College of Pharmacy
Ding Lab
Led by Yousong Ding · Medicinal Chemistry
What we study
The Ding Lab studies natural product biosynthesis and drug discovery, using microbial genome data to identify and produce small molecules for therapeutic leads. They develop biocatalysts and optimize production routes to create diverse chemical structures.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Bacteria & microbes
- No coding
- Projects
- 4
Current projects
Colorectal cancer therapies introduced through engineered native bacteria
Developing engineered bacteria to produce colorectal cancer therapies.
Accessing and expanding microbial bioactive chemical diversity by synthetic biology and new enzymology
Using synthetic biology to discover and produce bioactive chemicals from microbes.
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Integrative Multidisciplinary Discovery Platform to Unlock Marine Natural Products Therapeutic Opportunities
Exploring marine natural products for potential therapeutic applications.
In Vitro Reconstruction of the Biosynthesis of Cytotoxic Lactacystin
The lab cloned four genes from a soil bacterium into E. coli to produce the steps that make the drug lactacystin, then studied the intermediate compounds to understand how the molecule is built and to try making new versions.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 584
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How to reach out
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