Publications

Mode of action of teixobactin in cellular membranes

Shukla, R., Medeiros-Silva, J., Parmar, A., Vermeulen, B. J. A., Das, S., Paioni, A. L., . . . Weingarth, M. (2020). Mode of action of teixobactins in cellular membranes. Nature Communications, 11(1). Read the full research article in Nature communications.

AWZ1066S, a highly specific anti-Wolbachia drug candidate for a short-course treatment of filariasis

Hong, W. D., Benayoud, F., Nixon, G. L., Ford, L., Johnston, K. L., Clare, R. H., . . . O'Neill, P. M. (2019). AWZ1066S, a highly specific anti-Wolbachia drug candidate for a short-course treatment of filariasis. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 116(4), 1414-1419. Read the full research article on PNAS.

Industrial scale high-throughput screening delivers multiple fast acting macrofilaricides

Clare, R. H., Bardelle, C., Harper, P., Hong, W. D., Borjesson, U., Johnston, K. L., . . . Ward, S. A. (2019). Industrial scale high-throughput screening delivers multiple fast acting macrofilaricides. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 10. Read the full research article in Nature Communications.

Semi-solid prodrug nanoparticles for long-acting delivery of water-soluble antiretroviral drugs within combination HIV therapies

Hobson, J., Al-Khouja, A., Curley, P., Meyers, D., Flexner, C., Siccardi, M., . . . Rannard, S. P. (2019). Semi-solid prodrug nanoparticles for long-acting delivery of water-soluble antiretroviral drugs within combination HIV therapies. Nature Communications, 10. Read the full research article in Nature Communications.

Long-acting injectable atovaquone nanomedicines for malaria prophylaxis

Bakshi, R. P., Tatham, L. M., Savage, A. C., Tripathi, A. K., Mlambo, G., Ippolito, M. M., . . . Shapiro, T. A. (2018). Long-acting injectable atovaquone nanomedicines for malaria prophylaxis. Nature Communications, 9. Read the full research article in Nature Communications.

A tetraoxane-based antimalarial drug candidate that overcomes PfK13-C580Y dependent artemisinin resistance

O'Neill, P. M., Amewu, R. K., Charman, S. A., Sabbani, S., Gnädig, N. F., Straimer, J., . . . Ward, S. A. (2017). A tetraoxane-based antimalarial drug candidate that overcomes PfK13-C580Y dependent artemisinin resistance. Nature Communications, 8. Read the full research article in Nature Communications.

The continuous oxidation of HMF to FDCA and the immobilisation and stabilisation of periplasmic aldehyde oxidase (PaoABC)

McKenna, S. M., Mines, P., Law, P., Kovacs-Schreiner, K., Birmingham, W. R., Turner, N. J., . . . Carnell, A. J. (2017). The continuous oxidation of HMF to FDCA and the immobilisation and stabilisation of periplasmic aldehyde oxidase (PaoABC). GREEN CHEMISTRY, 19, 4660-4665. Read the full research article on Royal Society of Chemistry’s publications site.

Accelerated oral nanomedicine discovery from miniaturized screening to clinical production exemplified by paediatric HIV nanotherapies

Giardiello, M., Liptrott, M. J., McDonald, T. O., Moss, D., Siccardi, M., Martin, P., . . . Owen, A. (2016). Accelerated oral nanomedicine discovery from miniaturized screening to clinical production exemplified by paediatric HIV nanotherapies. Nature Communications, 7. Read the full research article in Nature Communications.

A Click Chemistry-Based Proteomic Approach Reveals that 1,2,4-Trioxolane and Artemisinin Antimalarials Share a Common Protein Alkylation Profile

Ismail, H. M., Barton, V. E., Panchana, M., Charoensutthivarakul, S., Biagini, G. A., Ward, S. A., & O'Neill, P. M. (2016). A Click Chemistry-Based Proteomic Approach Reveals that 1,2,4-Trioxolane and Artemisinin Antimalarials Share a Common Protein Alkylation Profile. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 55(22), 6401-6405. Read the full research article on Wiley’s online library.

Enzyme cascade reactions: synthesis of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and carboxylic acids using oxidases in tandem

McKenna, S., Leimkühler, S., Herter, S., Turner, N. J., & Carnell, A. (2015). Enzyme cascade reactions: synthesis of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and carboxylic acids using oxidases in tandem. Green Chemistry, 17(6), 3271-3275. Read the full research article on Royal Society of Chemistry’s publications site

Antimalarial 4(1H)-pyridones bind to the Qi site of cytochrome bc1

Capper, M., O'Neill, P., Fisher, N., Strange, R., Moss, D., Ward, S., . . . Antonyuk, S. (2015). Antimalarial 4(1H)-pyridones bind to the Qi site of cytochrome bc1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(3), 755-760. Read the full research article on PNAS

Artemisinin activity-based probes identify multiple molecular targets within the asexual stage of the malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum 3D7

Ismail, H. M., Barton, V., Phanchana, M., Charoensutthivarakul, S., Wong, M. H. L., Hemingway, J., . . . Ward, S. A. (2016). Artemisinin activity-based probes identify multiple molecular targets within the asexual stage of the malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum 3D7. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 113(8), 2080-2085. Read the full research article on PNAS

References from other areas

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A. R. Town, M. Giardiello, R. Gurjar, M. Siccardi, M. E. Briggs, R. Akhtar, T. O. McDonald, Dual-stimuli responsive injectable microgel/solid drug nanoparticle nanocomposites for release of poorly soluble drugs. Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 6302-6314.

Yonghong Yang, Claudia Fryer, Jack Sharkey, Aidan Thomas, Ulrike Wais, Alexander William Jackson, Patricia Murray, Haifei Zhang*, Perylene Diimide Nanoprobes for In Vivo Tracking of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Using Photoacoustic Imaging, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 27930-27939.

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