Matthew Boudreau, a chemistry PhD candidate in the CCIL Deputy Director Paul Hergenrother’s lab, has been awarded the prestigious F99/K00 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Boudreau’s research has centered around a novel therapeutic, ERSO, that successfully eradicates hormone-positive (ER+) breast cancer in multiple preclinical mouse models, and continues to be translated towards the clinic. […]

Riley Svec was awarded a position on the NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant. He was an Advanced Graduate Student speaker at the 15th Annual Symposium on Friday, October 4, 2019.

Gram-negative bacteria have emerged that are resistant to most antibiotics, a troubling trend since a new class of antibiotics for Gram-negative pathogens has not been introduced in the clinic in 50 years. Central to the issue with discovering novel antibiotics for Gram-negative bacteria is the limited understanding of the physicochemical features that affect cell-membrane permeability and […]

Dr. Richter received the ACS Scarborough Award for Graduate Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry! See mention of Michelle in Boston Globe story.

Dr. Riley was awarded an  F32 postdoctoral fellowship from the NIH!