I completed my PhD in 2013 and I am currently a Senior Research Fellow and the Managing Director of the Soils of Science (S4S) Program at the University of Queensland. I am recognised as an emerging leader in antibiotic biodiscovery research. I have multidisciplinary research skills and expertise spanning the fields of organic chemistry and microbiology. I have made a significant contribution to the field of microbial biodiscovery employing high-throughput, high efficiency, natural product discovery to explore the chemical and biological properties of natural products produced by Australian marine and terrestrial microbes. I have identified and evaluated >40 new drugs targeting infectious diseases that attracted >$3M in research funding. I have led multi-year projects with industry, targeting animal health (ELANCO) and crop (NEXGEN Plants) and microbial chemical diversity (Microbial Screening Technologies; BioAustralis). I am a co-inventor on a UQ pending patent application documenting a new soil microbiome-inspired crop protection agent. This invention has attracted industry investment (NEXGEN Plants), to establish its potential, ahead of licensing and commercialisation. Therefore, I have co-led a project with industrial partner NEXGEN Plants, to investigate a new natural product that activates innate plant immunity defences against significant pathogens (patent pending). Since 2015, I have established the antibiotic biodiscovery capability at IMB targeting multidrug resistant (MDR) human pathogens and developed new approaches that have had significant knowledge impact in the antibiotic development and host defence research areas directed to combat MDR pathogens. This has resulted in the establishment of the Biodiscovery@UQ facility, a university-wide networking initiative designed to support excellence in biodiscovery research across UQ. I have secured funding from UQ to develop a new antitubercular drug lead (CIA), an ARC Linkage grant (LP19, CIB) to develop new anthelmintics and a grant from the University de La Frontera (collaborator), Chile to discover new antibiotics from Antarctic microbes, Marine CRC fund (CIA) to map the chemical diversity in Australian marine microbes and ARC LIEF grant. I co-led THE FIRST citizen science initiative, S4S, including developing the APP, website and running regional public workshops, with the aim of increasing public awareness about the role of soil microbes in antibiotic discovery. This initiative has attracted ~$1M in institutional and philanthropic support.
In 2019, > 1.2 M people worldwide died from multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections due to the lack of effective antibiotics, and we are in desperate need of chemical inspiration, to replenish the antibiotic pipeline. Our Antimicrobial Research and Development program has contributed significant NEW KNOWLEDGE through applying medicinal chemistry to the discovery of translational solutions to antimicrobial resistance (>100 new antibiotics) as well as novel basic research tools to help better understand the interactions between antibiotics and resistant bacteria. Specifically, our program has applied novel transcriptomics approaches to identify and activate silent genes within the microbial genome that informed the development of effective antibiotics.
Journal Article: Talarolides Revisited: Cyclic Heptapeptides from an Australian Marine Tunicate-Associated Fungus, Talaromyces sp. CMB-TU011
Salim, Angela A., Hussein, Waleed M., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Hoang, Huy N., Zhou, Yahao, Samarasekera, Kaumadi, Khalil, Zeinab G., Fairlie, David P. and Capon, Robert J. (2023). Talarolides Revisited: Cyclic Heptapeptides from an Australian Marine Tunicate-Associated Fungus, Talaromyces sp. CMB-TU011. Marine Drugs, 21 (9) 487, 487. doi: 10.3390/md21090487
Journal Article: Editorial: Advances in biotechnological applications of extreme microorganisms
Núñez-Montero, Kattia, Barrientos, Leticia, Khalil, Zeinab G. and Lo Giudice, Angelina (2023). Editorial: Advances in biotechnological applications of extreme microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14 1276435. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1276435
Journal Article: Activity relationship of poly(ethylenimine)-based liposomes as group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery systems
Jin, Shengbin, Zhang, Jiahui, Nahar, Ummey J., Huang, Wenbin, Alharbi, Nedaa A., Shalash, Ahmed O., Koirala, Prashamsa, Yang, Jieru, Kiong, Jolynn J. E., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Stephenson, Rachel J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz, Toth, Istvan and Hussein, Waleed M. (2023). Activity relationship of poly(ethylenimine)-based liposomes as group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery systems. ACS Infectious Diseases, 9 (8), 1570-1581. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00159
Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics
(2024–2027) ARC Future Fellowships
Mapping chemical diversity in Australian marine microbes and microalgae
(2023–2025) Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre
(2023–2024) Griffith University
Production of the Mannopeptimycin Antibiotic and other unknown Biosynthetic Gene Clusters from Streptomyces hygroscopicus
Doctor Philosophy
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
Soils for Science (S4S) seeks to build a partnership between UQ researchers and the public, to fast-track the discovery of new antibiotics. S4S will engage pastoralists, farmers, homeowners, schools and others, to assemble a collection of 100,000 Australian soil samples, from which we will recover a living library of >2,000,000 microbes (bacteria and fungi) rich in new antibiotics, including against important crop pathogens.
This project seeks to discover the next generation of new antibiotics against multi-drug resistant pathogens.
Mapping chemical diversity in Australian marine microbes
This project seeks to develop advanced and optimised methods in UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS molecular networking, to rapidly, cost effectively, reproducibly and quantitatively map the small molecule and peptide chemical diversity of taxonomically and geographically diverse Australian marine microbes and microalgae, including fresh and processed biomass, biorefinery fractions and outputs, and formulated marine bioproducts – to advance the discovery and development of valuable new marine bioproducts.
