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Professor David Craik

UQ Laureate Fellow - GL

Institute for Molecular Bioscience
d.craik@imb.uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 62019

Overview

David Craik (AO, FRS, FAA) is in the Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia. He discovered the cyclotide family of circular proteins and has characterized the structures of many animal toxins including conotoxins from cone snail venoms. He heads a research team of 35 researchers whose current work focuses on applications of circular proteins, drugs in plants, toxins and NMR in drug design.

He is author of over 810 scientific papers, including 14 in Nature publications (Nature/Nature Communications/Nature Neuoroscience/Nature Structural Biology/Nature Chemical Biology/Nature Chemistry/Scientific Reports/Nature Protocols, 1 in Science, 12 in PNAS, 9 in JACS, 3 in Chemical Reviews, and 16 in Angewandte Chemie. He has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, appointed as an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia and has received numerous awards for his research, including the Ralph F. Hirschmann Award from the American Chemical Society (2011), Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research (2014), GlaxoSmithKline Award for Research Excellence (2014), the Vincent du Vigneaud Award from the American Peptide Society (2015),the FAOBMB Award for Research Excellence (2015) and the Cathay Award from the Chinese Peptide Society (2018). He received the Australian Academy of Science David Craig Medal in 2023. He is an Honorary Professor of Jinan University, Guangzhou and has an Honorary Doctorate from Kalmar University in Sweden.

Biography

David Craik obtained his PhD in organic chemistry from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and undertook postdoctoral studies at Florida State and Syracuse Universities before taking up a lectureship at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in 1983. He was appointed Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Head of School in 1988. He moved to University of Queensland in 1995 to set up a new biomolecular NMR, held an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow (2015-2020) and is currently a NHMRC Fellow, as well as Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Peptide and Protein Science.

Key Discoveries

David Craik has made discoveries of new classes of proteins, generated new knowledge on their structure and function, and used this information to design and chemically re-engineer new classes of protein-based drug leads and agricultural pest control agents. In particular, his major achievements are:

  • the discovery of cyclotides, the largest known family of circular proteins. As well as a circular backbone, cyclotides contain a knotted arrangement of cross-linking disulfide bonds, making them remarkably stable. His discovery of these proteins was sparked in part from anecdotal reports of medicinal practices in Africa where women make a tea from the plant Oldenlandia affinis by boiling it in water and sipping it during labour to accelerate child birth. He determined the structure of the bioactive component of this medicinal tea and found that it had an unprecedented head-to-tail cyclic peptide backbone combined with a cystine knot.
  • the first structural and functional characterizations of prototypic circular proteins in higher organisms - Professor Craik was one of the first to recognize that other families of ribosomally synthesized cyclic peptides exist. As examples from bacteria and animals emerged, Professor Craik was at the forefront of their structural characterization, reporting the first structures of theta-defensins from animals and the threaded lasso peptide microcin J25 from bacteria, as well as new examples of cyclic peptides from plants.
  • the development of artificially cyclized peptide toxins as drug leads – he developed an orally active peptide that is 100 times more potent than the leading clinically used drug for neuropathic pain.

Research Training

Professor Craik has trained more than 70 PhD students. He was awarded UQ’s Research Supervision Excellence Award in 2007 on the basis of his mentoring and innovations in postgraduate training, including his “writing retreats” to mentor students and postdocs on science writing skills. He received the Institute for Molecular Bioscience Individual Leadership Award in 2019. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Kalmar University, Sweden for his contributions to international student exchange programs, and is an Honorary Professor of Jinan University, Guangzhou.

Professional Activities

Professor Craik founded and chaired the 1st, 2nd and 3rd International Conferences on Circular Proteins (2009, 2012 and 2015) and was on the Scientific Program Committee for ISMAR 2021. He is on the Boards of six international journals, including Angewandte Chemie, ACS Chemical Biology, Chemical Biology and Drug Design, and ChemBioChem. He was on the Council of the American Peptide Society (2015-2021). He was the director two Brisbane-based biotech companies. He is on the Scientific Advisory Boards of James Cook University’s Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics (BMDT), the University of Wollongong’s Illawara Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) and Enzytag. He conceived and supports two publicly accessible databases - Cybase on circular proteins (www.cybase.org.au), and conotoxins (www.conoserver.org).

