Dr. Nicholas Oberlies, Patricia A. Sullivan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of Graduate Studies in UNCG’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has received a new $50,000 grant from Chemia Biosciences, Inc., as part of the company’s larger NIH SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant, “Developing novel natural products from fungal species.” The project is using machine learning coupled with genomic and LC-MS/MS data to identify promising fungal metabolites that derive from NRPS biosynthetic pathways. The goal for the UNCG team is to support efforts to isolate and identify those compounds from specific fungal cultures.
Learn more about the work of the Oberlies Research Group.
