Advances in chemistry and molecular biology have revolutionised our understanding of life’s building blocks. We design, explore, and apply these molecules to advance biotechnology, medicine, and sustainability.
Sugars, lipids, nucleic & amino acids are the building blocks of Life, they construct our proteins, DNA, cell walls and much more. Our researchers are working to understand, manipulate, or utilize these molecular substances.
Nucleic acid chemistry offers profound insights into biology and medicine, with exciting applications ranging from precision therapeutics to bioengineering, sensors, and data storage.
Carbohydrate chemistry and glycobiology reveal the structural diversity and functional complexity of glycans— the most abundant post-translational modifications and key regulators of cellular communication, molecular recognition, and immune response, which go a way beyond our traditional views to these biomolecules as energy storage and structural scaffolds.
Biological membranes, which consist of membrane proteins and lipids, package and protect the chemical cast of life. We want to understand them better.
