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Bastien Castagner

Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Bastien Castagner
Contact Information
Address: 

McIntyre Medical Sciences Building
3655 Prom. Sir-William-Osler
Room 1312
Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6

Email address: 
bastien.castagner [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-398-2181
Department: 
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Area(s): 
Cell and Molecular Biology
Degree(s): 

Bastien Castagner obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Columbia University in New York in 2004. His postdoctoral years were spent at ETH Zürich from 2005 - 2008. From 2009 - 2014 he was a Group Leader in the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at ETH Zürich. He joined the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at McGill in 2014 and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2020.

Current research: 

Dr. Castagner’s research focuses on the design of small-molecules and natural product analogues as novel drug candidates. He is especially interested in the chemistry and biology of inositol phosphates and carbohydrates. His group has been involved in novel strategies to inactivate the toxins responsible for the pathogenesis of Clostridioides difficile. He is also interested in the human gut microbiota and how molecules can impact its composition and metabolism, for the benefit of the host (us!).

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