Marc Devocelle
Associate Professor
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
Ireland
Biography
Marc Devocelle has completed his PhD at the University of Lille (France) under contract with a pharmaceutical company. He subsequently joined RCSI in 1999 as a postdoctoral researcher and became manager of the Peptide Synthesis Laboratory in 2000. He has since been appointed as a Lecturer in 2004, a Senior Lecturer in 2008 and an Associate Professor of Chemistry in 2014. His laboratory is involved in over 25 collaborations with 14 academic groups across 8 HEIs in Ireland, 2 SMEs and 1 MNC.
Research Interest
Research interests include the synthesis, modification and labelling of peptides and peptidomimetics, used as chemical tools for the investigation of cell signalling pathways and lead discovery; the synthesis of biomolecule-peptide and polymer-peptide conjugates, for the generation of delivery systems and/or of prodrugs; the synthesis of chemical libraries for lead optimisation.