Anita Wester

Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Peptide-Based Antibiotics (CEPAN) at the University of Copenhagen working on the synthesis of novel peptide and peptoid carriers for efficient delivery of potential antibacterial compounds.

On secondment as part of the NUI Travelling Studentship. One month secondment working in the laboratory of Prof. Patricia Gallagher at the Wake Forest School of Medicine to carry out enzymatic stability testing of peptidomimentics.

Occupational safety and health (OSH): 3-day certified trainings course

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and quality in pharmaceutical, biotech, and food industry: 7.5 ECT course

Dissertation Project: Peptidomimetics Containing the Non-Natural Amino Acid ACCA: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation Supervisor: Dr. Francesca Paradisi NUI Travelling Studentship Funding awarded for 3 years by the National University of Ireland

GPA: 4.0 (first class honours) Dissertation Project: Synthesis of a Novel Ferrocenyl Phosphinooxazoline Ligand and Its Applications in Transition Metal-Catalysed Asymmetric Reactions Supervisor: Prof. Pat Guiry Award for Excellence in a Final Year Research Project