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Chemistry D-index 72 Citations 17,940 245 World Ranking 2258 National Ranking 126

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2020 - Davy Medal, Royal Society of London (UK) for inventing powerful chemical methods that directly manipulate complex biological molecules, enabling elucidation and control of biological function and mechanism in vitro and in vivo, beyond the limits of genetics.

2017 - Member of Academia Europaea

2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

2005 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

1999 - Meldola Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Organic chemistry
  • Biochemistry

His main research concerns Biochemistry, Stereochemistry, Glycosylation, Organic chemistry and Glycoprotein. His research in Stereochemistry intersects with topics in Nucleophilic substitution, Reaction mechanism and Palladium. His research investigates the connection with Glycosylation and areas like Computational biology which intersect with concerns in Glycobiology and Protein folding.

His Organic chemistry research incorporates elements of Amino acid and Bioconjugation. His Glycoprotein research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Immunoglobulin G and Antibody. The study incorporates disciplines such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Synthetic biology, Chemical modification, Combinatorial chemistry and Dehydroalanine in addition to Cysteine.

His most cited work include:

  • Selective chemical protein modification (464 citations)
  • Glycoprotein synthesis: an update. (442 citations)
  • Synthesis of glycoproteins. (396 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Stereochemistry, Biochemistry, Organic chemistry, Combinatorial chemistry and Glycosylation. The Stereochemistry study combines topics in areas such as Amino acid, Hydrogen bond, Subtilisin and Peptide. His research integrates issues of Serine protease and Chemical modification in his study of Subtilisin.

His Biochemistry research focuses on Enzyme, Glycan, Glycoconjugate, Glycoprotein and Cysteine. His study in Carbohydrate, Catalysis and Reagent is done as part of Organic chemistry. Combinatorial chemistry and Dehydroalanine are commonly linked in his work.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Stereochemistry (30.77%)
  • Biochemistry (27.95%)
  • Organic chemistry (14.87%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Biochemistry (27.95%)
  • Stereochemistry (30.77%)
  • Combinatorial chemistry (15.38%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Benjamin G. Davis focuses on Biochemistry, Stereochemistry, Combinatorial chemistry, Dehydroalanine and Nanotechnology. Biophysics is closely connected to In vivo in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Biochemistry. He combines subjects such as Amino acid, Conformational isomerism, Nucleophile and Hydrogen bond with his study of Stereochemistry.

Benjamin G. Davis works mostly in the field of Amino acid, limiting it down to topics relating to Residue and, in certain cases, Formylation, Reactivity and Cysteine. His work carried out in the field of Dehydroalanine brings together such families of science as Enzyme, Small molecule, Side chain, Kinase and Binding site. His Glycosylation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Congenital myasthenic syndrome, Antibiotics, Glycan and Nucleoside.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Designing logical codon reassignment – Expanding the chemistry in biology (241 citations)
  • Posttranslational mutagenesis: A chemical strategy for exploring protein side-chain diversity (121 citations)
  • Simultaneous atomic-resolution electron ptychography and Z-contrast imaging of light and heavy elements in complex nanostructures. (118 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Organic chemistry

His primary scientific interests are in Combinatorial chemistry, Biochemistry, Residue, Nanotechnology and Amino acid. His Combinatorial chemistry research incorporates themes from Allyl Sulfide, Olefin fiber, Molecule, Selenide and Salt metathesis reaction. He has researched Biochemistry in several fields, including Ms analysis and Antibody.

The various areas that Benjamin G. Davis examines in his Residue study include Surface modification, Site selectivity, Metal, Trifluoromethyl and Trifluoromethanesulfonate. His Nanotechnology study incorporates themes from In vivo, Carbon, Micrometre and Biological effect. His studies in Amino acid integrate themes in fields like Sense Codon, Transfer RNA, Protein function and ENCODE.

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Best Publications

Glycoprotein synthesis: an update.

David P. Gamblin;Eoin M. Scanlan;Benjamin G. Davis.
Chemical Reviews (2009)

681 Citations

Selective chemical protein modification

Christopher D Spicer;Benjamin G Davis.
Nature Communications (2014)

634 Citations

Synthesis of glycoproteins.

Benjamin G. Davis.
Chemical Reviews (2002)

605 Citations

Lectins: tools for the molecular understanding of the glycocode

Moira Ambrosi;Neil R. Cameron;Benjamin G. Davis.
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2005)

553 Citations

Chemical modification of proteins at cysteine: opportunities in chemistry and biology.

Justin M. Chalker;Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes;Yuya A. Lin;Benjamin G. Davis.
Chemistry-an Asian Journal (2009)

536 Citations

Functional divergence in the glutathione transferase superfamily in plants. Identification of two classes with putative functions in redox homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana.

David P. Dixon;Benjamin G. Davis;Robert Edwards.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2002)

464 Citations

Structure of a flavonoid glucosyltransferase reveals the basis for plant natural product modification

Wendy Offen;Carlos Martinez-Fleites;Min Yang;Eng Kiat-Lim.
The EMBO Journal (2006)

428 Citations

Allyl Sulfides Are Privileged Substrates in Aqueous Cross-Metathesis: Application to Site-Selective Protein Modification

Yuya A. Lin;Justin M. Chalker;Nicola Floyd;Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008)

361 Citations

Expanding the diversity of chemical protein modification allows post-translational mimicry

Sander I. van Kasteren;Holger B. Kramer;Henrik H. Jensen;Sandra J. Campbell.
Nature (2007)

346 Citations

Facile conversion of cysteine and alkyl cysteines to dehydroalanine on protein surfaces: versatile and switchable access to functionalized proteins.

Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes;Justin M. Chalker;James C. Errey;Benjamin G. Davis.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008)

342 Citations

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