Bioprospecting for Therapeutics
About Us
Research Interest
Our Team
A research cluster that focuses on broad-spectrum studies from fundamental to translational. Research subject involves natural materials consisting of fauna and flora which ultimately produce products for the benefit of society and the nation in the future.
- Basic Molecular Pathogenesis
- Molecular Targets and Interactions
- Therapeutic Compound Development
Current research
Signalling in infectious and non-infectious diseases
- Therapeutics development for melioidosis
- Antiviral mechanisms against Herpes Simplex Virus
- Host-directed therapeutics for infections
Research on therapeutic targets and natural bioactive compounds
- Vaccine development for Eimeria sp.
- Interaction of therapeutic phytochemicals of kratom with human transport proteins using biophysical and bioinformatics methods
- Biophysical and bioinformatics insights into the interactions of isoguvacine and its derivatives with the GABA receptor and human transport proteins
- Data-driven discovery of antimicrobial peptides using machine-learning and in silico approach
- Molecular dynamic simulation of antimicrobial peptides against therapeutic receptor candidates
Pre-clinical assessment of selected bioactive compounds/standard extracts
Natural product development for reproductive health
Novel antimicrobials from nature