Research Interests

  • Discovery of bioactive peptides and peptide-based drug design
    The Craik group focuses on the discovery and applications of small disulfide-rich proteins as leads in drug design. Such proteins often have potent biological activities and, because of their cross-linking disulfide bonds, usually have well defined three-dimensional structures that can be determined using NMR spectroscopy. NMR is one of the main techniques we use in the laboratory. The proteins we study come from animal and plant sources, as well as "designer" proteins we produce in the lab. In particular we have been exploring the bioengineering of circular proteins, based on our discovery of a naturally occurring family of cyclic proteins called cyclotides. By cyclising proteins and creating embedded knots within the structures using disulfide bonds we are able to significantly enhance the stability of proteins. We are applying our technology to the design of drugs for pain, cancer (prostate cancer, chronic myeloid leukeamia and melanoma), cardiovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, and metabolic diseases (obesity and diabetes). Our goal is to overcome current limitations on the use of conventional proteins as drugs, i.e. their poor bioavailability and susceptibility to degradation in vivo. We are currently determining relationships between structure and activity in a wide range of cystine knot proteins, including those from plants, cone-snail venoms, snakes, spiders and frogs. Cystine knot proteins have applications in agriculture as well as in the development of pharmaceuticals, and in collaboration with Dr Marilyn Anderson at La Trobe University we have been examining the insecticidal properties of a range of disulfide rich proteins. The cyclotide proteins discovered in our laboratory show particular promise as "natural" insecticides against pests in a range of crop plants.
  • Production of-based pharmaceuticals in plants
    Our group is interested in using plants as ‘biofactories’ for producing high value peptide-based pharmaceuticals. The peptides are either expressed in the leaves of plants, which are harvested to allow extraction of the pharmaceutical product for conventional formulation or tableting. Alternatively, we can express the therapeutic peptides specifically in the seeds of plants so that the seed becomes the bio pill. This technology has the potential to make high-tech ‘designer’ medicines available to patients in developing countries as well as the potential to lower the costs of production of refined pharmaceuticals. This work is supported by a grant from the Australian Research Council and the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation.
  • Structural biology of peptides and proteins
    We use NMR spectroscopy to determine the structures of a wide range of peptides and proteins so that we can understand fundamental biological processes and use structural information for the development of pharmaceuticals or next generation agrichemicals. NMR allows structures to be determined in solution under physiologically relevant conditions.

Research Impacts

Professor Craik is known internationally for his pioneering work on the discovery and study of naturally occurring circular proteins. Gene-encoded circular proteins were unknown when he started working on them in the 1990s, but it is now clear that their unique topology makes them remarkably stable compared to conventional proteins. Circular proteins are exciting leads for drug design and protein engineering applications, where resistance to breakdown by enzymes is critically important. In one example, Professor Craik's lab has been working on using a peptide from cone snail venom as a pain relief drug 100 times more potent than morphine. Circular proteins also have considerable potential as natural insecticides, diagnostic probes, and as tools in neuroscience. He has developed methods for using plants as ‘biofactories’ to make these peptides.

Specific Measures of Impact

  • Author of more than 810 papers; h-index 104 (WOS), 120 (GS); Citations 41,824 (WOS), 53,342 (GS) and has four Highly Cited papers, with two cited more than 1300 times
  • Editor of two books; NMR in Drug Design (CRC Press) and Plant Cyclotides (Academic Press)
  • Professor Craik has given more than 600 presentations over his career, including 112 Plenary/invited lectures at national and international conferences and university colloquia or industry forums in 23 countries over the past 5 years.
  • Numerous international and national awards including the Adrien Albert Award (RACI, 1993); ANZMAG Medal (2004); RACI H G Smith Medal (2006); ACS Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry (2011); Josef Rudinger Memorial Lecture Award, European Peptide Society (2012); La Trobe University Distinguished Alumnus Award (2013); GlaxoSmithKline Award for Research Excellence (2014); Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research (2014); Vincent du Vigneaud Award (American Peptide Society, 2015); Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellowship (2015); FAOBMB Award for Research Excellence (Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, 2015); $1million Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award (2015); Institute for Molecular Bioscience Impact Award for Innovation (2017); Cathay Award, Chinese Peptide Society (2018); Institute for Molecular Bioscience Individual Leadership Award (2019), Australian Academy of Science David Craig Medal (2023)
  • Appointment as an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia
  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of six other learned societies.

