School of Chemistry

Link to Research Publications

Synthesis of bioactive compounds:

The synthesis and evaluation of bioactive molecules, including natural products (e.g. migrastatin analogues, peptidomimetics, iminosugars, new scaffolds) is being undertaken in collaboration with various biological researchers. For more details including recent publications see http://www.nuigalway.ie/murphygroup .

Stereoselective glycoside synthesis

Current interests include the study and development of anomerisation reactions with a view to synthesis of important carbohydrates such as glycolipids and glycomimetics. For more details including recent publications see http://www.nuigalway.ie/murphygroup .

The presentation of carbohydrates on cell surfaces is implicated in many important biological processes such as inflammation, infection and tumour growth and metastasis.� We are working on the design and synthesis of carbohydrates that have well defined spatial properties for study of the relevance of this property in biological systems.� For more details including recent publications see http://www.nuigalway.ie/murphygroup

This page was updated on May 15^th2013