Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology

 

Our research interests originate from a desire to understand and exploit biological systems using organic synthesis primarily. Listed below are areas of research that we are exploring; for more detailed information visit the Spring Group web pages.

We collaborate with many chemical companies and academic groups around the world. The scientific education of group members in organic synthesis is given a high priority; however, they are encouraged also to learn and perform new techniques relating to their projects with our industrial and academic collaborators. Every effort is made so that group members achieve their career ambitions, usually jobs in academia or the chemical industries.

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For more detailed information please visit the Spring Group research pages.

Teaching

If you are looking for the teaching material from my lecture courses, then please go to the Moodle website.

Publications

For a list of all our publications please visit the Spring Group publication page.

Publications

The Synthesis of Quinolone Natural Products from Pseudonocardia sp
F Salvaggio, JT Hodgkinson, L Carro, SM Geddis, WRJD Galloway, M Welch, DR Spring
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
(2015)
2016
Concise synthesis of rare pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-2-ones and related nitrogen-rich bicyclic scaffolds with a ring-junction nitrogen.
TA Alanine, WRJD Galloway, S Bartlett, JJ Ciardiello, TM McGuire, DR Spring
Org Biomol Chem
(2015)
14
Double Strain‐Promoted Macrocyclization for the Rapid Selection of Cell‐Active Stapled Peptides
YH Lau, Y Wu, M Rossmann, BX Tan, P de Andrade, YS Tan, C Verma, GJ McKenzie, AR Venkitaraman, M Hyvönen, DR Spring
Angewandte Chemie
(2015)
127
Double Strain-Promoted Macrocyclization for the Rapid Selection of Cell-Active Stapled Peptides
YH Lau, Y Wu, M Rossmann, BX Tan, P de Andrade, YS Tan, C Verma, GJ McKenzie, AR Venkitaraman, M Hyvönen, DR Spring
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
(2015)
54
Which microbial factors really are important in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections?
A Crousilles, E Maunders, S Bartlett, C Fan, E-F Ukor, Y Abdelhamid, Y Baker, A Floto, DR Spring, M Welch
Future microbiology
(2015)
10
New Advances in Diversity‐Oriented Synthesis
WRJD Galloway, JE Stokes, DR Spring
(2015)
Using small molecules to solve big problems
J Stokes, D Spring
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2015)
250
Diversity oriented synthesis of macrocycles using a build/couple/pair/diversity strategy
F Nie, D Kunciw, J Stokes, D Spring
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2015)
250
The Application of Ligand-Mapping Molecular Dynamics Simulations to the Rational Design of Peptidic Modulators of Protein-Protein Interactions
YS Tan, DR Spring, C Abell, CS Verma
Journal of chemical theory and computation
(2015)
11
Overcoming Chemical, Biological, and Computational Challenges in the Development of Inhibitors Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions
L Laraia, G McKenzie, DR Spring, AR Venkitaraman, DJ Huggins
Cell Chemical Biology
(2015)
22

Research Group

Research Interest Groups

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01223 336498

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