Company

VuyoLab

Research Services Cape Town, Western Cape, Za 1 employees

Employees: 1

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VuyoLab Overview

Headquarters: Cape Town, Western Cape, Za
Website: www.sun.ac.za
Industry: Research Services
Employees: 1
Founded: 2019
NAICS: Scientific Research and Development Services

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Keywords

drug discovery nanoparticles metal complexes molecular modelling infectious diseases Mycobacterium tuberculosis cancer drug repurposing

About VuyoLab

The research objectives of the Mycochem Group revolve around the generation of biopharmaceuticals by exploring, evaluating and characterizing bioactive compounds from endophytic fungi associated with medicinal plants, fungal symbionts linked to marine sponges and fungi allied to gold mine tailings. Research efforts are directed at discovering structurally diverse compounds for the treatment of TB. The crude extracts and pure compounds obtained from the symbionts are further utilized to synthesize gold and silver nanoparticles (AuNPs and AgNPs) and further converted to even more efficacious derivatives using semi-synthetic approaches.