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Steven Van Lanen, PhD

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Office: (859) 323-6271
svanlanen@uky.edu
Office: 321 TODD Building

Positions

  • Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Other Affiliation(s)
  • Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics - Adjunct Faculty

Research

Dr. Van Lanen’s research is centered on identifying and characterizing the biosynthetic pathways for bioactive natural products that have unknown or distinct modes of action relative to clinically-used drugs. Natural products currently being investigated include peptidyl nucleoside antibiotics with antifungal or antibacterial activity and sideromycins, or hybrid siderophore-antibiotics.