Community Engagement

  • Feature article on Channel 10’s “The Project” (30/10/2018)
  • Article in The Sunday Age and Sydney Morning Herald (Liam Mannix) 18th March 2018 “The botanist, the chemist and the painkilling lettuce” with longtime collaborator Professor Marilyn Anderson from La Trobe University.
  • ABC Radio interview with David Curnow on “Medicines in Plants” 14th March 2016
  • Named one of the Best & Brightest in Queensland for 2015, Courier Mail, Q Weekend, Dec 5-6, 2015
  • Radio interview on conesnail envenomation, June 10th 2015 ABC News
  • Catalyst documentary on “Plant Based Medicines”, aired 3rd Feb 2015, ABC2
  • Radio National interview November following GSK Award 2014 with Fran Kelly, 27th November 2014
  • Author of Wikipedia entry on cyclotides
  • Press coverage (Courier Mail, UQ News) on development of lead compound for the treatment of pain 2010-2011
  • European documentary on cone snail research televised in Europe in December 2013

Qualifications

  • PhD, La Trobe University
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours), La Trobe University

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  • Applications of cyclic peptides in drug development

  • Structure activity relationships of conotoxins and application in the development of drugs for pain

  • Using plants as factories for producing next generation peptide-based pharmaceuticals

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Publications

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Book Chapter

  • Cyclotides—cyclic and disulfide-knotted polypeptides

    Craik, David J., Zhang, Yuhui, Zhou, Yan, Kaas, Quentin and Kan, Meng-Wei (2022). Cyclotides—cyclic and disulfide-knotted polypeptides. Topological polymer chemistry: concepts and practices. (pp. 135-147) Singapore, Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-6807-4_9

  • Scalable and efficient In planta biosynthesis of sunflower trypsin inhibitor-1 (SFTI) peptide therapeutics

    Handley, Thomas N. G., Jackson, Mark A. and Craik, David J. (2022). Scalable and efficient In planta biosynthesis of sunflower trypsin inhibitor-1 (SFTI) peptide therapeutics. Peptide macrocycles: methods and protocols. (pp. 117-142) edited by Matthew B. Coppock and Alexander J. Winton. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1689-5_7

  • Cyclic peptides via ligation methods

    Tyler, Tristan J. and Craik, David J. (2021). Cyclic peptides via ligation methods. Total chemical synthesis of proteins. (pp. 553-557) edited by Ashraf Brik, Philip Dawson and Lei Liu. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley.

  • Intracellular targeting of cyclotides for therapeutic applications

    Lawrence, Nicole and Craik, David J. (2021). Intracellular targeting of cyclotides for therapeutic applications. Methods in pharmacology and toxicology. (pp. 229-248) New York, NY USA: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1250-7_11

  • Protocols for measuring the stability and cytotoxicity of cyclotides

    Huang, Yen-Hua, Kan, Meng-Wei and Craik, David J. (2021). Protocols for measuring the stability and cytotoxicity of cyclotides. Antimicrobial peptides. (pp. 19-40) edited by Leslie M. Hicks. Cambridge, MA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.mie.2021.09.007

  • Cyclizing disulfide-rich peptides using sortase A

    Agwa, Akello J., Craik, David J. and Schroeder, Christina I. (2019). Cyclizing disulfide-rich peptides using sortase A. Methods in Molecular Biology. (pp. 29-41) edited by Timo Nuijens and Marcel Schmidt. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9546-2_3

  • Overview of NMR in the Pharmaceutical Sciences

    Schirra, Horst Joachim and Craik, David J. (2019). Overview of NMR in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Modern Magnetic Resonance. (pp. 1195-1202) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/1-4020-3910-7_128

  • Overview of NMR in drug design

    Craik, David J. and Peacock, Hayden (2018). Overview of NMR in drug design. Modern Magnetic Resonance. (pp. 1971-1981) edited by Graham A. Webb. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28388-3_112

  • Trends in cyclotide research

    Kan, Meng-Wei and Craik, David J. (2018). Trends in cyclotide research. Cyclic peptides: from bioorganic synthesis to applications. (pp. 302-339) edited by Jesko Koehnke, James Naismith and Wilfred A. van der Donk. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry. doi: 10.1039/9781788010153-00302

  • A practical guide to structural aspects of macrocycles (NMR, x-ray, and modeling)

    Craik, David J., Kaas, Quentin and Wang, Conan K. (2017). A practical guide to structural aspects of macrocycles (NMR, x-ray, and modeling). Practical medicinal chemistry with macrocycles: Design, synthesis, and case studies. (pp. 25-57) edited by Eric Marsault and Mark L Peterson. Hoboken, New Jersey, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119092599.ch2

