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IFLScience The Big Questions: Are The Drugs Of The Future Coming From The Deep Ocean?
Antibiotic resistance is a major health concern. We now have several harmful microbes that have evolved into versions unaffected by...
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Anthoteibinenes F–Q: New Sesquiterpenes from the Irish Deep-Sea Coral Anthothela grandiflora
New technology has opened opportunities for research and exploration of deep-water ecosystems, highlighting deep-sea coral reefs as a...
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New Sesterterpenes from the Antarctic Sponge Suberites sp.
Chemical investigation of the Antarctic sponge Suberites sp. has previously led to the identification of new suberitane derivatives, some...
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Front Cover of Organic Letters
We are thankful for getting the honor to be on the cover of the November 2024 Organic Letters Journal!
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Nov 11, 20241 min read
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Anthoteibinenes A–E from the Irish Deep-Sea Coral Anthothela grandiflora: An Amination Puzzle
Chemical investigation of extracts from the Irish deep-sea soft coral Anthothela grandiflora revealed cadinene-like sesquiterpenes,...
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Sep 4, 20241 min read
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Podcast: Studying for the Scrubs
Arya Paghdal Interviews our own Dr. Bill Baker on natural Products drug discovery and Isolation. Listen to the podcast here!...
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Aug 21, 20241 min read
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Dec 15, 20230 min read
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These strange underwater animals could save our lives. If we don’t destroy them first.
Deep-sea mining threatens the world’s untapped and unknown underwater pharmacies. Read the full article here
ezequiel cruz rosa
Oct 21, 20231 min read
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Neosuberitenone, a New Sesterterpenoid Carbon Skeleton, from the Antarctic Sponge Suberites
(2023) Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a highly contagious human pathogen that poses a significant threat to children under the age...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Feb 2, 20231 min read
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Tuaimenals B–H, Merosesquiterpenes from the Irish Deep-Sea Soft Coral Duva florida with Bioactivity
(2022) Previous chemical investigation of the Irish deep-sea soft coral Duva florida led to the identification of tuaimenal A (10), a new...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Feb 2, 20231 min read
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Chemistry and Bioactivity of the Deep-Water Antarctic Octocoral Alcyonium sp.
(2022) Chemical investigation of an Antarctic deep-water octocoral has led to the isolation of four new compounds, including three...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Feb 2, 20231 min read
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Meet Our New Post Doctoral Student: Sam Afoullouss
Sam Afoullouss Completed his B.Sc. in Biopharmaceutical Chemistry at the National University of Ireland Galway. Here he researched the...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Nov 8, 20221 min read
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Happy Halloween 2022!
From the baker Lab, we wish you a very spooky Halloween!
ezequiel cruz rosa
Oct 24, 20221 min read
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Keys Marine Lab Sampling Trip 2022
Located just south of Miami, the florida keys are a wonderful archipelago that is bustling with life and chemistry. In August of 2022 the...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Sep 13, 20221 min read
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Searching The Ocean's Depths for Future Medicines: an interview with Sam Afoullouss
Sam Afoullouss Talks about his experiences as a deep-sea researcher and his search for unique chemistry that may one day become a...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Aug 25, 20221 min read
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Teamwork on the Reef
It's been a long time since the lab went out diving. Last week Dr. Baker along with Stine and Ben went on a diving trip off the coast off...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Aug 24, 20221 min read
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Meet our graduate student! Sarah Dietrick
Sarah is a graduate student doing research in Marine Natural Products Chemistry and Drug Discovery. She is currently looking into the...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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Meet our Graduate Student! Stephen Thompson
Stephen Thompson obtained his bachelor's in chemistry from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 2019. From...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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Meet our graduate student! Benjamin Smith
Benjamin Graduated from his bachelor's degree in biochemistry and integrative biology from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 2014...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Jul 6, 20221 min read
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Bracegirdle, J.; Olsen, S. S.; Teng, M. N.; Tran, K. C.; Amsler, C. D.; McClintock, J. B.; Baker, B. J. Neosuberitenone, a new...
ezequiel cruz rosa
Jul 6, 202225 min read
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