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Our research is focused around the chemistry that is expressed in natural systems. We work in the fields of; chemical ecology where we examine the nexus that exists between naturally occurring chemicals and the behaviour they produce in whole organisms, bioprospecting where we isolate and identify biologically active natural products, and organic synthesis as it pertains to developing a greater understanding of the chemistry in the natural systems we explore.
Russell Barrow graduated and received his PhD from the University of Melbourne.
PhD Candidates |
Mr
Aaron Elkins
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Honours Students |
The discovery of new antibiotics from cultured microorganisms was the foundation for the antibiotic era and continues to yield novel molecular architectures.
In collaboration with biologists at the ANU we are exploring the chemistry involved with the sexually deceptive orchids typified by members of the genus Chiloglottis and their unwitting, but willing, wasp pollinators.
Inspired by the chemistry produced within the natural systems we study, synthetic approaches toward the construction of selected target molecules are developed.