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Blaskovich Group
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Professor Mark Blaskovich
Director of Translation, IMBProfessorial Research Fellow & GL & IMB Director of Translation of Institute for Molecular BioscienceInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Researcher biography:Professor Mark Blaskovich is an antibiotic hunter and Director of Translation at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland. He is co-founder and former Director of the Centre for Superbug Solutions at IMB.
A medicinal chemist with 15 years of industrial drug development experience prior to his academic career, Mark has been developing new antibiotics to treat drug resistant pathogens and using modified antibiotics to detect bacterial infections. He is a co-founder of the Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery, a global antibiotic discovery initiative, and has led a number of UQ-industry collaborations focused on antibiotic development. An inventor on eleven patent families, Mark has developed drugs in clinical trials, published more than eighty research articles, and received over $10m in grant funding.
Researchers
Ms Soumya Ramu
Institute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Ms Maite Amado
Casual Floor Manager & Floor ManagerInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Miss Holly Floyd
Researcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Support Staff
PhD Students
Mr Abdulmujeeb Onawole
Associate Research Assistant/TechnicianInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Ms Michelle Novais de Paula
Researcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Sadaf Khan
External PhD StudentsResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Mr Ye Yuan
PhD studentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Ms Paulina Hall
Global Challenges ScholarInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Mx Lily Kenchington-Evans
Global Challenges ScholarInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Miss Xiaowen Xu
Researcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Ms Rhiannon Baxter
PhD studentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Marut Jain
External PhD StudentsResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:- Higher degree by research (PhD) studentInstitute for Molecular Bioscience
- Honorary ProfessorInstitute for Molecular Bioscience
King Group
Group Leader
Professor Glenn King
Researcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Body:Highlights
Professor Glenn King is a biochemist and structural biologist whose expertise lies in translating venom-derived peptides into human drugs and bioinsecticides. His lab maintains the most extensive collection of venoms in the world, which includes venoms from more than 600 species of venomous spiders, scorpions, centipedes and assassin bugs.
Professor King’s primary focus is on the development of drugs to treat three pervasive nervous system disorders: chronic pain, epilepsy, and stroke. His lab is working closely with several pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs for clinical use.
Professor King has also charted new territory in the field of agriculture by developing venom peptides as eco-friendly bioinsecticides. Vestaron Corporation, the company that he founded, will begin selling these bioinsecticides in the U.S. market in 2017.
Mentorship is important to Professor King, and he is enthusiastically committed to training the next generation of biological scientists. To date he has trained 30 PhD students and 24 postdoctoral scientists, with 10 lab alumni having gone on to independent academic positions.
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Dr Aline Dantas de Araujo
Research Fellow/Senior Research officerInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Dr Elena-Laura Budusan
Postdoctoral Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Dr David Eagles
Postdoctoral Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Students
Miss Raine Mercedes
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Ms Cebrina Nolan
PhD studentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Miss Laura Isaza Pineda
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Miss Emily Smith
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Ms Alexandra Sundman
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Ms Unn Jeamsinkul
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Miss Shuyi Jin
StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Mr Daniel McCarthy
StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Ms Yongyi Tai
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