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Scott Taylor's research is highly interdisciplinary, spanning synthetic organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and enzymology, with a focus on the development of new bionanomaterials. He develops new synthetic methodologies and applies synthesis to novel biomolecules and materials, including modified steroids, carbohydrates, amino acids, peptides, nucleosides, nucleotides, and starch nanoparticles. His research program currently emphasizes four main areas: the synthesis and study of cyclic lipodepsipeptide antibiotics; the development of novel phosphorylation chemistry for the synthesis of inhibitors targeting cytidine triphosphate synthase, an anti-cancer and antiviral target; the creation of inhibitors for steroid sulfatase, a target in breast cancer; and the modification of starch nanoparticles examined for their capacity to extract oil from oil sands for the creation of novel wound dressings. A wide variety of techniques are employed in his work, including nuclear magnetic resonance, fluorimetry, high-performance liquid chromatography, protein purification, spectrophotometry, mass spectrometry, differential scanning calorimetry, and dynamic light scattering.
Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.