"Dr Malins is now executing her Lego skills at the ANU Research School of Chemistry, where she pulls apart complex molecules and puts them back together again in new ways.

This out-of-the-box thinking has led Dr Malins to a prestigious Westpac Research Fellowship, with funding to help fight antibiotic resistance by developing new drug leads from the molecules found in your gut."

RSC's Dr. Lara Malins has been featured in an ANU Media News story discussing one of the biggest threats to global health currently facing humanity and how her research using the microorganisms living in your gut could be the answer.

To read the full article please visit the ANU Media News page.

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