Research Groups and R&D Platforms: Lead optimization
Research Group:
Mesoporous drug carriers/ Electrostatics / Pharmaceutical Physics
Jarno Salonen
jarno.salonen[at]utu.fi
Industrial Physics Laboratory,
University of Turku
Biopharmaceuticals, Cancer, Chemical Physics, Diabetes, Drug delivery, Drug solubility, Drug stability, Drug target, Electron microscopy, FTIR or RAMAN spectroscopy, Lead optimization, Microstructure analysis, Nanoparticles, NMR, Obesity, Particle size analysis, Pharmacy, Physico-chemical properties, Physics, Polymorph analysis, Porosity, Powder X-ray diffraction, Preclinical development, Surface area, Thermal analysis, Zeta potential
Research Group:
Bioorganic Group
Pasi Virta
pamavi[at]utu.fi
Bioorganic chemistry group, Department of Chemistry,
University of Turku
Atomic-force microscopy, Cancer, Drug target, Hit to lead, Lead optimization, Medicinal chemistry, Nanoparticles, Neurological disorders, NMR, Nucleic acids, Organic Chemistry, Organic compounds, PET, Synthetic chemistry, Thermal analysis
Research Group:
Tissues Regeneration and Cancer
Fang Cheng
fang.cheng[at]utu.fi
Turku Bioscience Centre,
University of Turku
Assay development, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Cancer, Colorectal cancer, Disease models, Drug target, High throughput imaging, Imaging, Inflammation, Lead optimization, Metabolic diseases, Molecular Cell Biology, Natural Compounds, Personalized medicine, Screening, Signaling, Skin diseases, Target discovery
Research Group:
Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory
Tiina A. Salminen
tiina.salminen[at]abo.fi
Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory,
Åbo Akademi University
Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory
Antibacterial, Autoimmune diseases, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Cancer, Data mining, Diabetes, Drug target, Hit to lead, Infection, Inflammation, Inherited diseases, Lead optimization, Molecular modelling, Obesity, Personalized medicine, Physico-chemical properties, Polymorph analysis, Receptor, Structural Biology, Target discovery, X-ray crystallography
Research Group:
Bioactive natural compounds
Patrik Eklund
paeklund[at]abo.fi
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry,
Åbo Akademi University
Cancer, Diabetes, Hit to lead, Inflammation, Lead optimization, Natural Compounds, Natural products, NMR, Organic Chemistry, Organic compounds, Synthetic chemistry
Research Group:
Complex Reaction Kinetics and Thermodynamics
Dmitry Murzin
dmurzin[at]abo.fi
Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering,
Åbo Akademi University
Basic research, Cancer, Lead optimization, Medicinal chemistry, Nanoparticles, Natural products, Neurological disorders, Organic compounds, Physico-chemical properties, Porosity, Preclinical development, Surface area, Synthetic chemistry, Zeta potential