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Associate Professor Rohan Davis
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD),
Griffith University, Australia
TALK TITLE:
Leveraging the NatureBank 8000+ Marine Collection for Biodiscovery
BIOSKETCH:
A/Prof. Rohan Davis received a BSc (Hons) from the University of Melbourne (1992) and a
PhD from Griffith University (2001); both degrees focussed on marine chemistry. Rohan
subsequently worked for 2 years at University of Utah on an anti-cancer drug discovery
project before being recruited back to Griffith in 2003. His research involves all aspects of
biodiscovery including the design and synthesis of unique screening libraries based on natural
product scaffolds. Rohan has authored 157 publications, holds 2 patents, and for the past 5
years he has been part of the Aussie-Kiwi team that publishes the world-renowned and highly-
cited annual marine natural products review in Natural Product Reports. He has led both
industry and academic projects that have resulted in the identification of >1000 natural
products from plant, marine invertebrate and microbial sources. A/Prof. Davis is the Manager
of NatureBank, which is a unique Australian biodiscovery resource located at the Griffith.
For more details on A/Prof. Davis’ research please visit:
griffith.edu.au/institute-drug-discovery/unique-resources/naturebank
orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-7573
publons.com/researcher/2890317/rohan-a-davis/