Khalil, Zeinab G., Salim, Angela A. and Capon, Robert J. (2020). Microbioreactor techniques for the production and spectroscopic characterization of microbial peptides. Peptide synthesis: methods and protocols. (pp. 303-322) edited by Waleed M. Hussein, Mariusz Skwarczynski and Istvan Toth. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0227-0_21
Salim, Angela A., Hussein, Waleed M., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Hoang, Huy N., Zhou, Yahao, Samarasekera, Kaumadi, Khalil, Zeinab G., Fairlie, David P. and Capon, Robert J. (2023). Talarolides Revisited: Cyclic Heptapeptides from an Australian Marine Tunicate-Associated Fungus, Talaromyces sp. CMB-TU011. Marine Drugs, 21 (9) 487, 487. doi: 10.3390/md21090487
Editorial: Advances in biotechnological applications of extreme microorganisms
Núñez-Montero, Kattia, Barrientos, Leticia, Khalil, Zeinab G. and Lo Giudice, Angelina (2023). Editorial: Advances in biotechnological applications of extreme microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14 1276435. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1276435
Jin, Shengbin, Zhang, Jiahui, Nahar, Ummey J., Huang, Wenbin, Alharbi, Nedaa A., Shalash, Ahmed O., Koirala, Prashamsa, Yang, Jieru, Kiong, Jolynn J. E., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Stephenson, Rachel J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz, Toth, Istvan and Hussein, Waleed M. (2023). Activity relationship of poly(ethylenimine)-based liposomes as group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery systems. ACS Infectious Diseases, 9 (8), 1570-1581. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00159
Sheng, Bingbing, Lan, Ping, Kiong, Jolynn, Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J. and Banwell, Martin G. (2023). Total syntheses of favolasins A, E, G and K, polyketides isolated from cultures of the Basidiomycetes fungi Favolaschia sp . BCC 18686 and Favolaschia calocera BCC 36684. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 41 (12), 1450-1464. doi: 10.1002/cjoc.202200822
Yang, Jieru, Boer, Jennifer C., Khongkow, Mattaka, Phunpee, Sarunya, Khalil, Zeinab G., Bashiri, Sahra, Deceneux, Cyril, Goodchild, Georgia, Hussein, Waleed M., Capon, Robert J., Ruktanonchai, Uracha, Plebanski, Magdalena, Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2023). The development of surface-modified liposomes as an intranasal delivery system for group A Streptococcus vaccines. Vaccines, 11 (2) 305. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11020305
Kankanamge, Sarani, Khalil, Zeinab G., Sritharan, Thulasi and Capon, Robert J. (2023). Noonindoles G–L: Indole diterpene glycosides from the Australian marine-derived fungus Aspergillus noonimiae CMB-M0339. Journal of Natural Products, 86 (3), 508-516. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c01024
Polymeric nanoparticles as a self‐adjuvanting peptide vaccine delivery system: the role of shape
Koirala, Prashamsa, Chen, Sung‐Po R., Boer, Jennifer C., Khalil, Zeinab G., Deceneux, Cyril, Goodchild, Georgia, Lu, Lantian, Faruck, Mohammad Omer, Shalash, Ahmed O., Bashiri, Sahra, Capon, Robert J., Hussein, Waleed M., Monteiro, Michael J., Plebanski, Magdalena, Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2023). Polymeric nanoparticles as a self‐adjuvanting peptide vaccine delivery system: the role of shape. Advanced Functional Materials, 33 (12) 2209304, 2209304. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202209304
Skwarczynski, Mariusz, Zhao, Guangzu, Ozberk, Victoria, Giddam, Ashwini Kumar, Khalil, Zeinab G., Pandey, Manisha, Hussein, Waleed M., Nevagi, Reshma J., Batzloff, Michael R., Capon, Robert J., Good, Michael F. and Toth, Istvan (2023). Polyphenylalanine as a self-adjuvanting delivery system for peptide-based vaccines: the role of peptide conformation. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 76 (8), 429-436. doi: 10.1071/ch22167
Kankanamge, Sarani, Khalil, Zeinab G., Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2022). Noonindoles A–F: Rare indole diterpene amino acid conjugates from a marine-derived fungus, Aspergillus noonimiae CMB-M0339. Marine Drugs, 20 (11) 698, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/md20110698
Kiong, Jolynn, Nahar, Ummey Jannatun, Jin, Shengbin, Shalash, Ahmed O., Zhang, Jiahui, Koirala, Prashamsa, Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz, Toth, Istvan and Hussein, Waleed M. (2022). Development of Multilayer Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Peptide-Based Subunit Vaccine against Group A Streptococcus. Pharmaceutics, 14 (10) 2151, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14102151
Poly(hydrophobic amino acids) and liposomes for delivery of vaccine against Group A Streptococcus
Azuar, Armira, Madge, Harrison Y. R., Boer, Jennifer C., Gonzalez Cruz, Jazmina L., Wang, Jingwen, Khalil, Zeinab G., Deceneux, Cyril, Goodchild, Georgia, Yang, Jieru, Koirala, Prashamsa, Hussein, Waleed M., Capon, Robert J., Plebanski, Magdalena, Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2022). Poly(hydrophobic amino acids) and liposomes for delivery of vaccine against Group A Streptococcus. Vaccines, 10 (8) 1212, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10081212
Khalil, Zeinab G., Kankanamge, Sarani and Capon, Robert J. (2022). Structure revision of penipacids A–E reveals a putative new cryptic natural product, N-aminoanthranilic acid, with potential as a transcriptional regulator of silent secondary metabolism. Marine Drugs, 20 (6) 339. doi: 10.3390/md20060339
Wu, Taizong, Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab G., Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2022). Glenthmycins A–M: macrocyclic spirotetronate polyketide antibacterials from the Australian pasture plant-derived Streptomyces sp. CMB-PB041. Journal of Natural Products, 85 (6), 1641-1657. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00444
