WALCZAK

GROUP

Welcome to the Walczak Group

chemical tools and strategies to drive

new discoveries in the life sciences

CURRENT RESEARCH

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We are developing tools that enable the synthesis and selective modifications of (oligo)saccharides with minimal synthetic effort and in high selectivities. These studies utilize catalytic processes compatible with a broad selection of functional groups and classes of substrates.

CURRENT RESEARCH

RECENT NEWS

05 / 15 / 2021

Bradley Johnson is a new summer student visiting from Pitt. Welcome to the group!

06 / 01 / 2020

We just published a report on a Cu-catalyzed and photochemical radical coupling with anomeric nucleophiles. Please check out the paper in JACS.

05 / 05 / 2020

Check out our latest paper in JOC on copper-catalyzed acetalization reactions of boronic esters published with Eric Miller.

New catalytic methods

We develop tools that enable the synthesis and selective modifications of (oligo)saccharides with minimal synthetic effort and in high selectivities. These studies utilize catalytic processes compatible with a broad selection of functional groups and classes of substrates.

Multidrug resistance

Bacterial multidrug resistance is a global health problem and we leverage our expertise in organic synthesis to address this important challenge. Our current interests are focused on thiopeptide antibiotics and related classes of natural products with validates activities. These studies are conducted in synergy with our efforts to develop synthetic vaccines against some of the most threatening pathogens.

WALCZAK

GROUP

Welcome to the Walczak Group

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chemical tools and strategies to drive

new discoveries in the life sciences

CURRENT RESEARCH

We are developing tools that enable the synthesis and selective modifications of (oligo)saccharides with minimal synthetic effort and in high selectivities. These studies utilize catalytic processes compatible with a broad selection of functional groups and classes of substrates.

CURRENT RESEARCH

RECENT NEWS