Agarwal lab @ Georgia Tech
Natural product discovery & biosynthesis
Diversity, inclusion, equity
We commit to fair, respectful, and equal interactions in the lab and in the classroom. We are a lab with many nationalities, ethnicities, thoughts, and beliefs and this diversity is important to us.
Our Science
A majority of antibiotics and drugs that we use in the clinic are derived or inspired from small organic molecules called Natural Products that are produced by living organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and plants. Natural Products are at the forefront of fighting the global epidemic of antibiotic resistant pathogens, and keeping the inventory of clinically applicable pharmaceuticals stocked up. Some Natural Products are also potent human toxins and pollutants, and we need to understand how these toxins are produced to minimize our exposure to them.
We as biochemists ask how and why are Natural Products produced in Nature, what we can learn from Natural Product biosynthetic processes, and how we can exploit Nature's synthetic capabilities for interesting applications? Find out more about our Science, browse the Publications, and meet The Team. |
Broadly, we are interested in questions involving (meta)genomics, biochemistry, structural and mechanistic enzymology, mass spectrometry, analytical chemistry, and how natural product chemistry dictates biology.
News
Vinayak Agarwal
Vinny got his PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign followed by postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Diego. Vinny started at Georgia Tech in Fall 2017 with joint appointments in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Biological Sciences, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in Fall 2023.
Vinny has been recognized by the following awards:
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