External Activities
2011
- ESF Glutathione and related thiols in the cell conference (St Feliu de Guixols, Spain)
- Chemical theology of bacillithiol: An unusual cofactor in B. anthracis, S. aureus & related pathogens
- Institute of Microbiology (Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald)
- Chemical thiology of bacillithiol: An unusual cofactor low G + C Gram positive bacteria
2010
- Departmental Research Seminar (School of Chemistry, University of Cardiff)
- Chemical theology of bacillithiol: An unusual cofactor in B. anthracis, S. aureus & related pathogens
- EU RedCat Consortium Conference (Peninsular Medical School, University of Exeter)
- Chemical theology of low molecular weight thiols
- European trends in enzymology conference (Ascona, Switzerland)
- Bacillus Anthracis Pantothenate Kinase:- Chargeless ATP Mimics & "Can't Fit, Will Fit” Substrate-Based Inhibition
2009
- RSC carbohydrate group Autumn meeting (John Innes Centre, Norwich)
- Bacillithiol: A novel antioxidant thiol produced in Bacilli.
- RSC carbohydrate group Spring meeting (University College Dublin)
- Chemoselective Carbohydrate Ligations: Optimisation and Application
- Young Chemists 2009 (YC09) conference (Imperial College London)
- Chemoselective Carbohydrate Ligations: Optimisation and Application
2008
- Young Organic Chemists Meeting, Gregynog, Wales,
- Chemoselective Carbohydrate Ligations
- ERA “flash” conference:-Carbohydrates at the Interfaces of Biology, Medicine and Materials Science, Killarney, Ireland
- Phosphate-free NTP mimicry:- Competitive inhibition of Bacillus anthracis pantothenate kinase
2007
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton
- Bacillus anthracis pantothenate kinase:- Chargeless ATP mimics and some “Can’t fit, Will fit” substrate-based inhibition.
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham.
- Tooling up to tackle the mycothiol proteome.
2006
- Sweden/South Africa Workshop on Chemistry and Biochemistry of tuberculosis, Hermanus
- Alternative substrates as tools for mycothiology.
- RSC, Republic of Ireland Section, Organocatalysis Symposium, University College Dublin
- Synthetic Approaches to Sugar Nucleotide Mimetics.
- 32nd South African Association of Botany conference, Port Elizabeth,
- Anti-tubercular napthoquinone-based natural products:- Mechanistic studies & target evaluation.
2004
- Young Organic Chemists Meeting, Gregynog, Wales,
- Chemical tools for Chemical Biology
2002
- RSC Bioorganic Chemistry Conference, Leicester,
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town,
- School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney,
- ‘Synthesis & Mechanistic Studies of Lunaria Alkaloids as Time-dependent Inhibitors of Trypanothione Reductase’.
- 21st International Carbohydrate Symposium, Cairns,
- Biochemical and Structural Analysis of Bordetella pertussis Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis.
Other
Course co-ordinator/contributor for SCI Workshop
- “Biology for Chemists” (June 21-22, 2010, Nottingham)
- “Biology for Chemists” (June 23-24, 2008, Nottingham)
- “Biology for Chemists” (June 26-27, 2006, Loughborough)
- Consultant for the Technology Transfer Division of the Wellcome Trust (2006 to 2009)
Refereeing
Referring for various journals including:-
- Analytical Biochemistry Carbohydrate Research
- Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
- Chemical Communications
- Molecular Biosystems
- Molecular Microbiology
- Nature Protocols
- Organic Letters
- Tetrahedron
- Tetrahedron Letters
