Development of Malarial Enzyme Inhibitors

Elīna Līdumniece was born in 1990 in Smiltene and grew up in Ranka. In 2013, she earned a Bachelor’s degree of Natural Sciences in Chemistry from University of Latvia with Bachelor Thesis “Synthesis of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-H-indazole derivatives in azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions”. In 2015, she received a Master’s degree of Natural Sciences in Chemistry from LU with Master Thesis “N-Acyl sulfonamides as directing groups in ruthenium catalyzed annulation reactions” (supervisor Dr. chem. A. Jirgensons).

Elīna Līdumniece is currently a research assistant with Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (Organic Synthesis Methodology Group). Her research interests are focused on the development of new inhibitors of SUB1 that could potentially lead to new anti-malarial compounds. She is a co-author of 3 scientific publications submitted to international journals (IF up to 12,779 for Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.) and has presented her work at several international conferences.