  • Cyclotides: plant defense toxins

    Oguis, Georgianna Kae, Kan, Meng-Wei and Craik, David J. (2017). Cyclotides: plant defense toxins. Plant toxins. (pp. 221-243) edited by P Gopalakrishnakone, Célia R Carlini and Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, Dordrecht. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6464-4

  • Cyclotides: plant defense toxins

    Oguis, Georgianna Kae, Kan, Meng-Wei and Craik, David J. (2017). Cyclotides: plant defense toxins. Plant toxins. (pp. 221-242) edited by P. Gopalakrishnakone, Célia Regina Carlini and Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6464-4_7

  • Naturally occurring disulfide-rich cyclic peptides from plants and animals: Synthesis and biosynthesis

    de Veer, Simon J. and Craik, David J. (2017). Naturally occurring disulfide-rich cyclic peptides from plants and animals: Synthesis and biosynthesis. Chemical biology of natural products. (pp. 491-529) edited by David J. Newman, Gordon M. Cragg and Paul Grothaus. Boca Raton, FL United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781315117089-14

  • Overview of NMR in drug design

    Craik, David J. and Peacock, Hayden (2017). Overview of NMR in drug design. Modern magnetic resonance. (pp. 1-11) edited by Graham A. Webb. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28275-6_112-1

  • Overview on the discovery and applications of cyclotides

    Craik, David J. (2015). Overview on the discovery and applications of cyclotides. Advances in Botanical Research. (pp. 1-13) edited by Craik, DJ. Maryland Heights, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.abr.2015.09.008

  • Discovery of peptide drugs from natural sources

    Henriques, Sonia Troeira and Craik, David J. (2015). Discovery of peptide drugs from natural sources. Peptide chemistry and drug design. (pp. 203-245) edited by Ben M. Dunn. Hoboken NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118995303.ch6

  • Engineering venom peptides to improve their stability and bioavailability

    Akcan, Muharrem and Craik, David J. (2015). Engineering venom peptides to improve their stability and bioavailability. Venoms to Drugs: Venom as a Source for the Development of Human Therapeutics. (pp. 275-289) edited by Glenn F. King. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry. doi: 10.1039/9781849737876-00275

  • Natural functions and structure-activity relationships of cyclotides

    Oguis, Georgianna Kae, Kan, Meng-Wei and Craik, David J. (2015). Natural functions and structure-activity relationships of cyclotides. Advances in Botanical Research. (pp. 187-226) edited by Craik, DJ. Maryland Heights, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.abr.2015.10.001

  • Conotoxins and other conopeptides

    Kaas, Quentin and Craik, David J. (2014). Conotoxins and other conopeptides. Outstanding Marine Molecules: Chemistry, Biology, Analysis. (pp. 319-332) edited by Stéphane La Barre and Jean-Michel Kornprobst. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag. doi: 10.1002/9783527681501.ch14

  • Cyclotide analysis

    Northfield, Susan E., Poth, Aaron, D'Souza, Charlotte and Craik, David J. (2014). Cyclotide analysis. Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry. (pp. 1-18) edited by Robert A. Meyers. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9780470027318.a9933

  • Synthesis of cyclic disulfide-rich peptides

    Akcan, Muharrem and Craik, David J. (2013). Synthesis of cyclic disulfide-rich peptides. Peptide synthesis and applications. (pp. 89-101) edited by Knud J. Jensen, Pernille Tofteng Shelton and Soren L. Pedersen. New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-544-6_6

  • Cyclotide isolation and characterization

    Craik, David J., Henriques, Sonia Troeira, Mylne, Joshua S. and Wang, Conan K. (2012). Cyclotide isolation and characterization. Natural product biosynthesis by microorganisms and plants, part B. (pp. 37-62) edited by David A. Hopwood. Burlington, USA: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394291-3.00024-1

  • Conotoxin-based leads in drug design

    Akcan, Muharrem and Craik, David J. (2011). Conotoxin-based leads in drug design. Peptide drug discovery and development: Translational research in academia and industry. (pp. 119-137) edited by Miguel Castanho and Nuno C. Santos. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH. doi: 10.1002/9783527636730.ch5

  • Cystine knot folding in cyclotides

    Daly, Norelle L., Gruber, Christian W., Goransson, Ulf and Craik, David J. (2011). Cystine knot folding in cyclotides. Folding of disulfide proteins. (pp. 43-61) edited by Chang, RJY and Ventura, S. New York , NY, U.S.A.: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7273-6

