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Derek R. Boyd is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields, primarily chemistry, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these disciplines, their work focuses on subfields including inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and virology.

The scientist's publication record includes contributions to journals such as Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Their recent papers address diverse topics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach:

  • Acceptability, feasibility, and pilot results of the tele-harm reduction intervention for rapid initiation of antiretrovirals among people who inject drugs (2021) in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Toluene Dioxygenase-Catalyzed cis-Dihydroxylation of Quinolines: A Molecular Docking Study and Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Quinoline Arene Oxides (2021) in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Monooxygenase- and Dioxygenase-Catalyzed Oxidative Dearomatization of Thiophenes by Sulfoxidation, cis-Dihydroxylation and Epoxidation (2022) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The research themes represented in these publications include enzyme catalysis and immobilization, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, HIV research and treatment, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, and computational drug discovery methods.

Derek R. Boyd frequently collaborates with researchers such as Narain D. Sharma, Paul J. Stevenson, Patrick Hoering, Christopher C. R. Allen, and Hansel Tookes, with multiple coauthored works linking these collaborators.

The scientist's work on enzyme catalysis is especially prominent, with multiple studies investigating catalytic mechanisms involving dioxygenase and monooxygenase enzymes. This focus integrates computational approaches with biochemical synthesis, as seen in molecular docking studies and chemoenzymatic synthesis applications.

In the health sciences domain, Boyd has contributed to research examining interventions for people who inject drugs, focusing on strategies for rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapies and harm reduction. These investigations intersect with epidemiological and virological aspects of infectious disease management.

Best Publications

  • THE DIOXYGENASE-CATALYSED FORMATION OF VICINAL CIS-DIOLS

    Derek R. Boyd;Gary N. Sheldrake

  • Arene cis-dihydrodiol formation: from biology to application

    Derek R. Boyd;Timothy D. H. Bugg

  • Aromatic dioxygenases: Molecular biocatalysis and applications

    Derek R Boyd;Narain D Sharma;Christopher C.R Allen

  • Regioselectivity and Enantioselectivity of Naphthalene Dioxygenase during Arene cis-Dihydroxylation: Control by Phenylalanine 352 in the α Subunit

    Rebecca E. Parales;Sol M. Resnick;Chi-Li Yu;Derek R. Boyd

  • Abiotic methanogenesis from organosulphur compounds under ambient conditions

    Frederik Althoff;Kathrin Benzing;Peter Comba;Colin McRoberts

  • Synthesis, characterization, and potential use of 2-dodecylcyclobutanone as a marker for irradiated chicken

    Derek R. Boyd;Anne V. J. Crone;John T. G. Hamilton;Mark V. Hand

  • Contrasting effects of a nonionic surfactant on the biotransformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to cis-dihydrodiols by soil bacteria

    Christopher C. R. Allen;Derek R. Boyd;Francis Hempenstall;Michael J. Larkin

  • An enantiomeric interaction in the metabolism and tumorigenicity of (+)- and (-)-benzo[a]pyrene 7,8-oxide

    W. Levin;M. K. Buening;A. W. Wood;R. L. Chang

  • Aerobic Metabolism of 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid in Archaea via an Unusual Pathway Involving an Intramolecular Migration (NIH Shift)

    D. J. Fairley;D. R. Boyd;N. D. Sharma;C. C. R. Allen

  • Enantiomeric excess and absolute configuration determination of cis-dihydrodiols from bacterial metabolism of monocyclic arenes

    Derek R. Boyd;M. R. J. Dorrity;M. V. Hand;J. F. Malone

  • Rearrangement of (1- 2 H)- and (2- 2 H)naphthalene 1,2-oxides to 1-naphthol. Mechanism of the NIH shift.

    D. R. Boyd;J. W. Daly;D. M. Jerina

  • Absolute stereochemistry of the dihydroanthracene-cis- and trans-1,2-diols produced from anthracene by mammals and bacteria

    M. Naseem Akhtar;Derek R. Boyd;Norris J. Thompson;Masato Koreeda

  • Chemoenzymic Synthesis of the 2,3- and 3,4-cis-Dihydrodiol Enantiomers of Monosubstituted Benzenes

    D. R. Boyd;N. D. Sharma;S. A. Barr;H. Dalton

  • HPLC with carbohydrate carbamate chiral phases: Influence of chiral phase structure on enantioselectivity

    Stephen A. Matlin;M. Elizabeth Tiritan;Andrew J. Crawford;Quezia B. Cass

  • Enantioselective bacterial biotransformation routes to cis-diol metabolites of monosubstituted benzenes, naphthalene and benzocycloalkenes of either absolute configuration

    Christopher C. R. Allen;Derek R. Boyd;Howard Dalton;Narain D. Sharma

  • Toluene and naphthalene dioxygenase-catalysed sulfoxidation of alkyl aryl sulfides

    Derek R. Boyd;Narain D. Sharma;Simon A. Haughey;Martina A. Kennedy

  • Enzymatic and chemoenzymatic synthesis and stereochemical assignment of cis-dihydrodiol derivatives of monosubstituted benzenes

    Derek R. Boyd;Narain D. Sharma;Breige Byrne;Mark V. Hand

  • Stereochemical dependence of 15NCH and 13CH coupling constants in oxaziridines

    W. Brian Jennings;Derek R. Boyd;Christopher G. Watson;Edwin D. Becker

  • Metabolism of bicyclic aza-arenes by Pseudomonas putida to yield vicinal cis-dihydrodiols and phenols

    Derek R. Boyd;R. Austin S. McMordie;H. Patricia Porter;Howard Dalton

  • Stereodirecting substituent effects during enzyme-catalysed synthesis of cis-dihydrodiol metabolites of 1,4-disubstituted benzene substrates

    Derek R. Boyd;Narain D. Sharma;Mark V. Hand;Melanie R. Groocock

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Dalton
Howard Dalton University of Warwick
Donald M. Jerina
Donald M. Jerina National Institutes of Health
Haruhiko Yagi
Haruhiko Yagi National Institutes of Health
John W. Daly
John W. Daly National Institutes of Health
David T. Gibson
David T. Gibson The University of Texas at Austin
Wayne Levin
Wayne Levin Roche (Switzerland)
Stuart L. James
Stuart L. James Queen's University Belfast
Jane M. Sayer
Jane M. Sayer National Institutes of Health
Dhiren R. Thakker
Dhiren R. Thakker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A. John Blacker
A. John Blacker University of Leeds

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