Drug Design and Discovery

The research group Drug Design and Discovery uses medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, molecular modeling, and chemoinformatics for research in early drug discovery, focusing on antimicrobial molecules.
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- Löffler, Paul; Henschel, Henning; Ugolini, Valentina et al., 2025
- Ponra, Sudipta; Sitdikov, Ruzal; Calis, Alyssio et al., 2025
- El-Abid, Jamal; Dorst, Kevin M.; Inge, Andrew K. et al., 2025
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[18F]MK-7246 for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of the Beta-Cell Surface Marker GPR44
Part of Pharmaceutics, 2023
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2-Alkyl substituted benzimidazoles as a new class of selective AT2 receptor ligands
Part of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2022
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A Base-Free, Low Temperature Click and Release Reaction for the In Situ Generation of Diazomethane
Part of Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, p. 1839-1845, 2023
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A Genetically Encoded Picolyl Azide for Improved Live Cell Copper Click Labeling
Part of Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021
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Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 8527-8537, 2021
- DOI for A Study of an 8-Aminoquinoline-Directed C(sp(2))-H Arylation Reaction on the Route to Chiral Cyclobutane Keto Acids from Myrtenal
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Part of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, p. 2446-2450, 2018
Part of European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021
- DOI for Antibacterial sulfonimidamide-based oligopeptides as type I signal peptidase inhibitors: Synthesis and biological evaluation
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
- DOI for Antibiotic class with potent in vivo activity targeting lipopolysaccharide synthesis in Gram-negative bacteria
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Antimicrobial Peptides Incorporating Halogenated Marine-Derived Amino Acid Substituents
Part of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, p. 802-809, 2023
Bacterial type I signal peptidase inhibitors-Optimized hits from nature
Part of European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022
Benzothiadiazole-based donor-acceptor fluorophores: Synthesis and structure-property relationship
2021
Benzylhydroxamic acids as inhibitors of insulin regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP)
Part of European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports, 2024
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Bifunctional and regenerable molecular electrode for water electrolysis at neutral pH
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 13331-13340, 2023
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C1 Building Blocks: New Approaches for Thiomethylations and Esterification
2023
Carboxylate and coordination influence on the formation of an active RuV Oxo species
Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
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Part of Analytical Chemistry, p. 6559-6567, 2023
- DOI for Characterization of a Newly Available Coastal Marine Dissolved Organic Matter Reference Material (TRM-0522)
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Part of NEUROTHERAPEUTICS, p. 1142-1152, 2020
- DOI for Characterization of More Selective Central Nervous System Nrf2-Activating Novel Vinyl Sulfoximine Compounds Compared to Dimethyl Fumarate
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022
- DOI for Chemotherapeutics Combined with Luminal Irritants: Effects on Small-Intestinal Mannitol Permeability and Villus Length in Rats
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Part of ChemCatChem, 2022
Part of Frontiers in Chemistry, 2024
- DOI for Co-complexes on modified graphite surface for steady green hydrogen production from water at neutral pH
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Computational Investigation of Oxidative Addition Step in Palladium-catalyzed Reactions
2025
Part of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2021
- DOI for Computational studies of molecular pre-organization through macrocyclization: Conformational distribution analysis of closely related non-macrocyclic and macrocyclic analogs
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Conformational Analysis of Macrocycles: Comparing General and Specialized Methods
Part of Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, p. 231-252, 2020
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Conformational Changes in Insulin Regulated Aminopeptidase
2021
Creating New Antifoulants Using the Tools and Tactics of Medicinal Chemistry
Part of Accounts of Chemical Research, p. 399-412, 2024
Design of a Stapled Peptide Targeting KLHL20Kelch: A Computational and Biosensor-based Approach
Part of European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024
- DOI for Design, synthesis, and in vitro biological evaluation of meta-sulfonamidobenzamide-based antibacterial LpxH inhibitors
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Development of an improved psilocybin synthesis
2020
Dipolar Relaxation of Water Protons in the Vicinity of a Collagen-like Peptide
Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry B, p. 2538-2551, 2022
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2022
Drug Resistance and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Part of Cells, 2022
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Effects of collagen and chondroitin sulfate on relaxation at multiple magnetic field strengths
Part of Heliyon, 2025
Electrochemical Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbonylation-Cyclization of Enallenols
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022
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2023
ENABLE: an engine for European antibacterial drug discovery and development
Part of Nature reviews. Drug discovery, p. 407-408, 2021
Part of Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, p. 259-267, 2021
Enhanced Risk Assessment of Transformation Products through Chemical Similarity Analysis
Part of ACS - ES & T Water, p. 1949-1951, 2024
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Part of ACS - ES & T Water, 2025
Part of Colloids and Surfaces A, 2023
High affinity rigidified AT(2) receptor ligands with indane scaffolds
Part of MedChemComm, p. 2146-2160, 2019
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 17367-17376, 2023
Part of Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, p. 5526-5536, 2020
- DOI for Identification of a C2-symmetric diol based human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitor targeting Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease
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Part of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, p. 1-18, 2024
- DOI for Identification of novel and potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease from DNA-encoded chemical libraries
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Imitation of β-lactam binding enables broad-spectrum metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors
Part of Nature Chemistry, p. 15-24, 2022
Part of ACS Omega, p. 24377-24381, 2021
- DOI for Influence of Detergent and Lipid Composition on Reconstituted Membrane Proteins for Structural Studies
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2023
- DOI for Influence of extracellular matrix composition on tumour cell behaviour in a biomimetic in vitro model for hepatocellular carcinoma
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Part of ADMET & DMPK, p. 375-390, 2020
- DOI for Intestinal absorption of BCS class II drugs administered as nanoparticles: A review based on in vivo data from intestinal perfusion models
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2024
Investigation and design of 1,2,4-oxadiazole-based ligands for Sirtuin 2
2024
Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 2999-3008, 2021
- DOI for Investigation of the Deactivation and Reactivation Mechanism of a Heterogeneous Palladium(II) Catalyst in the Cycloisomerization of Acetylenic Acids by In Situ XAS
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