Medicinal Chemistry

Both are members of Prof. Gunda Georg's laboratory.

Duerfeldt's research is focused on the development of chemical tools that can be utilized to enhance our understanding of disease mechanisms and the development of new therapeutic leads for bacterial infections and ocular diseases.

Held this year in St. Paul, the conference brings together a diverse and global community of researchers involved in basic, clinical, and translational retinoid research.

Prof. Ambrose was invited to speak at the event, hosted at the University of Bonn (Germany), due to her expertise with the chemical exploration and analysis of Baltic amber.