Experts Guide

Baker's research focuses on the use of nature as an important source of new pharmaceuticals. Compounds that marine invertebrates such as sponges, corals and mollusks develop for their own defenses can be used as human antiviral agents (AIDS, Herpes), antineoplastic agents (cancer) or other pharmaceuticals. In collaboration with pharmacologists, Baker and his team screen new isolates in assays that will identify their potential as drugs.