Welcome! The Malins lab is a chemistry research group based at the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.

Our research lies at the interface of organic chemistry and chemical biology. We aim to develop versatile new synthetic tools for small molecule synthesis, protein bioconjugation, and the design of peptide-based therapeutics. By expanding the toolbox of practical methods and reagents for the direct modification of complex biomolecules, we seek to understand their role in mediating biological processes as well as enhance their therapeutic potential.

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News

June 25, 2018: A big thanks to Tian, Justine, and the rest of the Baran lab, as well as Sigma-Aldrich, for the generous gift of CITU!

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May 21, 2018: Check out Lara’s News & Views article published today in Nature Chemistry! This article highlights some great work on selective tyrosine O-glycosylation carried out by the Schepartz lab and the Miller lab at Yale University!

April 18, 2018: Our latest article in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology is out! This review on peptide modifications is part of a themed issue on Synthetic biomolecules:

Peptide Modification and Cyclization via Transition-Metal Catalysis

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Mar. 3, 2018: Check out the group’s latest publication here, appearing online today in Peptide Science!

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Feb. 19, 2018: Welcome to new CHEM 3060 student Michaela O’Meara!

Jan. 29, 2018: First day of Honours! Welcome to Tristan and Michael…already hard at work in the office!

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Dec. 1, 2017: Wrapping up week 1 in the Malins lab!

…hard at work making peptides!

Nov. 27, 2017: Greetings to our newest lab members!

Maggie Tong – Summer Research Scholar (SRS) from the University of Sydney
Michael Clark – CHEM 3060 student @ ANU who will continue as an Honours student in semester 1, 2018
Edan Habel – CHEM 3060 student @ ANU

Nov. 22, 2017: Welcome to the Malins Lab! We are officially up and running @ the RSC!

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