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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1980 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation Not Provided
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

David A. Russell is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable focus on cancer therapeutics and nanomedicine.

The primary fields of study in their work include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields they specialize in are Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The key topics covered in David A. Russell's research are Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Click Chemistry and Applications, and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Recent publications include the following:

  • Active targeting of gold nanoparticles as cancer therapeutics, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Peptide directed phthalocyanine-gold nanoparticles for selective photodynamic therapy of EGFR overexpressing cancers, 2020, RSC Medicinal Chemistry
  • Targeted photodynamic therapy for breast cancer: the potential of glyconanoparticles, 2023, Nanoscale Advances
  • A Peptide-Duocarmycin Conjugate Targeting the Thomsen-Friedenreich Antigen Has Potent and Selective Antitumor Activity, 2020, Bioconjugate Chemistry

Frequent co-authors include María J. Marín, Mark Searcey, Zoë Goddard, Andrew M. Beekman, and Marco M. D. Cominetti.

David A. Russell has published articles predominantly in Chemical Society Reviews, RSC Medicinal Chemistry, Nanoscale Advances, and Bioconjugate Chemistry.

The scientist has been recognized with awards such as Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1980 and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Functional, biochemical and genetic diversity of prokaryotic nitrate reductases

    David Richardson;B. C. Berks;D. A. Russell;S. Spiro

  • Intracellular photodynamic therapy with photosensitizer-nanoparticle conjugates: cancer therapy using a ‘Trojan horse’

    Martina E. Wieder;Duncan C. Hone;Michael J. Cook;Madeleine M. Handsley

  • Targeted photodynamic therapy of breast cancer cells using antibody–phthalocyanine–gold nanoparticle conjugates

    Tanya Stuchinskaya;Miguel Moreno;Michael J. Cook;Dylan R. Edwards

  • Generation of Cytotoxic Singlet Oxygen via Phthalocyanine-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles: A Potential Delivery Vehicle for Photodynamic Therapy

    Duncan C. Hone;Peter I. Walker;Richard Evans-Gowing;Simon FitzGerald

  • Self-assembled monolayers: a versatile tool for the formulation of bio-surfaces

    Silvia Ferretti;Sally Paynter;David A. Russell;Kim E. Sapsford

  • Advances in Fingerprint Analysis

    Pompi Hazarika;David A. Russell

  • "Intelligent" fingerprinting: simultaneous identification of drug metabolites and individuals by using antibody-functionalized nanoparticles.

    Richard Leggett;Emma E. Lee-Smith;Sue M. Jickells;David A. Russell

  • Silver and Gold Glyconanoparticles for Colorimetric Bioassays

    Claire L. Schofield;Alan H. Haines;Robert A. Field;David A. Russell

  • Glyconanoparticles for the colorimetric detection of cholera toxin

    Claire L. Schofield;Robert A. Field;David A. Russell

  • Active targeting of gold nanoparticles as cancer therapeutics.

    Zoë Rachael Goddard;María J Marín;David A Russell;Mark Searcey

  • Rapid, Quantitative Colorimetric Detection of a Lectin Using Mannose-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles

    Duncan C. Hone;and Alan H. Haines;David A. Russell

  • Energy-dispersive X-ray analysis of the extracellular cadmium sulfide crystallites of Klebsiella aerogenes

    Justin D. Holmes;Peter R. Smith;Richard Evans-Gowing;David J. Richardson

  • The in vivo efficacy of phthalocyanine-nanoparticle conjugates for the photodynamic therapy of amelanotic melanoma

    Monica Camerin;Michela Magaraggia;Marina Soncin;Giulio Jori

  • Synthetic macrocyclic peptidomimetics as tunable pH probes for the fluorescence imaging of acidic organelles in live cells.

    Francisco Galindo;M. Isabel Burguete;Laura Vigara;Santiago V. Luis

  • Imaging of latent fingerprints through the detection of drugs and metabolites.

    Pompi Hazarika;Sue M. Jickells;Kim Wolff;David A. Russell

  • Gold Glyconanoparticles for Mimics and Measurement of Metal Ion-Mediated Carbohydrate−Carbohydrate Interactions

    Angela J. Reynolds;and Alan H. Haines;David A. Russell

  • Photosensitiser-gold nanoparticle conjugates for photodynamic therapy of cancer

    Paula García Calavia;Gordon Bruce;Lluïsa Pérez-García;David A. Russell

  • Cadmium-specific formation of metal sulfide ‘Q-particles’ by Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Justin D. Holmes;David J. Richardson;Shaheen Saed;Richard Evans-Gowing

  • Cancer targeting with biomolecules: a comparative study of photodynamic therapy efficacy using antibody or lectin conjugated phthalocyanine-PEG gold nanoparticles

    Girgis Obaid;Isabelle Chambrier;Michael J. Cook;David A. Russell

  • OCTA‐ALKYL ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES: POTENTIAL PHOTOSENSITIZERS FOR USE IN THE PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OF CANCER

    Michael J. Cook;Isabelle Chambrier;Steven J. Cracknell;Denise A. Mayes

  • Multiplexed detection of metabolites of narcotic drugs from a single latent fingermark.

    Pompi Hazarika;Sue M. Jickells;Kim Wolff;David A. Russell

  • Rapid detection of drug metabolites in latent fingermarks

    Pompi Hazarika;Sue M. Jickells;David A. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Cook
Michael J. Cook University of East Anglia
Robert A. Field
Robert A. Field University of Manchester
David J. Richardson
David J. Richardson Microsoft (United States)
Giulio Jori
Giulio Jori University of Padua
Santiago V. Luis
Santiago V. Luis Jaume I University
Justin D. Holmes
Justin D. Holmes University College Cork
Paul R. Crocker
Paul R. Crocker University of Dundee
Thomas Nann
Thomas Nann University of Newcastle Australia
M. Isabel Burguete
M. Isabel Burguete Jaume I University
Zhenxin Wang
Zhenxin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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