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Katherine Thea Andrews

Katherine Thea Andrews

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
6548
World Ranking
19409
National Ranking
579

Overview

Katherine Thea Andrews is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and specializes in fields spanning Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's research encompasses various subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, and Pharmacology.

The primary research topics explored by Katherine Thea Andrews include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

The scientist has published in multiple journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • ACS Chemical Biology

Selected recent papers by Katherine Thea Andrews include:

  • "Antiplasmodial activity of the natural product compounds alstonine and himbeline," 2021, International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • "Intermittent streamflow generation in a merokarst headwater catchment," 2022, Environmental Science Advances
  • "The Key Glycolytic Enzyme Phosphofructokinase Is Involved in Resistance to Antiplasmodial Glycosides," 2020, mBio
  • "Investigation of the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of peptoid-based HDAC inhibitors with dual-stage antiplasmodial activity," 2020, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "QSAR Classification Models for Prediction of Hydroxamate Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Activity against Malaria Parasites," 2022, ACS Infectious Diseases

Katherine Thea Andrews has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Gillian M. Fisher
  • Tina S. Skinner-Adams
  • Jacinta R. Macdonald
  • Sally-Ann Poulsen
  • Eva Hesping

Best Publications

  • Open Source Drug Discovery with the Malaria Box Compound Collection for Neglected Diseases and Beyond.

    Wesley C. Van Voorhis;John H. Adams;Roberto Adelfio;Roberto Adelfio;Vida Ahyong

  • Drug repurposing and human parasitic protozoan diseases

    Katherine Thea Andrews;Gillian Marie Fisher;Tina Skinner-Adams

  • Discovery of a new family of carbonic anhydrases in the malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum—The η-carbonic anhydrases

    Sonia Del Prete;Daniela Vullo;Gillian Marie Fisher;Katherine Thea Andrews

  • Effect of Sequence Variation in Plasmodium falciparum Histidine- Rich Protein 2 on Binding of Specific Monoclonal Antibodies: Implications for Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria

    Nelson Lee;Joanne Baker;Katherine Thea Andrews;Michelle L. Gatton

  • HDAC inhibitors in parasitic diseases

    Katherine Thea Andrews;Katherine Thea Andrews;Ashraful Haque;Malcolm K Jones;Malcolm K Jones

  • Antiretrovirals as Antimalarial Agents

    Tina S. Skinner-Adams;James S. McCarthy;Donald L. Gardiner;Petrina M. Hilton;Petrina M. Hilton

  • Potencies of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Protease Inhibitors In Vitro against Plasmodium falciparum and In Vivo against Murine Malaria

    Katherine Thea Andrews;David P. Fairlie;Praveen K. Madala;John Ray

  • RAP1 controls rhoptry targeting of RAP2 in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    Deborah L. Baldi;Katherine T. Andrews;Ross F. Waller;David S. Roos

  • Anti-malarial effect of histone deacetylation inhibitors and mammalian tumour cytodifferentiating agents.

    Kathy T Andrews;Anna Walduck;Mike J Kelso;David P Fairlie

  • Potent Antimalarial Activity of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Analogues

    Katherine Thea Andrews;Thanh Nguyen Tran;A. J. Lucke;P. Kahnberg

  • Fervidobacterium gondwanense sp. nov., a new thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from nonvolcanically heated geothermal waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia.

    K. T. Andrews;B. K. C. Patel

  • Acaricidal Activity of Eugenol Based Compounds against Scabies Mites

    Cielo Pasay;Kate Mounsey;Graeme Irvine Stevenson;Rohan Andrew Davis

  • Targeting Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors for Anti-Malarial Therapy

    Katherine Thea Andrews;Thanh Nguyen Tran;Nicole C. Wheatley;David P. Fairlie

  • Evidence for trafficking of PfEMP1 to the surface of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes via a complex membrane network.

    Hannes Wickert;Frank Wissing;Katherine Thea Andrews;August Stich

  • Antimalarial activity of pyrroloiminoquinones from the Australian marine sponge Zyzzya sp.

    Rohan Andrew Davis;Malcolm Stewart Buchanan;Sandra Duffy;Vicky Marie Avery

  • Antimalarial Activity of Phenylthiazolyl-Bearing Hydroxamate-Based Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors

    Geoffrey S. Dow;Yufeng Chen;Katherine Thea Andrews;Katherine Thea Andrews;Katherine Thea Andrews;Diana Caridha

  • Effect of clinically approved HDAC inhibitors on Plasmodium, Leishmania and Schistosoma parasite growth

    Ming Jang Chua;Megan S J Arnold;Weijun Xu;Julien Lancelot

  • Profiling the anti-protozoal activity of anti-cancer HDAC inhibitors against Plasmodium and Trypanosoma parasites

    Jessica A. Engel;Amy J. Jones;Vicky M. Avery;Subathdrage D.M. Sumanadasa

  • HIV and malaria co-infection: interactions and consequences of chemotherapy.

    T.S. Skinner-Adams;T.S. Skinner-Adams;J.S. McCarthy;J.S. McCarthy;D.L. Gardiner;Katherine Thea Andrews

  • Antimalarial Activity of the Anticancer Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor SB939

    Subathdrage D. M. Sumanadasa;Subathdrage D. M. Sumanadasa;Christopher D. Goodman;Andrew J. Lucke;Tina Skinner-Adams

Frequent Co-Authors

Rohan Andrew Davis
Rohan Andrew Davis Griffith University
James S. McCarthy
James S. McCarthy Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
David P. Fairlie
David P. Fairlie University of Queensland
Vicky M. Avery
Vicky M. Avery Griffith University
Ronald J. Quinn
Ronald J. Quinn Griffith University
Michael Lanzer
Michael Lanzer University Hospital Heidelberg
Jeffrey Lipman
Jeffrey Lipman University of Queensland
Elizabeth A. Winzeler
Elizabeth A. Winzeler University of California, San Diego
Sally-Ann Poulsen
Sally-Ann Poulsen Griffith University
Jason A. Roberts
Jason A. Roberts University of Queensland

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