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| Pilot Project III: Cultivation of Microorganisms from Marine Invertebrates and Screening of Extracts and Pure Compounds for Possible Anti-Cancer Activities (Co-Project Leaders are Dr. Peter Schupp (UOG) and Dr. Thomas Hemscheidt (CRCH)) |
| Brief Summary of Project The project aims to discover new natural products with anti-cancer activity from invertebrates and their associated microorganisms. The research focuses on two groups of invertebrates, deep-water sponges and ascidians, which so far have not been explored heavily as sources for marine microorganisms and secondary metabolites as compared to their shallow water counterparts. |
| Peter Schupp, Ph.D. Co-Leader Associate Professor of Marine Biology University of Guam MSc., University of Kronstanz MSc., University of Guam Ph.D., University of Wurzburg E-mail: pschupp@guam.uog.edu |
| Thomas Hemscheidt, Ph.D. Co-Leader Associate Professor Cancer Research Center of Hawaii Ph.D., University of Munich in Germany E-mail: tomh@gold.chem.hawaii.edu |