Dr Wenyi Li received his doctoral degree in 2016 from The University of Melbourne under the supervision of Professors John D. Wade and Prof Frances Separovic. His doctoral thesis has been awarded the Graham Johnston Best Thesis Award from RACI Division of Medicinal Chemistry/Chemical Biology.
IFrom 2016 to 2018, he was based at the Leibniz institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Germany, where he was supported as a Leibniz-DAAD postdoctoral fellow working on protein semisynthesis and chemical ligation. In 2018, he returned to The University of Melbourne to work on antibacterial polymers and peptides in collaboration with Professors Neil O'Brien-Simpson and Greg Qiao.
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Wenyi Li's selected work
Reversing Antibiotic Resistance In Superbugs
Research Grant
The 9-Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) Group in Chemical Peptide Synthesis - Its Past, Pres..
Journal article
Reversing Antibiotic Resistance In Superbugs
Research Grant
Effect of dimerized melittin on gastric cancer cells and antibacterial activity
Journal article
Designing Antimicrobial Peptides To Target Pathogenic Bacteria Associated With Periodontit..
Research Grant
Covalent conjugation of cationic antimicrobial peptides with a beta-lactam antibiotic core
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Additional Information
Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme 2020, The University of Melbourne (01/2020)
Sir Weary Dunlop Foundation grant, Australia (10/2019)
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Monica Reum Memorial Prize
Graham Johnston Best Thesis Award
Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowship
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Research Fellow - Chemical Biology
Melbourne Dental School
Member
Royal Society of Chemistry
Member
Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Education
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne