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Email

wenyi.li@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Senior Fellow
Melbourne Dental School
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-3584-0301

Dr Wenyi Li

Honorary Senior Fellow
Melbourne Dental School

67 Scholarly works
7 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Global genomic surveillance of tigecycline resistance gene tet(X) in Salmonella enterica
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2026.107794
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Functional quinoline-malononitriles for enhanced wound repair and monitoring
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2026.118766
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A Dual-Model Machine Learning Framework for Interpretable Design and Ensemble Prediction of C-Amidated Antimicrobial Peptides
    DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6c00110
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Water-based coupling of amino acids for sustainable solid-phase peptide synthesis
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01761-z
  • 2023

    Research Grant

    A Rapid Synthetic Molecular Evolution Platform for Novel Antimicrobials Against Infections
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Reversing Antibiotic Resistance in Superbugs
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Reversing Antibiotic Resistance in Superbugs
Wenyi Li

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2017
Monica Reum Memorial Prize University of Melbourne
2017
Graham Johnston Best Thesis Award Royal Australian Chemical Institute
2017
Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowship German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Development of modern continuous flow solid phase peptide synthesis: chemistry, automation and sustainability impact
    DOI: 10.1071/CH25131
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Aggregation-prone antimicrobial peptides target gram-negative bacterial nucleic acids and protein synthesis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.12.002
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Escherichia coli ST542 Co-Harbouring blaNDM-1 and mcr-1 in a Pig Farm, China
    DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S508552
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Functionalized α-Cyanostilbene Derivatives for Detection of Hypoxia or Proteostasis Imbalance in Live Cells
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202402630
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Recent Toolboxes for Chemoselective Dual Modifications of Proteins
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202402272
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Synthetic peptide branched polymers for antibacterial and biomedical applications
    DOI: 10.1038/s44222-023-00143-4

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2021

    Research Grant

    Developing Antibiotic Agents to Combat Oral Infectious Disease
  • 2021

    Internal Research Grant

    The Training of High Throughput Screening Technology for Antimicrobial Peptides Optimisation

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