Professor Reidar Lund at the Department of Chemistry is collaborating closely with research colleagues from his department, such as Professor Michele Cascella from the Hylleraas Center, as well as researchers across the University. Many of these colleagues are part of the new convergence environment, PERMEATE.
It is rare to receive funding of this magnitude, and it is celebrated among the colleagues in the project from the Department of Pharmacy, the Department of Biosciences, and the Institute of Clinical Medicine. This provides a strong foundation for the close cooperation that will continue with the move to the Life Sciences Building in 2026, when the departments and units relocate to the new facility.
Professor Reidar Lund:
- I believe this is a unique opportunity for us to follow a research trajectory all the way from theory to practice. Our project has sufficient resources, including three PhD students and a postdoc, to pursue the entire process; from understanding the underlying molecular interactions through simulations and structural studies, to relating these findings to cellular uptake. We will then use this knowledge to develop medical applications against bacterial infections and cancer.
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