On April 29th, LEoPARD's research students Jack Macdonald and Sebastian Simonson attended the 2023 Saint Michael's College Academic Symposium -- and presented a poster entitled "Modulation of alkaline phosphatase activity by vanilloids: a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) study." The poster represented a portion of the undergraduate research in which Macdonald and Simonson have been engaged … Continue reading Macdonald, Simonson present undergraduate research poster at Academic Symposium
LEoPARD awarded Faculty Development Committee-Expense Defrayment Grant by Saint Michael’s College
The Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) at Saint Michael’s College is honoured to announce that it has received a $2,500 Faculty Development Committee-Expense Defrayment Grant (at full request/maximal value of the award) from the Dean of the Faculty at the College. The successfully-funded proposal is entitled “Development of an early-warning diagnostic … Continue reading LEoPARD awarded Faculty Development Committee-Expense Defrayment Grant by Saint Michael’s College
Our review article “Catechin and other catechol-containing secondary metabolites” is now live at PharmaNutrition
Our recently-accepted review article, “Catechin and other catechol-containing secondary metabolites: Bacterial biotransformation and regulation of carbohydrate metabolism” is now live at PharmaNutrition. The review explores the ubiquity of catechol moieties in endogenous signaling molecules as well as dietary phytochemicals, their prospective biotransformation by gut microbiota and other microorganisms, and the roles that various catechols play … Continue reading Our review article “Catechin and other catechol-containing secondary metabolites” is now live at PharmaNutrition
Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) 