  • Antimicrobial Peptides in Plants

    Kaas, Quentin, Westermann, Jan-Christoph, Troeira Henriques, Sonia and Craik, David J. (2010). Antimicrobial Peptides in Plants. Antimicrobial Peptides: Discovery, Design, and Novel Therapeutic Strategies. (pp. 40-71) edited by Guangshun Wang. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CAB International. doi: 10.1079/9781845936570.0040

  • Cyclotides

    Dornenburg, Heike and Craik, David J. (2010). Cyclotides. Encyclopedia of industrial biotechnology: Bioprocess, bioseparation, and cell technology. (pp. 1849-1866) edited by Michael C. Flickinger. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/9780470054581.eib250

  • Membrane binding of cyclotides

    Wang, Conan K., Huang, Yen-Hua, Greenwood, Kathryn and Craik, David J. (2010). Membrane binding of cyclotides. Membrane-active peptides: Methods and results on structure and function. (pp. 597-672) edited by Miguel A.R.B. Castanho. La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.: International University Line.

  • NMR-based screening and drug discovery

    Craik, David J., Smith, Philippa A. and Clark, Richard James (2010). NMR-based screening and drug discovery. Burger's medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, and development. (pp. 359-437) edited by Donald J. Abraham, David P. Rotella and Alfred Burger. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/0471266949

  • Plant peptide toxins from nonmarine environments

    Jan Westermann and Craik, David J. (2010). Plant peptide toxins from nonmarine environments. Comprehensive natural products II: Chemistry and biology. (pp. 257-285) edited by Mander, Lewis and Liu, Hung-Wen. Oxford,U.K.: Elsevier Science. doi: 10.1016/B978-008045382-8.00115-5

  • Folding motifs of cystine-rich peptides

    Daly, N. L. and Craik, D. J. (2009). Folding motifs of cystine-rich peptides. Oxidative folding of peptides and proteins. (pp. 318-344) edited by Johannes Buchner and Luis Moroder. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry.

  • NMR of peptide toxins

    Rosengren, K. Johan, Daly, N. L. and Craik, D. J. (2009). NMR of peptide toxins. Annual reports on NMR Spectroscopy. (pp. 89-147) edited by Graham A. Webb. Oxford England U.K.: Academic Press Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/S0066-4103(09)06802-1

  • NMR in peptide drug development

    Jan Westermann and Craik, David J. (2008). NMR in peptide drug development. Peptide-Based Drug Design (Methods in Molecular Biology). (pp. 87-113) edited by Laszlo Otvos. New York: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-59745-419-3

  • Structure-based Drug Design and NMR-based screening

    Craik, D. J. and Clark, R. J. (2008). Structure-based Drug Design and NMR-based screening. Pharmacology from drug development to gene therapy. (pp. 225-313) edited by R. A. Meyers. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag GMBH & Co.

  • NMR and Structural Genomics in the Pharmaceutical Sciences

    Cemazar, M. and Craik, D. J. (2006). NMR and Structural Genomics in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Modern Magnetic Resonance Part 2: Applications in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. (pp. 1411-1419) edited by Graham A. Webb. Netherlands: Springer.

  • Overview of NMR in the Pharmaceutical Sciences

    Schirra, H. J. and Craik, D. J. (2006). Overview of NMR in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Modern Magnetic Resonance Part 2: Applications in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. (pp. 1177-1184) edited by Graham A. Webb. Netherlands: Springer.

  • Structure-based drug design and NMR-based screening

    Craik, D. J. and Clark, R. J. (2005). Structure-based drug design and NMR-based screening. Encyclopdeia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine. (pp. 517-605) edited by Robert A Meyers. Germany: Wiley-VCH.

  • NMR and Drug Discovery

    Craik, D. J. and Clark, R. J. (2003). NMR and Drug Discovery. Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, Vol 1, Drug Discovery. (pp. 507-582) edited by Donald J Abraham. USA: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/0471266949.bmc011

  • Marine toxins as a starting point for drugs

    Craik, D. J. and Scanlon, M. J. (2000). Marine toxins as a starting point for drugs. Seafood and Freshwater Toxins Pharmacology, Physiology and Dection. (pp. 715-740) edited by Luis M Botana. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc.

  • Pharmaceutical Applications of NMR

    Craik, D. J. and Scanlon, M. J. (2000). Pharmaceutical Applications of NMR. Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy. (pp. 115-174) edited by Webb and GA. USA: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/s0066-4103(00)42004-1

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  • Applications of cyclic peptides in drug development

  • Structure activity relationships of conotoxins and application in the development of drugs for pain

  • Using plants as factories for producing next generation peptide-based pharmaceuticals

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