COST Action CM1201 “Biomimetic Radical Chemistry”: free radical chemistry successfully meets many disciplines

Abstract

The COST Action CM1201 “Biomimetic Radical Chemistry” has been active since December 2012 for 4 years, developing research topics organized into four working groups: WG1 – Radical Enzymes, WG2 – Models of DNA damage and consequences, WG3 – Membrane stress, signalling and defenses, and WG4 – Bio-inspired synthetic strategies. International collaborations have been established among the participating 80 research groups with brilliant interdisciplinary achievements. Free radical research with a biomimetic approach has been realized in the COST Action and are summarized in this overview by the four WG leaders.

Keywords:

• Radical enzyme
• membrane stress
• phospholipid remodeling
• DNA damage and repair
• biomimetic models
• bio-inspired synthetic methodologies

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