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ACRF Chemical Biology

The ACRF Chemical Biology division aims to discover new medicines.

Leadership and management

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Division Head
Leeanne Lewis
Division Coordinator
Laboratory Head
Dr Brad Sleebs
Laboratory Head

About

We use structural, chemical and molecular biology approaches along with medicinal chemistry and high-throughput screening, to identify and validate novel therapeutic targets.

Our work has relevance to a range of diseases including cancers, inflammatory diseases and infections.

Members of our division have made important contributions to a number of research areas, including our understanding of:

  • cell death pathways
  • kinase signalling pathways
  • protein glycosylation in diseases
  • the molecular mechanisms that contribute to malarial parasite survival

To contact the division please email Leeanne Lewis, Division Coordinator, at lewis.l@wehi.edu.au