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Overview

Paul M. O'Neill is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, including medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work covers key subfields such as infectious diseases, organic chemistry, molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and genetics.

Main topics of research include:

  • Parasitic diseases research and treatment
  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Computational drug discovery methods
  • Malaria research and control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies

Frequent publication venues for Paul M. O'Neill are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ACS Omega
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Stephen A. Ward
  • W. David Hong
  • Giancarlo A. Biagini
  • Christopher M. Woodley
  • Ghaith Aljayyoussi

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul M. O'Neill are:

  • Inhibition mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by ebselen and its derivatives, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Prioritization of Anti-SARS-Cov-2 Drug Repurposing Opportunities Based on Plasma and Target Site Concentrations Derived from their Established Human Pharmacokinetics, 2020, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Synthesis, insecticidal activity, resistance, photodegradation and toxicity of pyrethroids (A review), 2020, Chemosphere
  • Dose prediction for repurposing nitazoxanide in SARS-CoV-2 treatment or chemoprophylaxis, 2020, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
  • Novel Selenium-based compounds with therapeutic potential for SOD1-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2020, EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • Artemisinins target the SERCA of Plasmodium falciparum

    U. Eckstein-Ludwig;R. J. Webb;I. D. A. van Goethem;J. M. East

  • Metabolism of fluorine-containing drugs.

    B K Park;N R Kitteringham;P M O'Neill

  • The molecular mechanism of action of artemisinin - the debate continues.

    Paul M. O’Neill;Victoria E. Barton;Stephen A. Ward

  • A medicinal chemistry perspective on artemisinin and related endoperoxides.

    Paul M. O'neill;Gary H. Posner

  • 4-Aminoquinolines—Past, present, and future; A chemical perspective

    P M O'Neill;P G Bray;S R Hawley;S A Ward

  • Cytochrome P450 6M2 from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae metabolizes pyrethroids: Sequential metabolism of deltamethrin revealed.

    Bradley J. Stevenson;Jaclyn Bibby;Patricia Pignatelli;Sant Muangnoicharoen

  • Artemisinin activity-based probes identify multiple molecular targets within the asexual stage of the malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum 3D7

    Hanafy M. Ismail;Victoria Barton;Matthew Phanchana;Sitthivut Charoensutthivarakul

  • Evidence for the Involvement of Carbon-centered Radicals in the Induction of Apoptotic Cell Death by Artemisinin Compounds

    Amy E. Mercer;James L. Maggs;Xiao-Ming Sun;Gerald M. Cohen

  • Relationship between Antimalarial Drug Activity, Accumulation, and Inhibition of Heme Polymerization in Plasmodium falciparum In Vitro

    Shaun R. Hawley;Patrick G. Bray;Mathirut Mungthin;Jill D. Atkinson

  • Inhibition mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by ebselen and its derivatives.

    Kangsa Amporndanai;Xiaoli Meng;Weijuan Shang;Zhenmig Jin

  • Knowledge of the proposed chemical mechanism of action and cytochrome p450 metabolism of antimalarial trioxanes like artemisinin allows rational design of new antimalarial peroxides.

    Gary H Posner;Paul M O'Neill

  • Antimalarial pharmacology and therapeutics of atovaquone

    Gemma L. Nixon;Darren M. Moss;Alison E. Shone;David G. Lalloo

  • Seeing the same thing differently

    Peter Yeates;Paul O’Neill;Karen Mann;Kevin Eva

  • The Role of Heme and the Mitochondrion in the Chemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Mammalian Cell Death Induced by the Artemisinin Antimalarials

    Amy E. Mercer;Ian M. Copple;James L. Maggs;Paul M. O'Neill

  • Generation of quinolone antimalarials targeting the Plasmodium falciparum mitochondrial respiratory chain for the treatment and prophylaxis of malaria

    Giancarlo A. Biagini;Nicholas Fisher;Alison E. Shone;Murad A. Mubaraki

  • Quinolines and Artemisinin: Chemistry, Biology and History

    Patrick Bray;Stephen Ward;P. M O'Neill

  • Evaluations of situational judgement tests to assess non-academic attributes in selection.

    Fiona Patterson;Victoria Ashworth;Lara Zibarras;Philippa Coan

  • Isoquine and Related Amodiaquine Analogues: A New Generation of Improved 4-Aminoquinoline Antimalarials

    Paul M O'Neill;Amira Mukhtar;Paul A Stocks;Laura E Randle

  • Novel Short Chain Chloroquine Analogues Retain Activity Against Chloroquine Resistant K1 Plasmodium falciparum

    Paul A Stocks;Kaylene J Raynes;Patrick G Bray;B Kevin Park

  • Advances in three-dimensional rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices for biological applications

    P. F. O'Neill;A. Ben Azouz;M. Vázquez;J. Liu

  • Functional characterization and target validation of alternative complex I of Plasmodium falciparum mitochondria.

    Giancarlo A. Biagini;Parnpen Viriyavejakul;Paul M. O'Neill;Patrick G. Bray

  • Identification of a 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane antimalarial drug-development candidate (RKA 182) with superior properties to the semisynthetic artemisinins.

    Paul M O'Neill;Richard K Amewu;Gemma L Nixon;Fatima Bousejra ElGarah

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Ward
Stephen A. Ward Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Neil G. Berry
Neil G. Berry University of Liverpool
B. Kevin Park
B. Kevin Park University of Liverpool
Patrick G. Bray
Patrick G. Bray Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
James L. Maggs
James L. Maggs University of Liverpool
Dean J. Naisbitt
Dean J. Naisbitt University of Liverpool
Gary H. Posner
Gary H. Posner Johns Hopkins University
S. Samar Hasnain
S. Samar Hasnain University of Liverpool
Jiri Gut
Jiri Gut University of California, San Francisco
Dermot Brabazon
Dermot Brabazon Dublin City University

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