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Overview

Jos A. Cox is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and has contributed to multiple research areas within pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics. Their work primarily focuses on forensic toxicology, drug analysis, and analytical chemistry.

The scientist's recent research outputs include investigations in forensic toxicology and analytical methods for drug detection. Notable publications are:

  • Electrochemical detection of fentanyl with screen-printed carbon electrodes using square-wave adsorptive stripping voltammetry for forensic applications, 2020, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
  • Extraction of dried oral fluid spots (DOFS) for the identification of drugs of abuse using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), 2020, Forensic Chemistry
  • Development, validation and evaluation of a quantitative method for the analysis of twenty-four new psychoactive substances in oral fluid by LC-MS/MS, 2020, Forensic Chemistry
  • Quantitation of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Liver Tissue Using a Validated QuEChERS Extraction and LC-MS-MS Analysis, 2020, Journal of Analytical Toxicology
  • Quantitation and Validation of 34 Fentanyl Analogs from Liver Tissue Using a QuEChERS Extraction and LC-MS-MS Analysis, 2021, Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Jos A. Cox frequently collaborates with fellow researchers in related fields. Some of the most frequent co-authors include:

  • Luis Arroyo
  • Colby E. Ott
  • James C. Kraner
  • Joseph DelTondo
  • Roberta Petry Gorziza

The research contributions have appeared regularly in particular academic venues:

  • Journal of Analytical Toxicology
  • Forensic Chemistry
  • Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
  • Journal of Cannabis Research
  • American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology

Their work spans main fields such as Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, with a strong emphasis on Toxicology as a subfield. Additional subfields include Clinical Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Emergency Medicine, and Spectroscopy.

Research topics covered by Jos A. Cox feature a focus on:

  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Poisoning and overdose treatments
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of Ca2+ Activation of the NADPH Oxidase 5 (NOX5)

    Botond Bánfi;Botond Bánfi;Fabiana Tirone;Isabelle Durussel;Judit Knisz

  • New perspectives on S100 proteins: a multi-functional Ca 2+ -, Zn 2+ - and Cu 2+ -binding protein family

    Claus W Heizmann;Jos A Cox

  • The interaction of calmodulin with amphiphilic peptides.

    J A Cox;M Comte;J E Fitton;W F DeGrado

  • Three new members of the serine-aspartate repeat protein multigene family of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Elisabet Josefsson;Kirk W. McCrea;Deirdre Ni Eidhin;David O'Connell

  • Ca2+-dependent high-affinity complex formation between calmodulin and melittin.

    M Comte;Y Maulet;J A Cox

  • Activation of the human neutrophil nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-oxidase by protein kinase C.

    J A Cox;A Y Jeng;N A Sharkey;P M Blumberg

  • Structural changes in melittin and calmodulin upon complex formation and their modulation by calcium

    Yves Maulet;Jos A. Cox

  • The Ca2+(-)binding proteins parvalbumin and oncomodulin and their genes: new structural and functional findings.

    Thomas L. Pauls;Jos A. Cox;Martin W. Berchtold

  • Interactive properties of calmodulin.

    J A Cox

  • Cell-specific immuno-probes for the brain of normal and mutant Drosophila melanogaster. I. Wildtype visual system.

    Erich Buchner;Renate Bader;Sigrid Buchner;Jos Cox

  • Comparison of the Ca2+-binding Properties of Human Recombinant Calretinin-22k and Calretinin

    Beat Schwaller;Isabelle Durussel;Doris Jermann;Brigitte Herrmann

  • Brain S100A5 Is a Novel Calcium-, Zinc-, and Copper Ion-binding Protein of the EF-hand Superfamily

    Beat W. Schäfer;Jean-Marc Fritschy;Petra Murmann;Heinz Troxler

  • Cation binding and conformational changes in VILIP and NCS-1, two neuron-specific calcium-binding proteins.

    Jos Adrian Cox;I. Durussel;M. Comte;Serge Nef

  • Chapter 8 – Parvalbumins and Other Soluble High-Affinity Calcium-Binding Proteins from Muscle

    Wlodzimierz Wnuk;Jos A. Cox;Eric A. Stein

  • NADPH oxidase 5 (NOX5) interacts with and is regulated by calmodulin.

    Fabiana Tirone;Jos A. Cox

  • Sequential conformational changes in calmodulin upon binding of calcium

    Danielle Burger;Jos A. Cox;Michelle Comte;Eric A. Stein

  • Regulation of brain cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase by calmodulin. A quantitative analysis.

    J A Cox;A Malnoë;E A Stein

  • Cation- and peptide-binding properties of human centrin 2.

    Isabelle Durussel;Yves Blouquit;Sandrine Middendorp;Constantin T. Craescu

  • Calcium-proton and calcium-magnesium antagonisms in calmodulin: microcalorimetric and potentiometric analyses.

    Mladen Milos;Jean Jacques Schaer;Michelle Comte;Jos A. Cox

  • The binding of calcium to the B-repeat segment of SdrD, a cell surface protein of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Elisabet Josefsson;David O'Connell;Timothy J. Foster;Isabelle Durussel

Frequent Co-Authors

Claus W. Heizmann
Claus W. Heizmann University of Zurich
Beat W. Schäfer
Beat W. Schäfer University of Zurich
Tatiana V. Petrova
Tatiana V. Petrova University of Lausanne
Dieter Marmé
Dieter Marmé University of Freiburg
William F. DeGrado
William F. DeGrado University of California, San Francisco
Peter James
Peter James Lund University
Karl-Heinz Krause
Karl-Heinz Krause University of Geneva
Claes B. Wollheim
Claes B. Wollheim University of Geneva
Timothy J. Foster
Timothy J. Foster Campden BRI (United Kingdom)

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