Dr Edward Hems

Research Assistant

Edward is a chemist with an interest in isolating and characterising specialised metabolites from microbes. As well as having useful biological activities, many of these compounds have rare and interesting chemistry. As such Edward works closely with microbiologists and biochemists to elucidate the fascinating biosynthetic pathways which produce this diverse range of molecules.

Edward received training in carbohydrate chemistry, focussed on glycosylated algal toxins. Since becoming a research assistant in the Wilkinson laboratory, Edward has enjoyed helping colleagues across the Department of Molecular Microbiology to extract, purify and analyse specialised metabolites and their intermediates. He also facilities colleagues with the synthesis of probes and substrates, as well as the modification (semi synthesis) of natural products.

Edward enjoys collaborations across the Norwich Research Park and beyond, and has recently developed a new passion for small molecule X-ray crystallography with colleagues in the Structural Biology platform to solve complex molecular structures.

Selected Publications

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