Regular biography
Christopher J. Thibodeaux is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. His research focuses on biological and analytical chemistry, particularly the biosynthesis of antimicrobial natural products, bacterial virulence, and the role of protein conformational dynamics in enzymes with biomedical relevance. His work integrates experimental tools from biochemistry, analytical chemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics. Thibodeaux teaches courses such as CHEM 367. Instrumental Analysis 1 and CHEM 520. Methods in Chemical Biology. His lab website provides additional information on his research and teaching.
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Christopher Thibodeaux is a researcher specializing in Natural Products, Biochemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Enzymology, and Mass Spectrometry. His work focuses on the enzymatic synthesis of sugars and natural products, including glycodiversification, sugar biosynthesis, and the role of flavin coenzymes in catalytic reactions. Thibodeaux investigates the mechanisms of enzymes involved in the production of phosphonic acid natural products, cyclopropane and epoxide biosynthesis, and radical biocatalysis. His research also explores the structural dynamics of lanthipeptide synthetases and the enzymatic processing of catechols. His studies contribute to understanding the biochemical pathways and enzymatic functions in natural product biosynthesis.