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Dr. Heidi Huttunen-Hennelly
Co-Chair and Associate Professor
Faculty of Science
Chemistry
Summary
Multi-drug resistant pathogens are a worldwide health concern. The discovery or synthesis of new antibiotics is a challenging task. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), often referred to as "nature's antibiotics," are one class of antimicrobials. My research group is interested in creating novel AMPs using either a de novo approach, or by modifying the sequences of known AMPs. Developing novel methods to investigate AMP mechanism of action and structure-activity relationships is an overarching goal.
Expertise, interests and research
Chemistry Peptide structure Protein structure Structure-function relationship Antimicrobial peptides
Languages
English, Finnish, French
