College of Medicine
Shen Lab
Led by Ben Shen · Chemistry, UF Scripps
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What we study
The lab studies how microbes make natural products and uses that knowledge to discover and improve drug candidates. It mines genomes, uses synthetic biology, and runs the Natural Products Discovery Center. The lab is at UF Scripps in Jupiter, Florida, not on the Gainesville campus.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Computational
- Bacteria & microbes
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
Current projects
Natural Products Discovery Center
Holds about 600 pure natural products and a large microbial strain collection.
Genome mining
Finds new natural products and boosts production.
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