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10657
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8655
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

James B. Gloer is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on subfields such as Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Epidemiology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Fungal Biology and Applications

James B. Gloer has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Gerald F. Bills, Bruno Perlatti, Dulamini I. Ekanayake, Connie B. Nichols, and J. Andrew Alspaugh.

Their scholarly output has appeared in various scientific journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Algal Research
  • Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by James B. Gloer include:

  • "Arenicolins: C-Glycosylated Depsides from Penicillium arenicola", 2020, Journal of Natural Products
  • "Naturally occurring ureidobromophenols with potent antioxidant activities from the marine red alga Rhodomela confervoides", 2021, Algal Research
  • "Anti-cryptococcal activity of preussolides A and B, phosphoethanolamine-substituted 24-membered macrolides, and leptosin C from coprophilous isolates of Preussia typharum", 2021, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
  • "Sphaerostilbellins, New Antimicrobial Aminolipopeptide Peptaibiotics from Sphaerostilbella toxica", 2020, Biomolecules
  • "Campafungins: Inhibitors of Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans Hyphal Growth", 2020, Journal of Natural Products

James B. Gloer was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1990.

Best Publications

  • Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites from the Fungi

    Gerald F. Bills;James B. Gloer

  • Structures of the didemnins, antiviral and cytotoxic depsipeptides from a Caribbean tunicate

    Kenneth L. Rinehart;James B. Gloer;J. Carter Cook;Stephen A. Mizsak

  • Didemnins: antiviral and antitumor depsipeptides from a caribbean tunicate

    KL Rinehart;JB Gloer;RG Hughes;HE Renis

  • Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Biomimetic Total Synthesis of Versicolamide B, and the Isolation of Antipodal ()-Stephacidin A and (+)-Notoamide B from Aspergillus versicolor NRRL 35600**

    Thomas J. Greshock;Alan W. Grubbs;Ping Jiao;Donald T. Wicklow;Donald T. Wicklow

  • Halogenated Organic Molecules of Rhodomelaceae Origin: Chemistry and Biology

    Bin-Gui Wang;James B. Gloer;Nai-Yun Ji;Jian-Chun Zhao

  • Marine natural products as sources of antiviral, antimicrobial, and antineoplastic agents

    K. L. Rinehart;P. D. Shaw;L. S. Shield;J. B. Gloer

  • Structure−Activity Relationships of the Didemnins1,2

    Ryuichi Sakai;Kenneth L. Rinehart;Vimal Kishore;Bijoy Kundu

  • Cercophorins A-C: novel antifungal and cytotoxic metabolites from the coprophilous fungus Cercophora areolata.

    Authrine C. Whyte;James B. Gloer;James A. Scott;David Malloch

  • Antiinsectan alkaloids: Shearinines A-C and a new paxilline derivative from the ascostromata of Eupenicillium shearii

    Gilbert N. Belofsky;James B. Gloer;Donald T. Wicklow;Patrick F. Dowd

  • Sclerotiamide: A New Member of the Paraherquamide Class with Potent Antiinsectan Activity from the Sclerotia of Aspergillus sclerotiorum

    Authrine C. Whyte;James B. Gloer;Donald T. Wicklow;Patrick F. Dowd

  • The chemistry of fungal antagonism and defense

    James B. Gloer

  • Biologically active polyketide metabolites from an undetermined fungicolous hyphomycete resembling Cladosporium.

    Ulrich Höller;James B. Gloer;Donald T. Wicklow

  • Biological activity of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) phytoalexins and selected natural and synthetic Stilbenoids.

    Victor S Sobolev;Shabana I Khan;Nurhayat Tabanca;David E Wedge

  • Total synthesis of didemnins A, B, and C

    Kenneth L. Rinehart;Vimal Kishore;Srinivasan Nagarajan;Robin J. Lake

  • Structure of preussomerin A: an unusual new antifungal metabolite from the coprophilous fungus Preussia isomera

    Holly A. Weber;Norman C. Baenziger;James B. Gloer

  • Antiinsectan natural products from fungal sclerotia

    James B. Gloer

  • Antibacterial diterpenoids from Jatropha podagrica Hook

    Olapeju O. Aiyelaagbe;Kayode Adesogan;Olusegun Ekundayo;James B. Gloer

  • Antiviral and antitumor compounds from tunicates.

    Rinehart Kl;Gloer Jb;Wilson Gr;Hughes Rg

  • The preussomerins: novel antifungal metabolites from the coprophilous fungus Preussia isomera Cain

    Holly A. Weber;James B. Gloer

  • Apiosporamide, a new antifungal agent from the coprophilous fungus Apiospora montagnei.

    Ali A. Alfatafta;James B. Gloer;James A. Scott;David Malloch

  • MARINE NATURAL PRODUCTS AS SOURCES OF ANTIVIRAL, ANTIMICROBIAL, AND ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS

    K. L. Jun. Rinehart;P. D. Shaw;L. S. Shield;J. B. Gloer

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick F. Dowd
Patrick F. Dowd Agricultural Research Service
Dale C. Swenson
Dale C. Swenson University of Iowa
Donald T. Wicklow
Donald T. Wicklow National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
David Malloch
David Malloch University of Toronto
Carol A. Shearer
Carol A. Shearer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gerald F. Bills
Gerald F. Bills The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Bin-Gui Wang
Bin-Gui Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kenneth L. Rinehart
Kenneth L. Rinehart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
J. Andrew Alspaugh
J. Andrew Alspaugh Duke University
Jonas Baltrusaitis
Jonas Baltrusaitis Lehigh University

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