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Centre of Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology

June 2005

The Centre of Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology is comprised of twelve University investigators (from the University of Melbourne, ANU, the University of Sydney, Monash and QUT) and five partner investigators (from the CSIRO, Bluescope Steel, CUB, Orica and the Howard Florey).  The Monash investigators are Professor Peter Scammells and Professor Roy Jackson from the School of Chemistry.  The Centre was awarded $12 million in funding from the ARC and will receive up to $4.3 million in matching funds from the institutions involved.  This will result in the appointment of research staff and students at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences who will be working on the design, synthesis and evaluation of new cardio- and neuroprotective agents, the development of new antioxidants as well as the study of radical reactions relevant to pharmaceutical synthesis.