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46
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7348
World Ranking
18961
National Ranking
558

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Peter Upcroft is affiliated with the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia. Their professional focus is primarily connected to this institute, indicating involvement in medical or biomedical research within an institutional setting.

No recent papers have been listed for Peter Upcroft, and there is no available information regarding frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields or subfields of study, or specific research topics. Similarly, there are no recorded awards or honors attributed to this individual in the provided data.

Due to the limited available bibliographic and research metadata, detailed insights into their scientific contributions or areas of expertise cannot be provided at this time.

Best Publications

  • Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis

    Jane M. Carlton;Robert . Hirt;Joana C. Silva;Arthur L. Delcher

  • DRUG TARGETS AND MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE IN THE ANAEROBIC PROTOZOA

    Peter Upcroft;Jacqueline A. Upcroft

  • Drug resistance in the sexually transmitted protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis

    Rebecca L Dunne;Linda A Dunn;Peter Upcroft;Peter J O'Donoghue

  • Involvement of superoxide dismutase and pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase in mechanisms of metronidazole resistance in Entamoeba histolytica.

    Nirma A. Samarawickrema;David M. Brown;Jacqueline A. Upcroft;Nitaya Thammapalerd

  • Characterisation and purification of pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Giardia duodenalis

    Steven M. Townson;Jacqueline A. Upcroft;Peter Upcroft

  • 5-Nitroimidazole Drugs Effective against Metronidazole-Resistant Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia duodenalis

    Jacqueline A. Upcroft;Linda A. Dunn;Janelle M. Wright;Janelle M. Wright;Kamel Benakli

  • Anaerobic bacterial metabolism in the ancient eukaryote Giardia duodenalis.

    D.M. Brown;J.A. Upcroft;M.R. Edwards;P. Upcroft

  • Drug Susceptibility Testing of Anaerobic Protozoa

    Jacqueline A. Upcroft;Peter Upcroft

  • Efficacy of antigiardial drugs

    Janelle M Wright;Linda A Dunn;Peter Upcroft;Jacqueline A Upcroft

  • Efficacy of New 5-Nitroimidazoles against Metronidazole-Susceptible and -Resistant Giardia, Trichomonas, and Entamoeba spp.

    Jacqueline A. Upcroft;Raymond W. Campbell;Kamel Benakli;Peter Upcroft

  • Drug resistance and Giardia

    J.A. Upcroft;P. Upcroft

  • Synthesis, antiprotozoal and antibacterial activity of nitro- and halogeno-substituted benzimidazole derivatives.

    Zygmunt Kazimierczuk;Jacqueline A Upcroft;Peter Upcroft;Agata Górska

  • Pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase and thioredoxin reductase are involved in 5-nitroimidazole activation while flavin metabolism is linked to 5-nitroimidazole resistance in Giardia lamblia

    David Leitsch;Anita G. Burgess;Linda A. Dunn;Kenia G. Krauer

  • Resistance to the nitroheterocyclic drugs.

    S.M. Townson;P.F.L. Boreham;P. Upcroft;J.A. Upcroft

  • A H2O‐Producing NADH Oxidase from the Protozoan Parasite Giardia Duodenalis

    David M. Brown;Jacqueline A. Upcroft;Peter Upcroft

  • Induction of metronidazole and furazolidone resistance in Giardia.

    Steven M. Townson;Helen Laqua;Peter Upcroft;Peter F.L. Boreham

  • My favorite cell: Giardia.

    Jacqui Upcroft;Peter Upcroft

  • Synthesis and Electrochemistry of 2-Ethenyl and 2-Ethanyl Derivatives of 5-Nitroimidazole and Antimicrobial Activity against Giardia lamblia

    Carlos A. Valdez;Jonathan C. Tripp;Yukiko Miyamoto;Jaroslaw Kalisiak

  • Drug resistance in Giardia intestinalis.

    J.A. Upcroft;P. Upcroft;P.F.L. Boreham

  • Albendazole resistance in Giardia is correlated with cytoskeletal changes but not with a mutation at amino acid 200 in beta-tubulin.

    Jacqueline Upcroft;Roger Mitchell;Nanhua Chen;Peter Upcroft

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. O'Donoghue
Peter J. O'Donoghue University of Queensland
Graeme R. Hanson
Graeme R. Hanson University of Queensland
Lars Eckmann
Lars Eckmann University of California, San Diego
Frances D. Gillin
Frances D. Gillin University of California, San Diego
Patricia J. Johnson
Patricia J. Johnson University of California, Los Angeles
Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Manoj T. Duraisingh
Manoj T. Duraisingh Harvard University
Nicholas C. Sangster
Nicholas C. Sangster Charles Sturt University
Kevin S. W. Tan
Kevin S. W. Tan National University of Singapore
Andre G. Buret
Andre G. Buret University of Calgary

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