Postdocs / Senior scientists

Steve Reynaud: Venom peptides crossing the blood-brain-barrier (Uni Vie, 2021)

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Nayara Braga Emidio: Understanding trefoil factor wound healing modulators (IMB, 2019-2021)

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Bradley Hoare: Production of isotopically-labelled amino acids (Uni Vie, 2020-2021)

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Elena Deliu: New treatment strategies for gastrointestinal disorders (Uni Vie, 2018-2020)

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Vineeta Khare: Analysis of gastrointestinal biofilms (Uni Vie, 2019)

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Alejandra Gallardo-Godoy: Tracer development for breast cancer management (IMB, 2018-2020)

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Laia Miret: Molecular probe development to study memory formation (IMB, 2017-2018)

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Research Assistants

Alicia Peschel: Establishment of blood-brain-barrier assays (Uni Vie, 2020-2021)

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Lukas Scheibelberger: Design and synthesis of photocaged neuropeptides (Uni Vie, 2019)

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Hayeon Baik: Mechanisms of action of the trefoil factor family (Uni Vie, 2019)

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Manuel Pristner: Gut biofilm biomarker discovery (Uni Vie, 2019)

Leopold Dürrauer: Mechanisms of action of the trefoil factor family (Uni Vie, 2019)

Ngari Teakle: Mapping OT/VP receptors throughout the gut (IMB, 2017 - 2018)

PhD Students

Huiping Liu: Development of OTR-specific tracers for breast tumour detection (IMB, 2017-2021)

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Cristina Sánchez de la Rosa: Targeting the oxytocin receptor for breast cancer imaging (IMB, 2017-2021)

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Anke Hering: Analytical method development to detect oxytocin (IMB, 2015-2020)

Nayara Braga Emidio: Chemical synthesis of trefoil factor family peptides (IMB, 2015-2019)

Helen Mendel: Development of a neuropeptide discovery pipeline (IMB, 2015-2019)

Yesica Garcia: p-Nitrobenzyl protection for cysteine and selenocysteine (IMB, 2009)

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Debbie Feytens: Synthesis of water-soluble BODIPY analogues (IMB, 2008)

Master Students

Leonard Steiner: Discovery of gut-stable venom peptides (Uni Vie, 2021)

Cihan Ay: Development of novel TRICEPS probes (Uni Vie, 2019-2020)

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Alicia Peschel: Heterobivalent venom peptides targeting sodium channels (IMB, 2018-2019)

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Diego Noriega: Recombinant expression of trefoil factor peptides (IMB, 2017)

Julie Peters: Venom peptides targeting Malaria (IMB, 2017)

Olivia Claes: Beta2 adrenergic receptor nanobody mimetics (IMB, 2017)

Louise Anker: Synthesis of Cy5 labelled prokineticin Bv8 by native chemical ligation (IMB, 2010)

Søren Langer Steffensen: Semisynthetic approaches for the synthesis of Bv8 (IMB, 2010)

Alexis Depauw: Fluorescent labelling of a-conotoxin RgIA using click chemistry (IMB, 2009)

Honours Students

David Lee: Structure-activity relationship study of human TFF3 (IMB, 2018)

Beverly Jieu: Optimisation of neuropeptide extraction protocols (IMB, 2018, first class)

Thi Ngoc Hue Tran: Structure-activity relationship study of human TFF3 (IMB, 2017, first class)

Undergraduate Students

Fabian Hink: Design and synthesis of cyclic oxytocin receptor modulators (Uni Vie, 2018)

Jake Parker: Neuropeptides in breast milk (IMB, 2018)

Uliks Lulo: TFF3 mimetics (IMB 2018)

Brendon Villiers: Venom peptide discovery using FLIPR high-throughput screening (IMB, 2017)

Chiharu Mandakini Hettiarachchi Krankanamalage: Synthesis of peptide tracers (IMB, 2017)

Marco Martinez: Oxytocin ligand synthesis (IMB, 2017)

My Tran Hoai: Chemical synthesis of memory probes (IMB, 2017)

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Peishan Chen: Influence of Cu(II) on Ab peptide aggregation in Alzheimer's disease (IMB, 2017)

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Adila Izgutdina: Neuropeptide extraction protocol development (IMB, 2016)

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Kendrick Diaz: The use of the oxime-reaction for the assembly of peptide dendrimers (TSRI, 2013)

Jing Wu: Use of bulky side-chain groups to improve synthesis of aggregating peptides (TSRI, 2012)

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Andrew Mulligan: Formation of diselenide bonds in oxytocin analogues (IMB, 2007)