Chemical biology provides a unique approach to study biological systems by using synthetic small molecules. Unlike common biological methods involving genetic engineering and immunochemistry, small molecule chemical tools can be delivered easily and modified readily with high specificity, thus providing highly versatile and adaptable methods.
Our research goal is to develop and apply small molecule tools to identify and characterize proteases and metal ions that are involved in mitochondrial physiology and expand these tools to discover important biomarkers and new class of drug targets for Alzheimer’s disease and cancers
Our research goal is to develop and apply small molecule tools to identify and characterize proteases and metal ions that are involved in mitochondrial physiology and expand these tools to discover important biomarkers and new class of drug targets for Alzheimer’s disease and cancers