Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Chemical Biology

Block's group is very actively involved in an area broadly described as Allium chemistry, e.g. the analysis, isolation, spectroscopy, synthetic and mechanistic organosulfur chemistry, clinical trials of garlic supplements, development of garlic- and onion-oil based pesticides and other applied work on onion, garlic and related, economically important plants including the little studied ramps (Allium tricoccum).

Research interests: Using mass spectroscopy to investigate macromolecular complexes, protein-nucleic acid interactions in viruses, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and RNA-based drug therapeutics.

The Royzen Research Group is interested in developing new synthetic and imaging tools for RNA research

Research interests: organic chemistry, anti-mycobacterial agents, genetically engineered materials, and transition metal complex chemistry

Our research interests include small molecule natural products synthesis, novel chemical methodology development; complex carbohydrates synthesis and applications; Peptides and proteins chemical synthesis.