevention.
Research groups and labs
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Bioanalytical Chemistry
Development of fundamental and applied bioanalytical mass spectrometry-based instrumentation to improve our understanding of disease pathogenesis and may enable the identification of candidate biomarkers for improved disease diagnostic or prognostic monitoring, or novel targets for therapeutic intervention.
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Flegg Lab
Using mathematics and statistics to answer questions in biology and medicine. In particular, developing mathematical models in areas such as wound healing, tumour growth and infectious disease epidemiology.
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Donnelly Group: Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
Focusing on synthetic inorganic and organic chemistry to make new metal-containing compounds with potential applications in biology.
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Melbourne Analytical Geochemistry
Melbourne Analytical Geochemistry—MAG—builds on over 20 years of field-leading trace element and isotope geochemistry.
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Peptide Chemistry
Developing new chemical methods that enable the efficient preparation of biologically active peptides and proteins at scale. A key aim is to improve the thermal and chemical stability of proteins and enzymes for therapeutic and industrial applications.
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Peptide Synthesis and Modification
Our goal is to develop new chemical reactions to enable the synthesis of peptides and proteins for use as therapeutic agents.
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Polyzos Lab – Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Catalysis
Our vision is to harness catalysis and advanced technologies to generate new molecular scaffolds delivered in a scalable and sustainable fashion.
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Simpson Lab
Applying quantum sensing technology to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and management of neurological and iron-related disorders.
More research into life and people
We are solving critical global issues such as human and animal health through food sciences, veterinary medicine, epidemiology, genetics, biology, and human geography.
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Life, the Universe and everything in between – our discoveries build an understanding of the world around us and help make it a better place.