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Christopher Calderone
Assistant Professor
Olin-Rice 210
(651) 696-6771 office
ccalder2@macalester.edu
Professor Calderone’s research focuses on the enzymology of natural
product biosynthesis. Natural products are a rich source of
valuable compounds that include antibiotics, anticancer agents, and
other therapeutics. However, it is often difficult or impossible
to modify the structures of natural products to increase their
effectiveness or lower their toxicity. By increasing our
understanding of the pathways by which natural products are generated,
the ultimate goal of Calderone’s research is to allow the
engineering of modified products with desired properties.
He was recently awarded a Dreyfus Foundation Faculty
Start-Up Award in support of these efforts. Calderone teaches Genetics, one of
the courses in the Department’s core sequence, as well as courses in biochemistry
Education BS University of Chicago, 1999
MPhil Cambridge University, 2001
PhD Harvard University, 2005
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