L-R: Jingli, Gojko, Xiao, Matthias, Karrera, Chak, Tony, Lee Xin, Luke, Zhenyu, Ryan
Welcome to the Wedd Research Group website. We are from the School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne and are located in the new Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute. We are interested in the roles of various transition metals, including Cu, Zn, Ni, W, and Fe, in catalysis and biology. We use a multi-disciplinary approach spanning synthetic inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, protein biochemistry and microbiology. Please use the navigation menu above to find out more about us.
We welcome inquiries from prospective Honours and PhD students and post-doctoral fellows. Please click here for more information about opportunities within the group.
Recent Group News
September 2008
We welcome Emma Stevens, who has joined us as a Chemistry 399 research student. She will be working with Lee Xin Chong to study several CopK mutants from C. metallidurans.
Congratulations to Karrera Djoko, who presented her PhD completion seminar at the Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Seminar this month. We also congratulate Gojko Buncic for completing his PhD confirmation process recently.
August 2008
We welcome Jiaxi Song, who has joined us for 4 weeks as a winter vacation research experience student. She will be working with Lee Xin Chong to study the copper binding protein CopK from C. metallidurans.
July 2008
Sinth Jegaskanda has joined us for 3 weeks as a winter vacation research experience student. He will be working with Karrera Djoko to express multicopper oxidases from E. coli.
May 2008
Zhenyu Shi has joined us as a PhD student. He will be working initially on the multicopper oxidases from E. coli and move on to investigate copper pumps from the same bacterium.
Apr 2008
We welcome back Lee Xin Chong, who has recently returned as a PhD student. She will be continuing her Honours work on CopK protein from C. metallidurans. She will also investigate copper pumps from E. coli.
Information for the 4th Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference is now available.
Feb 2008
Ryan Gilbert-Wilson and Luke Moran have recently joined us as Honours students in chemistry. Ryan is making polyoxometalate complexes with Dr. Jingli Xie. Luke is co-supervised by Dr. Paul Donnelly and is working copper-specific sensors.
Dec 2007
Michelle Ma has sadly left us to join Dr. Paul Donnelly's group as a PhD student. She will be looking at metal caged compounds and their potentials as imaging agents. We wish her all the best in her future endeavours.
Many thanks to Matthias and Karrera for organising, and Tony for financing our recent annual group BBQ. We had good weather, plenty of good food, cold beer, and lots of fun!
Oct 2007
Gojko Buncic has joined us as a PhD student. He is co-supervised by Dr. Paul Donnelly and will be investigating the synthesis of soluble metal ligands and sensors.
