The Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery Core at ETSU is a specialized resource providing tools, facilities, and expertise for early drug discovery and preclinical evaluation.

The overarching goal of the Core is to facilitate the discovery of new and novel therapeutics, diagnostics, adjuvants, and vaccines.
Specific services provided by the Core include, but are not limited to:
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Identification and physicochemical characterization of natural products. -
Synthetic chemistry support for drug, adjuvant, vaccine, therapeutic and diagnostic discovery.
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Rational drug design with a focus on small molecule glycomimetics.
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Preclinical evaluation of natural product and synthetic compounds.
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Assay development
For more information regarding the Core and the services CIIDI can provide, please contact:

Zuchao Ma, PhD
Assistant Research ProfessorDeptartment of Surgery
- maz001@etsu.edu
- 423-439-6261
- PO Box 70575Johnson City, TN 37614