
Staff
GROUP LEADER
A/Prof. MARKUS MUTTENTHALER
UniVie
DR. KIRTIKUMAR B. JADHAV
UniVie
DR. RAJESHWARY MELI
UniVie
DR. PREDRAG KALABA
UniVie
DR. BRADLEY HOARE
UniVie
DR. ROBERTA AINA
UniVie
DR. MICHAELA LANG
UniVie
DR. KATRINA WOOLCOCK
UniVie
DR. FILOMENA NOGUEIRA
UniVie
DR. STEVE REYNAUD
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - UniVie
ALICIA PESCHEL
UQ
DR. NAYARA BRAGA
UQ
DR. SATISH DIGHE
Students
PhD STUDENT – UQ
CRISTINA SÁNCHEZ DE LA ROSA
PhD STUDENT – UQ
HUIPING LIU
PhD STUDENT – UniVie
THOMAS KREMSMAYR
PhD STUDENT – UniVie
BERNHARD JANDL
PhD STUDENT – UniVie
KONSTANTIN RAABE
PhD STUDENT – UniVie
FLORIAN BACHMANN


MASTER STUDENT – UniVie
MONIKA PERISIC
MASTER STUDENT – UniVie
CIHAN AY
Former Staff and Students
Postdocs / Senior scientists
Elena Deliu: New treatment strategies for gastrointestinal disorders (Uni Vie, 2018-2020)
Vineeta Khare: Analysis of gastrointestinal biofilms (Uni Vie, 2019)
Alejandra Gallardo-Godoy: Tracer development for breast cancer management (IMB, 2018-2020)
Laia Miret: Molecular probe development to study memory formation (IMB, 2017-2018)
Research Assistants
Lukas Scheibelberger: Design and synthesis of photocaged neuropeptides (Uni Vie, 2019)
Hayeon Baik: Mechanisms of action of the trefoil factor family (Uni Vie, 2019)
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
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)
Debbie Feytens: Synthesis of water-soluble BODIPY analogues (IMB, 2008)
Master Students
Alicia Peschel: Heterobivalent venom peptides targeting sodium channels (IMB, 2018-2019)
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)
Peishan Chen: Influence of Cu(II) on Ab peptide aggregation in Alzheimer's disease (IMB, 2017)
Adila Izgutdina: Neuropeptide extraction protocol development (IMB, 2016)
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)
Andrew Mulligan: Formation of diselenide bonds in oxytocin analogues (IMB, 2007)