Professional Background:
Prof. Louis M. Rendina is a Professor of Chemistry and Associate Head of Research Education at The University of Sydney, Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). He is also a Deputy Director and Node Leader of the ARC Development of Advanced Radiochemical Technologies (DART) Industrial Transformation Training Centre. Lou has an international reputation for original, impactful research and sustained excellence in synthesis and the medicinal inorganic chemistry of boron, lanthanoid metals, and radiometals.
Research Interests:
The Rendina Lab is internationally recognised for the synthesis of new molecules containing boron or lanthanoid metals for applications in medicine. The group is particularly interested in exploiting the unique properties of these elements in cutting-edge cancer therapies. The group is also interested in their incorporation into unique molecular scaffolds for binding to important biological receptors, selective localisation within sub-cellular components such as mitochondria, or as advanced materials. DART Centre projects focus on the radiolabelling of our unique cancer cell targeting groups for application as cancer radiotheranostic agents, as well as novel disease targeting strategies.
University of Sydney Researcher Profile
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