Agampodi Dewa, Amila, Khalil, Zeinab G., Elbanna, Ahmed H. and Capon, Robert J. (2022). Chrysosporazines revisited: regioisomeric phenylpropanoid piperazine p-glycoprotein inhibitors from Australian marine fish-derived fungi. Molecules, 27 (10) 3172, 3172. doi: 10.3390/molecules27103172
Mohamed, Osama G., Khalil, Zeinab G., Santiago, Viviene and Capon, Robert J. (2022). Metarhizides A–C and metarhizosides A–B: PKS-NRPS macrolides and aromatic glycosides from an Australian fish gut-derived fungus, Metarhizium sp. CMB-F624. Tetrahedron, 113 132759, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2022.132759
Huang, Wenbin, Madge, Harrison Y. R., Zhang, Jiahui, Gilmartin, Lachlan, Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Koirala, Prashamsa, Capon, Robert J., Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel J. (2022). Structure-activity relationship of lipid, cyclic peptide and antigen rearrangement of physically mixed vaccines. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 617 121614, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121614
Isolation and agricultural potential of penicillic acid against citrus canker
Vieira, Gabrielle, Khalil², Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Sette, Lara D., Ferreira, Henrique and Sass, Daiane C. (2022). Isolation and agricultural potential of penicillic acid against citrus canker. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 132 (4), 3081-3088. doi: 10.1111/jam.15413
Wu, Taizong, Salim, Angela A., Cui, Hui, Khalil, Zeinab G., Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2022). Glenthenamines A–F: enamine pyranonaphthoquinones from the Australian pasture plant derived Streptomyces sp. CMB-PB042. Journal of Natural Products, 85 (2) acs.jnatprod.1c00821, 337-344. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00821
Dewa, Amila Agampodi, Elbanna, Ahmed H., Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2022). Neochrysosporazines: precursor-directed biosynthesis defines a marine-derived fungal natural product p-glycoprotein inhibitory pharmacophore. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 65 (3) acs.jmedchem.1c01989, 2610-2622. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01989
Madge, Harrison Y. R., Huang, Wenbin, Gilmartin, Lachlan, Rigau-Planella, Berta, Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Koirala, Prashamsa, Santiago, Viviene S., Capon, Robert J., Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel J. (2022). Physical mixture of a cyclic lipopeptide vaccine induced high titres of opsonic IgG antibodies against group A streptococcus. Biomaterials Science, 10 (1), 281-293. doi: 10.1039/d1bm01333e
Elbanna, Ahmed H., Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2021). Oxandrastins: antibacterial meroterpenes from an Australian mud dauber wasp nest-associated fungus, Penicillium sp. CMB-MD14. Molecules, 26 (23) 7144, 7144. doi: 10.3390/molecules26237144
Song, Fuhang, Yang, Na, Khalil, Zeinab G., Salim, Angela A., Han, Jiahui, Bernhardt, Paul V., Lin, Rui, Xu, Xiuli and Capon, Robert J. (2021). Bhimamycin J, a rare benzo[f]isoindole-dione alkaloid from the marine-derived actinomycete Streptomyces sp. MS180069. Chemistry and Biodiversity, 18 (11) e2100674, e2100674. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.202100674
Wu, Taizong, Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2021). Polycyclic C-deoxyaminoglycoside-polyketides from an Australian Pasture Plant Derived Streptomyces sp.. Organic Letters, 23 (21) acs.orglett.1c02954, 8224-8228. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02954
Methods in microbial biodiscovery
Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab G., Elbanna, Ahmed H., Wu, Taizong and Capon, Robert J. (2021). Methods in microbial biodiscovery. Marine Drugs, 19 (9) 503. doi: 10.3390/md19090503
Elbanna, Ahmed H., Agampodi Dewa, Amila, Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2021). Precursor-directed biosynthesis mediated amplification of minor aza phenylpropanoid piperazines in an Australian marine fish-gut-derived fungus, Chrysosporium sp. CMB-F214. Marine Drugs, 19 (9) 478. doi: 10.3390/md19090478
Azuar, Armira, Shibu, Mohini A., Adilbish, Nomin, Marasini, Nirmal, Hung, Hong, Yang, Jieru, Luo, Yacheng, Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Hussein, Waleed M., Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2021). Poly(hydrophobic amino acid) conjugates for the delivery of multiepitope vaccine against Group A Streptococcus. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 32 (11) acs.bioconjchem.1c00333, 2307-2317. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00333
Dai, Charles C., Huang, Wenbin, Yang, Jieru, Hussein, Waleed M., Wang, Jingwen, Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel J. (2021). Polyethylenimine quantity and molecular weight influence its adjuvanting properties in liposomal peptide vaccines. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 40 127920, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.127920
Yang, Jieru, Firdaus, Farrhana, Azuar, Armira, Khalil, Zeinab G., Marasini, Nirmal, Capon, Robert J., Hussein, Waleed M., Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2021). Cell-penetrating peptides-based liposomal delivery system enhanced immunogenicity of peptide-based vaccine against group A streptococcus. Vaccines, 9 (5) 499, 499. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9050499
Mohamed, Osama G., Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2021). N-amino-L-proline methyl ester from an Australian fish gut-derived fungus: challenging the distinction between natural product and artifact. Marine Drugs, 19 (3) 151, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/md19030151
Khatun, Farjana, Dai, Charles C., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel J. (2021). Immunogenicity assessment of cell wall carbohydrates of Group A Streptococcus via self-adjuvanted glyco-lipopeptides. ACS Infectious Diseases, 7 (2) acsinfecdis.0c00722, 390-405. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00722
