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Overview

Paweł Kafarski is affiliated with Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Poland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. Additional subfields of interest include Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Pharmacy.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organophosphorus compounds synthesis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Phosphorus compounds and reactions
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis

Frequent publication venues for their work comprise:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Molecules
  • RSC Advances
  • Frontiers in Chemistry
  • Biomolecules

Notable recent papers spotlighted in their publication record include:

  • Phosphonopeptides containing free phosphonic groups: recent advances, 2020, RSC Advances
  • Novel, automated, semi-industrial modular photobioreactor system for cultivation of demanding microalgae that produce fine chemicals-The next story of H. pluvialis and astaxanthin, 2020, Algal Research
  • Editorial: Phosphonate Chemistry in Drug Design and Development, 2021, Frontiers in Chemistry
  • Engineering of Nisin as a Means for Improvement of Its Pharmacological Properties: A Review, 2023, Pharmaceuticals
  • Access to α-Aminophosphonic Acid Derivatives and Phosphonopeptides by [Rh(P-OP)]-Catalyzed Stereoselective Hydrogenation, 2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Paweł Kafarski collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Błażej Dziuk
  • Weronika Wanat
  • Paweł Lenartowicz
  • Ewa Chmielewska
  • Mateusz Psurski

The body of work contributed by the scientist reflects an engagement with both the chemical synthesis and analytical approaches in the study of organophosphorus compounds and crystallographic techniques. Their contributions span interdisciplinary applications crossing chemistry and materials science, supporting advances in chemical and biological research contexts.

Best Publications

  • BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF AMINOPHOSPHONIC ACIDS

    Pawel Kafarski;Barbara Lejczak

  • Remarkable potential of the α-aminophosphonate/phosphinate structural motif in medicinal chemistry.

    Artur Mucha;Paweł Kafarski;Łukasz Berlicki

  • Aminophosphonic acids of potential medical importance.

    Pawel Kafarski;Barbara Lejczak

  • The most potent organophosphorus inhibitors of leucine aminopeptidase. Structure-based design, chemistry, and activity.

    Jolanta Grembecka;Artur Mucha;Tomasz Cierpicki;Paweł Kafarski

  • Recent advances in design of new urease inhibitors: A review.

    Paweł Kafarski;Michał Talma

  • Biochemical bases for a widespread tolerance of cyanobacteria to the phosphonate herbicide glyphosate.

    Giuseppe Forlani;Mauro Pavan;Magdalena Gramek;Magdalena Gramek;Paweł Kafarski;Paweł Kafarski

  • Inhibition of aminopeptidases by aminophosphonates.

    Barbara Lejczak;Pawel Kafarski;Jan Zygmunt

  • Structural basis for the inhibition of the essential Plasmodium falciparum M1 neutral aminopeptidase

    Sheena McGowan;Corrine Joy Porter;Jonathan Lowther;Colin M Stack;Colin M Stack

  • Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships for γδ T Cell Activation by Bisphosphonates

    John M. Sanders;Subhash Ghosh;Julian M. W. Chan;Gary Meints

  • Characterization of the Plasmodium falciparum M17 Leucyl Aminopeptidase A PROTEASE INVOLVED IN AMINO ACID REGULATION WITH POTENTIAL FOR ANTIMALARIAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT

    Colin M. Stack;Jonathan Lowther;Eithne Cunningham;Sheila Donnelly

  • Phenolic compounds and abscisic acid as potential markers for the floral origin of two Polish unifloral honeys

    Izabela Jasicka-Misiak;Anna Poliwoda;Małgorzata Dereń;Paweł Kafarski

  • Plasmodium falciparum neutral aminopeptidases: new targets for anti-malarials

    Tina S Skinner-Adams;Colin M Stack;Katharine R Trenholme;Christopher L Brown;Christopher L Brown

  • Activity of Bisphosphonates against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

    Michael B. Martin;John M. Sanders;Howard Kendrick;Kate De Luca-Fradley

  • Metallo-aminopeptidase inhibitors

    Artur Mucha;Marcin Drag;John P. Dalton;Paweł Kafarski

  • 3-D QSAR investigations of the inhibition of Leishmania major farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase by bisphosphonates.

    John M. Sanders;Aurora Ortiz Gómez;Junhong Mao;Gary A. Meints

  • Biological Activity of Aminophosphonic Acids and Their Short Peptides

    Barbara Lejczak;Pawel Kafarski

  • Organophosphonate utilization by the thermophile Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus T20.

    Agnieszka Obojska;Nigel G. Ternan;Barbara Lejczak;Pawel Kafarski

  • Antibacterial activity of phosphono dipeptides related to alafosfalin

    Barbara Lejczak;Pawel Kafarski;Helena Sztajer;Przemyslaw Mastalerz

  • Identification of phosphinate dipeptide analog inhibitors directed against the Plasmodium falciparum M17 leucine aminopeptidase as lead antimalarial compounds

    Tina S Skinner-Adams;Jonathan Lowther;Franka Teuscher;Colin M Stack

  • The ability of soil-borne fungi to degrade organophosphonate carbon-to-phosphorus bonds

    T. Krzyśko-Lupicka;W. Strof;K. Kubś;M. Skorupa

  • Characterization of the Plasmodium falciparum M17 Leucyl Aminopeptidase APROTEASEINVOLVEDINAMINOACIDREGULATIONWITHPOTENTIAL FORANTIMALARIALDRUGDEVELOPMENT

    Colin M. Stack;Jonathan Lowther;Eithne Cunningham;Sheila Donnelly

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Forlani
Giuseppe Forlani University of Ferrara
Marcin Drag
Marcin Drag Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Henryk Kozlowski
Henryk Kozlowski University of Wrocław
John P. Dalton
John P. Dalton University of Galway
Tadeusz Lis
Tadeusz Lis University of Wrocław
Marek Bryjak
Marek Bryjak Wrocław University of Science and Technology
James C. Whisstock
James C. Whisstock Monash University
Michael Lämmerhofer
Michael Lämmerhofer University of Tübingen
Eric Oldfield
Eric Oldfield University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ashley M. Buckle
Ashley M. Buckle Monash University

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