Research activities at MCS are focused on drug discovery and chemical biology, aimed at obtaining novel biologically active compounds and their application in new therapies, as well as the development of new pharmacological research tools.

Current main research topics include:

• Photopharmacology – Reversible photoswitches
• Photopharmacology – Photolabile caged compounds
• Immunotherapy – NKT cell activators
• Selective protein labeling methods