Elbanna, Ahmed H., Khalil, Zeinab G., Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2021). Neobulgarones revisited: anti and syn bianthrones from an Australian mud dauber wasp nest-associated fungus, Penicillium sp. CMB-MD22. Journal of Natural Products, 84 (3) acs.jnatprod.0c01035, 762-770. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01035
Azuar, Armira, Li, Zhuoqing, Shibu, Mohini A., Zhao, Lili, Luo, Yacheng, Shalash, Ahmed O., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Hussein, Waleed M., Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2021). Poly(hydrophobic amino acid)-based self-adjuvanting nanoparticles for Group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64 (5) acs.jmedchem.0c01660, 2648-2658. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01660
Zhao, Lili, Yang, Jieru, Nahar, Ummey Jannatun, Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Hussein, Waleed M., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2020). A dual-adjuvanting strategy for peptide-based subunit vaccines against group A Streptococcus: lipidation and polyelectrolyte complexes. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 28 (24) 115823, 115823. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115823
Lincolnenins A–D: isomeric bactericidal bianthracenes from Streptomyces lincolnensis
Mohamed, Osama G., Khalil, Zeinab G., Salim, Angela A., Cui, Hui, Blumenthal, Antje and Capon, Robert J. (2020). Lincolnenins A–D: isomeric bactericidal bianthracenes from Streptomyces lincolnensis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 86 (16) acs.joc.0c02492, 11011-11018. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02492
Dai, Charles C., Yang, Jieru, Hussein, Waleed M., Zhao, Lili, Wang, Xiumin, Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel J. (2020). Polyethylenimine: an intranasal adjuvant for liposomal peptide-based subunit vaccine against Group A Streptococcus. ACS Infectious Diseases, 6 (9) acsinfecdis.0c00452, 2502-2512. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00452
Exploring natural product artifacts: the polyketide enterocin warms to a ballet of isomers
Salim, Angela A., Samarasekera, Kaumadi, Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2020). Exploring natural product artifacts: the polyketide enterocin warms to a ballet of isomers. Organic Letters, 22 (12) acs.orglett.0c01629, 4828-4832. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01629
Liu, Xin, Carr, Paul, Gardiner, Michael G., Banwell, Martin G., Elbanna, Ahmed H., Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2020). Levoglucosenone and its Pseudoenantiomer iso-Levoglucosenone as scaffolds for drug discovery and development. ACS Omega, 5 (23) acsomega.0c01331, 13926-13939. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01331
Opsonic activity of conservative versus variable regions of the Group A Streptococcus M protein
Dai, Chuankai, Khalil, Zeinab G., Hussein, Waleed M., Yang, Jieru, Wang, Xiumin, Zhao, Lili, Capon, Robert J., Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel J. (2020). Opsonic activity of conservative versus variable regions of the Group A Streptococcus M protein. Vaccines, 8 (2) 210, 210. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020210
Madge, Harrison Y. R., Sharma, Hansa, Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert John, Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel (2020). Structure–activity analysis of cyclic multicomponent lipopeptide self-adjuvanting vaccine candidates presenting Group A Streptococcus antigens. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63 (10) acs.jmedchem.0c00203, 5387-5397. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00203
Núñez-Montero, Kattia, Quezada-Solís, Damián, Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Andreote, Fernando D. and Barrientos, Leticia (2020). Genomic and metabolomic analysis of Antarctic bacteria revealed culture and elicitation conditions for the production of antimicrobial compounds. Biomolecules, 10 (5) 673, 673. doi: 10.3390/biom10050673
Zhao, Lili, Jin, Wanli, Cruz, Jazmina Gonzalez, Marasini, Nirmal, Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Hussein, Waleed M., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2020). Development of polyelectrolyte complexes for the delivery of peptide-based subunit vaccines against group A streptococcus. Nanomaterials, 10 (5) 823, 823. doi: 10.3390/nano10050823
Poly(amino acids) as a potent self-adjuvanting delivery system for peptide-based nanovaccines
Skwarczynski, Mariusz, Zhao, Guangzu, Boer, Jennifer C., Ozberk, Victoria, Azuar, Armira, Gonzalez Cruz, Jazmina, Kumar Giddam, Ashwini, Khalil, Zeinab G., Pandey, Manisha, Shibu, Mohini A., Hussein, Waleed M., Nevagi, Reshma J., Batzloff, Michael R., Wells, James W., Capon, Robert J., Plebanski, Magdalena, Good, Michael F. and Toth, Istvan (2020). Poly(amino acids) as a potent self-adjuvanting delivery system for peptide-based nanovaccines. Science Advances, 6 (5) eaax2285, eaax2285. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax2285
Mohamed, Osama G., Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab G., Elbanna, Ahmed H., Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2020). Chrysosporazines F–M: P-glycoprotein inhibitory phenylpropanoid piperazines from an Australian marine fish derived fungus, Chrysosporium sp. CMB-F294. Journal of Natural Products, 83 (2) acs.jnatprod.9b01181, 497-504. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b01181
Polyacrylate–peptide antigen conjugate as a single-dose oral vaccine against Group A Streptococcus
Faruck, Mohammad Omer, Zhao, Lili, Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2020). Polyacrylate–peptide antigen conjugate as a single-dose oral vaccine against Group A Streptococcus. Vaccines, 8 (1) 23, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010023
