Nucleic Acids

Rakesh N. Veedu obtained his Ph.D. degree in synthetic organic chemistry in 2006 from The University of Queensland, Australia, after completing his M.Sc. studies at Griffith University, Australia. He then continued his post-doctoral career at the Nucleic Acid Center, University of Southern Denmark, in the field of nucleic acid chemical biology. Dr Veedu returned to The University of Queensland in mid-2010 and established an independent research group focussed on developing target-specific therapy using various nucleic acid-based technologies. He is currently a McCusker Fellow and Group Leader at the Centre for Comparative Genomics and Western Australian Neuroscience Research Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Dr Veedu's research is focussed on novel functional nucleic acid-based technologies for the development of target-specific therapies to treat various diseases, including solid cancers, neurological diseases, and inherited/genetic disorders. Specifically, his research involves the development, synthesis chemistries, and applications of nucleic acid aptamers, antisense oligonucleotides, siRNA, antimiRs, DNAzymes, and molecular beacons.