Roger Linington

Biography

  Dr. Roger Linington is a Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University. B.Sc. (Hons), The Univeristy of Leeds, UK Ph.D., The University of British Columbia Postdoctoral Research, The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, and The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama  

Research Interest

Natural Products Chemistry metabolomics, high content screen design and development, drug discovery, chemical biology The Linington lab is focused upon contemporary applications of marine natural products chemistry to biological problems. Within this general area we have specific interests in the development of new high-content screening technologies, the discovery and hit-to-lead development of lead scaffolds for drug development, and the determination of compound modes of action. The overall objectives of this research platform are the discovery of new compound classes for drug development against pathogenic bacteria, cancer, and global health parasites, and the creation of chemical probes to explore the basic biology of these target organisms.   To accomplish these objectives, the research program employs techniques spanning an array of disciplines including marine microbiology, natural products isolation and structure elucidation, bioassay design and development, synthetic medicinal chemistry, and 'omics' approaches to problems in biomedical research, including the development of new metabolomics tools for chemical and biological characterization of complex natural product libraries. This combination of techniques provides a mechanism for the examination of complex problems at the interface of chemistry and biology, using modern methods and analytical technologies to explore how natural products can contribute to our understanding of disease and disease treatment.