Jiao, Wei-Hua, Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab G., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Lin, Hou-Wen, Butler, Mark S. and Capon, Robert J. (2019). Trivirensols: selectively bacteriostatic sesquiterpene trimers from the Australian termite nest-derived fungus Trichoderma virens CMB-TN16. Journal of Natural Products, 82 (11), 3165-3175. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00760
Kalansuriya, Pabasara, Khalil, Zeinab G., Salim, Angela A. and Capon, Robert J. (2019). Talarophenol sulfate and talarophilones from the Australian mud dauber wasp-associated fungus, Talaromyces sp. CMB-W045. Tetrahedron Letters, 60 (43) 151157, 151157. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.151157
Elbanna, Ahmed H., Khalil, Zeinab G., Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2019). Chrysosporazines A–E: P-glycoprotein inhibitory piperazines from an Australian marine fish gastrointestinal tract-derived fungus, Chrysosporium sp. CMB-F214. Organic Letters, 21 (19) acs.orglett.9b03094, 8097-8100. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03094
Elbanna, Ahmed H., Khalil, Zeinab G., Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2019). Scopularides revisited: molecular networking guided exploration of lipodepsipeptides in Australian marine fish gastrointestinal tract-derived fungi. Marine Drugs, 17 (8) 475, 475. doi: 10.3390/md17080475
Cholic acid-based delivery system for vaccine candidates against Group A Streptococcus
Azuar, Armira, Zhao, Lili, Hei, Tsui Ting, Nevagi, Reshma J., Bartlett, Stacey, Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2019). Cholic acid-based delivery system for vaccine candidates against Group A Streptococcus. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 10 (9) acsmedchemlett.9b00239, 1253-1259. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00239
Nevagi, Reshma J., Dai, Wei, Khalil, Zeinab G., Hussein, Waleed M., Capon, Robert J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2019). Self-assembly of trimethyl chitosan and poly(anionic amino acid)-peptide antigen conjugate to produce a potent self-adjuvanting nanovaccine delivery system. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 27 (14), 3082-3088. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.05.033
Nevagi, Reshma J., Dai, Wei, Khalil, Zeinab G., Hussein, Waleed M., Capon, Robert J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2019). Structure-activity relationship of group A streptococcus lipopeptide vaccine candidates in trimethyl chitosan-based self-adjuvanting delivery system. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 179, 100-108. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.06.047
Prasad, Pritesh, Salim, Angela A., Khushi, Shamsunnahar, Khalil, Zeinab G., Quezada, Michelle and Capon, Robert J. (2019). Solvolysis artifacts: leucettazoles as cryptic macrocyclic alkaloid dimers from a Southern Australian marine sponge, Leucetta sp.. Marine Drugs, 17 (2) md17020106, 106. doi: 10.3390/md17020106
Bromocatechol conjugates from a Chinese marine red alga, Symphyocladia latiuscula
Xu, Xiuli, Yang, Haijin, Khalil, Zeinab G., Yin, Liyuan, Xiao, Xue, Salim, Angela A., Song, Fuhang and Capon, Robert J. (2019). Bromocatechol conjugates from a Chinese marine red alga, Symphyocladia latiuscula. Phytochemistry, 158, 20-25. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2018.10.026
Khalil, Zeinab G., Hill, Timothy A., De Leon Rodriguez, Luis M., Lohman, Rink-Jan, Hoang, Huy N., Reiling, Norbert, Hillemann, Doris, Brimble, Margaret A., Fairlie, David, Blumenthal, Antje and Capon, Robert J. (2019). Structure-activity relationships of wollamide cyclic hexapeptides with activity against drug-resistant and intracellular. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63 (3) e01773-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01773-18
Jiao, Wei-Hua, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Mohamed, Osama, Khalil, Zeinab G., Salim, Angela A., Lin, Hou-Wen and Capon, Robert J. (2018). Divirensols: Sesquiterpene Dimers from the Australian Termite Nest-Derived Fungus Trichoderma virens CMB-TN16. Journal of Natural Products, 82 (1) acs.jnatprod.8b00746, 87-95. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00746
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Khalil, Zeinab G., Prasad, Pritesh, Salim, Angela A., Cruz-Morales, Pablo, Marcellin, Esteban and Capon, Robert J. (2018). Talaropeptides A-D: Structure and Biosynthesis of Extensively N-methylated Linear Peptides From an Australian Marine Tunicate-Derived Talaromyces sp. Frontiers in Chemistry, 6 394, 394. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00394
Inter-Kingdom beach warfare: Microbial chemical communication activates natural chemical defences
Khalil, Zeinab G., Cruz-Morales, Pablo, Licona-Cassani, Cuauhtemoc, Marcellin, Esteban and Capon, Robert J. (2018). Inter-Kingdom beach warfare: Microbial chemical communication activates natural chemical defences. The ISME journal, 13 (1), 147-158. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0265-z
Jiao, Wei-Hua, Khalil, Zeinab, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Salim, Angela A, Lin, Hou-Wen and Capon, Robert J (2018). Trichodermides A-E: New peptaibols isolated from the Australian termite nest-derived fungus trichoderma virens CMB-TN16. Journal of Natural Products, 81 (4), 976-984. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b01072
Mohamed, Osama G, Khalil, Zeinab G and Capon, Robert J (2018). Prolinimines: N-Amino-l-Pro-methyl Ester (Hydrazine) Schiff Bases from a Fish Gastrointestinal Tract-Derived Fungus, Trichoderma sp. CMB-F563. Organic letters, 20 (2), 377-380. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b03666
Nevagi, Reshma J., Khalil, Zeinab G., Hussein, Waleed M., Powell, Jessica, Batzloff, Michael R., Capon, Robert J., Good, Michael F., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2018). Polyglutamic acid-trimethyl chitosan-based intranasal peptide nano-vaccine induces potent immune responses against group A streptococcus. Acta Biomaterialia, 80, 278-287. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.09.037
Chemical Diversity from a Chinese Marine Red Alga, Symphyocladia latiuscula
