Eric Schmidt Assistant Adjunct Professor Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry ews1 at utah dot edu Schmidt lab web site

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RESEARCH INTERESTS Bioorganic chemistry Biosynthesis of marine and microbial natural products Symbiosis in marine invertebrates Molecular biology PUBLICATIONS Marine invertebrates, such as sponges and tunicates, defend themselves from predation using toxic chemicals, many of which are potential pharmaceutical agents. In some cases, bacteria living symbiotically within invertebrate tissue are the actual producers of these molecules. We are studying the interaction between bacteria and invertebrates to tease apart biosynthetic pathways and to better understand the relationships between these organisms.

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