Fast, efficient way to build amino acid chains Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 by Karyn A Traum Postdoctoral Researcher Ziyuan Song, Professor Jianjun Cheng and Graduate Students Tianrui Xue and Lazaro Pacheco, developed a new method that streamlines the construction of amino acid building blocks that can be used in a multitude of industrial and pharmaceutical applications.