Xu, Xiuli, Yang, Haijin, Khalil, Zeinab G, Yin, Liyuan, Xiao, Xue, Neupane, Pratik, Bernhardt, Paul V, Salim, Angela A, Song, Fuhang and Capon, Robert J (2017). Chemical Diversity from a Chinese Marine Red Alga, Symphyocladia latiuscula. Marine drugs, 15 (12) 374, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/md15120374
Khalil, Zeinab G., Salim, Angela A., Vuong, Daniel, Crombie, Andrew, Lacey, Ernest, Blumenthal, Antje and Capon, Robert J. (2017). Amycolatopsins A-C: antimycobacterial glycosylated polyketide macrolides from the Australian soil Amycolatopsis sp. MST-108494. The Journal of Antibiotics, 70 (12), 1097-1103. doi: 10.1038/ja.2017.119
Shang, Zhuo, Raju, Ritesh, Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2017). Cytochalasins from an Australian Marine Sediment-Derived Phomopsis sp. (CMB-M0042F): Acid-Mediated Intramolecular Cycloadditions Enhance Chemical Diversity. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82 (18), 9704-9709. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01793
Marasini, Nirmal, Giddam, Ashwini K., Khalil, Zeinab G., Hussein, Waleed M., Capon, Robert J., Batzloff, Michael R., Good, Michael F., Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2016). Double adjuvanting strategy for peptide-based vaccines: trimethyl chitosan nanoparticles for lipopeptide delivery. Nanomedicine, 11 (24), 3223-3235. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2016-0291
Marasini, Nirmal, Khalil, Zeinab G., Giddam, Ashwini K., Abdul Ghaffar, Khairunnisa, Hussein, Waleed M., Capon, Robert J., Batzloff, Michael R., Good, Michael F., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2016). Lipid core peptide/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) as a highly potent intranasal vaccine delivery system against Group A streptococcus. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 513 (1-2), 410-420. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2016.09.057
Shang, Zhuo, Khalil, Zeinab, Li, Li, Salim, Angela A., Quezada, Michelle, Kalansuriya, Pabasara and Capon, Robert J. (2016). Roseopurpurins: chemical diversity enhanced by convergent biosynthesis and forward and reverse Michael additions. Organic Letters, 18 (17), 4340-4343. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02099
Linear and branched polyacrylates as a delivery platform for peptide-based vaccines
Chandrudu, Saranya, Bartlett, Stacey, Khalil, Zeinab G., Jia, Zhongfan, Hussein, Waleed M., Capon, Robert J., Batzloff, Michael R., Good, Michael F., Monteiro, Michael J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2016). Linear and branched polyacrylates as a delivery platform for peptide-based vaccines. Therapeutic Delivery, 7 (9), 601-609. doi: 10.4155/tde-2016-0037
Fungal biotransformation of tetracycline antibiotics
Shang, Zhuo, Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab, Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2016). Fungal biotransformation of tetracycline antibiotics. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 81 (15), 6186-6194. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b01272
C3 and 2D C3 Marfey’s methods for amino acid analysis in natural products
Vijayasarathy, Soumini, Prasad, Pritesh, Fremlin, Leith J., Ratnayake, Ranjala, Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab and Capon, Robert J. (2016). C3 and 2D C3 Marfey’s methods for amino acid analysis in natural products. Journal of Natural Products, 79 (2), 421-427. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b01125
Viridicatumtoxins: Expanding on a Rare Tetracycline Antibiotic Scaffold
Shang, Zhuo, Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab, Quezada, Michelle, Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2015). Viridicatumtoxins: Expanding on a Rare Tetracycline Antibiotic Scaffold. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 80 (24), 12501-12508. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02367
Shang, Zhuo, Li, Li, Esposito, Breno P., Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab G., Quezada, Michelle, Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2015). New PKS-NRPS tetramic acids and pyridinone from an Australian marine-derived fungus, Chaunopycnis sp.. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13 (28), 7795-7802. doi: 10.1039/c5ob01058f
Khalil, Zeinab G., Raju, Ritesh, Piggott, Andrew M., Salim, Angela A., Blumenthal, Antje and Capon, Robert J. (2015). Aranciamycins I and J, Antimycobacterial Anthracyclines from an Australian marine-derived Streptomyces sp.. Journal of Natural Products, 78 (4), 949-952. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00095
Atropselective syntheses of (-) and (+) rugulotrosin A utilizing point-to-axial chirality transfer
Qin, Tian, Skraba-Joiner, Sarah L., Khalil, Zeinab G., Johnson, Richard P., Capon, Robert J. and Porco, John A. Jr (2015). Atropselective syntheses of (-) and (+) rugulotrosin A utilizing point-to-axial chirality transfer. Nature Chemistry, 7 (3), 234-240. doi: 10.1038/nchem.2173
Levofloxacin and indolicidin for combination antimicrobial therapy
Ghaffar, Khairunnisa Abdul, Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2015). Levofloxacin and indolicidin for combination antimicrobial therapy. Current Drug Delivery, 12 (1), 108-114. doi: 10.2174/1567201811666140910094050
Azmi, Fazren, Elliott, Alysha G., Khalil, Zeinab G., Hussein, Waleed M., Kavanagh, Angela, Huang, Johnny X., Quezada, Michelle, Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Capon, Robert J., Cooper, Matthew A., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2015). Self-assembling lipopeptides with a potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including multidrug resistant strains. Nanomedicine, 10 (22), 3359-3371. doi: 10.2217/nnm.15.137
Farrugia, Michelle, Trotter, Nicholas, Vijayasarathy, Soumini, Salim, Angele A., Khalil, Zeinab G., Lacey, Ernest and Capon, Robert J. (2014). Isolation and synthesis of N-acyladenine and adenosine alkaloids from a southern Australian marine sponge, Phoriospongia sp.. Tetrahedron Letters, 55 (43), 5902-5904. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.08.116
