Our Mission
With Waste2Drug, we aim to turn agricultural waste into life-saving opportunities. By transforming natural compounds from agri-waste into powerful anticancer drugs, we aspire to drive innovation at the intersection of sustainability and health. Supported by the MSCA programme, our mission is to build a circular bioeconomy where waste fuels discovery — creating value for people and the planet.
Our Objectives
Identify the molecular target of p-cymene
Use of reverse docking and Machine Learning (ML) methodologies in order to reveal the molecular target on which p-cymene exerts its anticancer action. Validate the in silico identified target with in vitro experiments.
Use of reverse docking and Machine Learning (ML) methodologies in order to reveal the molecular target on which p-cymene exerts its anticancer action. Validate the in silico identified target with in vitro experiments.
Novel Drug Design
Use the molecular scaffold of p-cymene and its identified target(s) in order to design more potent anti-cancer agents.
Use the molecular scaffold of p-cymene and its identified target(s) in order to design more potent anti-cancer agents.
Biomass Valorisation through terpene dehydroaromatization
Computationally unravel the mechanism of terpene dehydroaromatization in order to optimise the access of p-cymene from agri-waste biomass.
Computationally unravel the mechanism of terpene dehydroaromatization in order to optimise the access of p-cymene from agri-waste biomass.