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

We welcome three summer students: Bradley Johnson (University of Pittsburgh), Peyton Tran (Bowdoin College), and Charlie Lu (Case Western Reserve University).

05 / 24 / 2021

Eric Miller just published a paper in Organic Letters on light-mediated cross-coupling of anomeric trifluoroborates.

06 / 28 / 2021

We're excited to share our latest publication in Chem Catalysis on umpolung peptide diversification. Congrats to Feng, Wyatt, and Ruiheng!

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