Wollamides: antimycobacterial cyclic hexapeptides from an Australian soil Streptomyces
Khalil, Zeinab G., Salim, Angela A., Lacey, Ernest, Blumenthal, Antje and Capon, Robert J. (2014). Wollamides: antimycobacterial cyclic hexapeptides from an Australian soil Streptomyces. Organic Letters, 16 (19), 5120-5123. doi: 10.1021/ol502472c
Khalil, Zeinab G., Huang, Xiao-cong, Raju, Ritesh, Piggott, Andrew M. and Capon, Robert J. (2014). Shornephine A: structure, chemical stability, and P-Glycoprotein inhibitory properties of a rare Diketomorpholine from an Australian marine-derived Aspergillus sp.. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 79 (18), 8700-8705. doi: 10.1021/jo501501z
Schmidt, Jens, Khalil, Zeinab, Capon, Robert J. and Stark, Christian B. W. (2014). Heronapyrrole D: a case of co-inspiration of natural product biosynthesis, total synthesis and biodiscovery. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 10 (1), 1228-1232. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.10.121
Raju, Ritesh, Khalil, Zeinab G., Piggott, Andrew M., Blumenthal, Antje, Gardiner, Donald L., Skinner-Adams, Tina S. and Capon, Robert J. (2014). Mollemycin A: an antimalarial and antibacterial glyco-hexadepsipeptide-polyketide from an Australian marine-derived Streptomyces sp. (CMB-M0244). Organic Letters, 16 (6), 1716-1719. doi: 10.1021/ol5003913
Callyspongisines A-D: Bromopyrrole alkaloids from an Australian marine sponge, Callyspongia sp.
Plisson,Fabien, Prasad, Pritesh, Xiao, Xue, Piggott, Andrew M., Huang, Xiao-cong, Khalil, Zeinab and Capon, Robert J. (2014). Callyspongisines A-D: Bromopyrrole alkaloids from an Australian marine sponge, Callyspongia sp.. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 12 (10), 1579-1584. doi: 10.1039/c4ob00091a
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation of fungal secondary metabolism
Khalil, Zeinab G., Kalansuriya, Pabasara and Capon, Robert J. (2014). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation of fungal secondary metabolism. Mycology, 5 (3), 168-178. doi: 10.1080/21501203.2014.930530
Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2012). Structural and stereochemical investigations into bromotyrosine-derived metabolites from southern Australian marine sponges, Pseudoceratina spp.. Tetrahedron, 68 (47), 9802-9807. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.09.008
Zhang, Hua, Khalil, Zeinab, Conte, Melissa M., Plisson, Fabien and Capon, Robert J. (2012). A search for kinase inhibitors and antibacterial agents: bromopyrrolo-2-aminoimidazoles from a deep-water Great Australian Bight sponge, Axinella sp.. Tetrahedron Letters, 53 (29), 3784-3787. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.05.051
Plisson, Fabien, Conte, Melissa, Khalil, Zeinab, Huang, Xiao-Cong, Piggott, Andrew M. and Capon, Robert J. (2012). Kinase inhibitor scaffolds against neurodegenerative diseases from a southern Australian Ascidian, Didemnum sp.. ChemMedChem, 7 (6), 983-990. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.201200169
Plisson, Fabien, Huang, Xiao-Cong, Zhang, Hua, Khalil, Zeinab and Capon, Robert J. (2012). Lamellarins as inhibitors of P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance in a human colon cancer cell line. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 7 (7), 1616-1623. doi: 10.1002/asia.201101049
New dictyodendrins as BACE inhibitors from a southern Australian marine sponge, Ianthella sp.
Zhang, Hua, Conte, Melissa M., Khalil, Zeinab, Huang, Xiao-Cong and Capon, Robert J. (2012). New dictyodendrins as BACE inhibitors from a southern Australian marine sponge, Ianthella sp.. Rsc Advances, 2 (10), 4209-4214. doi: 10.1039/c2ra20322g
Zhang, Hua, Conte, Melissa M., Huang, Xiao-Cong, Khalil, Zeinab and Capon, Robert J. (2012). A search for BACE inhibitors reveals new biosynthetically related pyrrolidones, furanones and pyrroles from a southern Australian marine sponge, Ianthella sp.. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 10 (13), 2656-2663. doi: 10.1039/c2ob06747a
Heronamycin A: A new benzothiazine ansamycin from an Australian marine-derived Streptomyces sp.
Raju, Ritesh, Piggott, Andrew M., Khalil, Zeinab, Bernhardt, Paul V. and Capon, Robert J. (2012). Heronamycin A: A new benzothiazine ansamycin from an Australian marine-derived Streptomyces sp.. Tetrahedron Letters, 53 (9), 1063-1065. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.12.064
Zhang, Hua, Xiao, Xue, Conte, Melissa M., Khalil, Zeinab and Capon, Robert J. (2012). Spiralisones A-D: acylphloroglucinol hemiketals from an Australian marine brown alga, Zonaria spiralis. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 10 (48), 9671-9676. doi: 10.1039/c2ob26988k
Ikirydinium A: A new indole alkaloid from the seeds of Hunteria umbellata (K. Schum)
Ajala, Olusegun S., Piggott, Andrew M., Plisson, Fabien, Zeinab, Zeinab, Huang, Xiao-cong, Adesegun, Sunday A., Coker, Herbert A. B. and Capon, Robert J. (2011). Ikirydinium A: A new indole alkaloid from the seeds of Hunteria umbellata (K. Schum). Tetrahedron Letters, 52 (52), 7125-7127. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.10.106
Zhang, Hua, Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2011). Fascioquinols A-F: Bioactive meroterpenes from a deep-water southern Australian marine sponge, Fasciospongia sp. Tetrahedron, 67 (14), 2591-2595. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.02.015
Fremlin, Leith, Farrugia, Michelle, Piggott, Andrew M., Khalil, Zeinab, Lacey, Ernest and Capon, Robert J. (2011). Reveromycins revealed: New polyketide spiroketals from Australian marine-derived and terrestrial Streptomyces spp. A case of natural products vs artifacts. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 9 (4), 1201-1211. doi: 10.1039/c0ob00654h
Heronapyrroles A-C: Farnesylated 2-nitropyrroles from an Australian marine-derived Streptomyces sp.
