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Ferrier Research Institute

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We are a team of carbohydrate chemistry experts, biochemists, molecular biologists, working to bring better drugs, materials and technology to the world.

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📢Congrats to Ferrier's Prof Peter Tyler and Dr Andreas Luxenburger for their successful proposals for 2024 Smart Ideas!!!🎉They will work on bypassing resistance mechanisms in breast and ovarian cancers, and a safer drug for heart failure. tinyurl.com/5n7k4ww3

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📢📢Another PhD position at Ferrier is open for applications: "Design and synthesis of inhibitors to fight cancer", see link for more detail: wgtn.ac.nz/ferrier/study-…

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Read about Ferrier's recent PhD graduate Dr Taylor Reweti Hibbard’s journey from researcher to founder started early on in Gisborne, where he developed his love for sciences and the natural world. wgtn.ac.nz/news/2024/12/t…

Read about Ferrier's recent PhD graduate Dr Taylor Reweti Hibbard’s journey from researcher to founder started early on in Gisborne, where he developed his love for sciences and the natural world.
wgtn.ac.nz/news/2024/12/t…
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Learn how Ferrier's groundbreaking research is combating incurable diseases, developing innovative drugs, and transforming New Zealand's pharmaceutical landscape. youtu.be/uBPO08dzk8A?si…

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📢 2025 Ferrier Public Lecture by Prof. Cristina De Castro (Univ. of Napoli) on Wed, 26 Feb, Pipitea campus. 🎓 The sweet, the sour, and the spicy sides of microbial glycans – how carbs shape biology, from gut bacteria to immune evasion. 🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/4ff2dhfb

📢 2025 Ferrier Public Lecture by Prof. Cristina De Castro (Univ. of Napoli) on Wed, 26 Feb, Pipitea campus.
🎓 The sweet, the sour, and the spicy sides of microbial glycans – how carbs shape biology, from gut bacteria to immune evasion.
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/4ff2dhfb
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Serinophospholipids: A Third Type of Natural Phospholipid Discovered in a Thermophilic Bacterium | Journal of Natural Products pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

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Apparent reversal of allosteric response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis MenD reveals links to half‐of‐sites reactivity …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cb…

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Prof De Castro presented the 2025 Ferrier Public Lecture on how small changes in sugar structures impact health and disease. The insights are key to carbohydrate chemistry and our understanding of biology. Honoured to have Duncan Ferrier, son of late Prof Robin Ferrier, join us.

Prof De Castro presented the 2025 Ferrier Public Lecture on how small changes in sugar structures impact health and disease. The insights are key to carbohydrate chemistry and our understanding of biology. Honoured to have Duncan Ferrier, son of late Prof Robin Ferrier, join us.
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Non-Canonical Type II Terpene #Cyclases Deliver Rare Terpenoid Architectures by Rose M. McLellan (Dr Rose McLellan), Daniel Berry, Rosannah C. Cameron, and Emily J. Parker at Ferrier Research Institute in J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Non-Canonical Type II Terpene #Cyclases Deliver Rare Terpenoid Architectures by Rose M. McLellan (<a href="/Dr_Rose_Gold/">Dr Rose McLellan</a>), Daniel Berry, Rosannah C. Cameron, and Emily J. Parker at <a href="/Ferrier_Inst/">Ferrier Research Institute</a> in <a href="/J_A_C_S/">J. Am. Chem. Soc.</a> pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
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Thrilled to share our work that reveals unusual biosynthetic machinery for the core architecture of radarin indole-diterpenoids! Check out the incredibly complex cyclisation chemistry by the noncanonical terpene cyclase RadB.😊 Ferrier Research Institute J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

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🚀 Huge congrats to Prof. Emily Parker of Ferrier Research Institute on her induction into the BiotechNZ Hall of Fame at this year’s Life Sciences Summit! 🎉 A well-deserved honour for her outstanding contributions to biotech!

🚀 Huge congrats to Prof. Emily Parker of Ferrier Research Institute on her induction into the BiotechNZ Hall of Fame at this year’s Life Sciences Summit! 🎉 A well-deserved honour for her outstanding contributions to biotech!
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📢🥳Bontia Bio, a new spin-out co-founded by Ferrier's Prof Emily Parker and Dr Matthew Nicholson Wellington UniVentures, has secured NZD $1.25 million in seed funding to develop sustainable plant-based solutions for pest control in pets and agriculture. itbrief.co.nz/story/bontia-b…

📢🥳Bontia Bio, a new spin-out co-founded by Ferrier's Prof Emily Parker and Dr Matthew Nicholson <a href="/WgtnUniVentures/">Wellington UniVentures</a>, has secured NZD $1.25 million in seed funding to develop sustainable plant-based solutions for pest control in pets and agriculture. itbrief.co.nz/story/bontia-b…
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Latest paper from Ferrier, “An overlooked cyclase plays a central role in the biosynthesis of indole diterpenes” - now published in Chemical Science pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

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📢Check out this interview with Bontia Bio co-founders, Prof Emily Parker and Dr Matthew Nicholson, on the scientific breakthrough for flea & tick treatment — a world-first technology set to shake up the billion-dollar global animal treatment market. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…