Raju, Ritesh, Piggott, Andrew M., Barrientos Diaz, Leticia X., Khalil, Zeinab and Capon, Robert J. (2010). Heronapyrroles A-C: Farnesylated 2-nitropyrroles from an Australian marine-derived Streptomyces sp.. Organic Letters, 12 (22), 5158-5161. doi: 10.1021/ol102162d
Salim, Angela A., Rae, James, Fontaine, Frank, Conte, Melissa M., Khalil, Zeinab, Martin, Sally, Parton, Robert G. and Capon, Robert J. (2010). Heterofibrins: Inhibitors of lipid droplet formation from a deep-water southern Australian marine sponge, Spongia (Heterofibria) sp.. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 8 (14), 3188-3194. doi: 10.1039/c003840g
Peng, Chongsheng, Gunaherath, G. M. Kamal B., Piggott, Andrew M., Khalil, Zeinab, Conte, Melissa and Capon, Robert J. (2010). 9-(5‘-Deoxy-5’-thio-β-d-xylofuranosyl)adenine disulfide from the Southern Australian marine sponge trachycladus laevispirulifer: The first natural occurrence of a nucleoside disulfide. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 63 (6), 873-876. doi: 10.1071/CH09645
Nevagi, Reshma Jayprakash, Dai, Wei, Khalil, Zeinab, Hussein, Waleed, Capon, Robert, Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2019). Development of polymer-based nanoparticulate intranasal lipopeptide vaccine constructs against group A streptococcus. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Orlando, FL, United States, 31 March - 4 April, 2019. Washington, DC, United States: American Chemical Society.
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Khalil, Zeinab G., Prasad, Pritesh, Salim, Angela A., Morales, Pablo C., Marcellin, Esteban and Capon, Robert J. (2018). Talaropeptides A–D: Structure and biosynthesis of extensively N-methylated linear peptides from an Australian marine tunicate-derived Talaromyces sp.. American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting ASP 2018, Lexington, KY United States, 21-25 July 2018.
2D C3 Marfey’s method for amino acid analysis and structure elucidation in peptidic natural products
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Prasad, Pritesh, Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2017). 2D C3 Marfey’s method for amino acid analysis and structure elucidation in peptidic natural products. Queensland Annual Chemistry Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 27 November 2017.
Viridicatumtoxins: Exploring structural diversity and antibiotic properties
Shang, Z., Salim, A. A., Khalil, Z. G., Quezada, M., Bernhardt, P. V. and Capon, R. J. (2015). Viridicatumtoxins: Exploring structural diversity and antibiotic properties. Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Pharmacognosy, Copper Mountain, CO, United States, 25-29 July 2015. Stuttgart, Germany: Georg Thieme. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1556338
Innovations in Microbial Biodiscovery, Targeting Silent Metabolism and New Chemical Diversity
Khalil, Zeinab (2013). Innovations in Microbial Biodiscovery, Targeting Silent Metabolism and New Chemical Diversity. PhD Thesis, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.734
Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics
(2024–2027) ARC Future Fellowships
Mapping chemical diversity in Australian marine microbes and microalgae
(2023–2025) Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre
(2023–2024) Griffith University
New antiparasitics to protect Australian livestock
(2021–2025) ARC Linkage Projects
Wollamide B, a new anti-tubercular agent
(2016) UQ Early Career Researcher
Production of the Mannopeptimycin Antibiotic and other unknown Biosynthetic Gene Clusters from Streptomyces hygroscopicus
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Medicinal chemistry of new Nature-inspired treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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New antiparasitics to protect Australian livestock
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Microbial Biodiversity: Expanding acess to microbial chemical diversity using new techniques
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Microbial Biodiversity: Exploring Australian Microbial Natural Products
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Adventures in Australian Microbial Biodiscovery
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Exploring the Natural Products of Australian Sheep Coprophilous Fungi
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Fungal Biodiscovery: Strategies to Explore Fungal Secondary Metabolite Potential
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Microbial Chemical Diversity: Strategies to Stimulate Microbial Secondary Metabolite Potential
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Soils for Science (S4S) seeks to build a partnership between UQ researchers and the public, to fast-track the discovery of new antibiotics. S4S will engage pastoralists, farmers, homeowners, schools and others, to assemble a collection of 100,000 Australian soil samples, from which we will recover a living library of >2,000,000 microbes (bacteria and fungi) rich in new antibiotics, including against important crop pathogens.
This project seeks to discover the next generation of new antibiotics against multi-drug resistant pathogens.
Mapping chemical diversity in Australian marine microbes
This project seeks to develop advanced and optimised methods in UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS molecular networking, to rapidly, cost effectively, reproducibly and quantitatively map the small molecule and peptide chemical diversity of taxonomically and geographically diverse Australian marine microbes and microalgae, including fresh and processed biomass, biorefinery fractions and outputs, and formulated marine bioproducts – to advance the discovery and development of valuable new marine bioproducts.