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2025

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Chemistry

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85
Citations
23921
World Ranking
2695
National Ranking
57

Biology and Biochemistry

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86
Citations
24785
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Raymond J. Andersen is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research output spans several fields, with notable contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Materials Science, and Medicine. Andersen's primary subfields of study include Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a wide range of topics. These include Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities, and Marine Sponges and Natural Products.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Andersen include:

  • Combination therapy with androgen receptor N-terminal domain antagonist EPI-7170 and enzalutamide yields synergistic activity in AR-V7-positive prostate cancer, 2020, Molecular Oncology
  • Ralaniten Sensitizes Enzalutamide-Resistant Prostate Cancer to Ionizing Radiation in Prostate Cancer Cells that Express Androgen Receptor Splice Variants, 2020, Cancers
  • Interleukin-10 and Small Molecule SHIP1 Allosteric Regulators Trigger Anti-inflammatory Effects through SHIP1/STAT3 Complexes, 2020, iScience
  • Phospholipid flippases and Sfk1 are essential for the retention of ergosterol in the plasma membrane, 2021, Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Free Piperazic Acid as a Precursor to Nonribosomal Peptides, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andersen include:

  • Brian O. Patrick
  • Surat Laphookhieo
  • Virayu Suthiphasilp
  • David E. Williams
  • Tharakorn Maneerat

Andersen's publications have often appeared in well-known venues, including The Cambridge Structural Database with 27 publications, Organic Letters and Phytochemistry with 5 publications each, Journal of Natural Products with 5 publications, and ACS Omega with 4 publications.

The scientist has received recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, awarded in 2000 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Regression of Castrate-Recurrent Prostate Cancer by a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of the Amino-Terminus Domain of the Androgen Receptor

    Raymond J. Andersen;Nasrin R. Mawji;Jun Wang;Gang Wang

  • Exploring the mode-of-action of bioactive compounds by chemical-genetic profiling in yeast.

    Ainslie B. Parsons;Andres Lopez;Inmar E. Givoni;David E. Williams

  • Metabolites of the marine prosobranch mollusk Lamellaria sp

    Raymond J. Andersen;D. John Faulkner;Cun Heng He;Gregory D. Van Duyne

  • Novel natural products from soil DNA libraries in a streptomycete host.

    Gui-Yang-Sheng Wang;Edmund Graziani;Barbara Waters;Wubin Pan

  • An androgen receptor N-terminal domain antagonist for treating prostate cancer

    Jae Kyung Myung;Carmen A. Banuelos;Javier Garcia Fernandez;Nasrin R. Mawji

  • A molecular barcoded yeast ORF library enables mode-of-action analysis of bioactive compounds.

    Cheuk Hei Ho;Leslie Magtanong;Sarah L Barker;David Gresham

  • PAPUAMIDES A-D, HIV-INHIBITORY AND CYTOTOXIC DEPSIPEPTIDES FROM THE SPONGES THEONELLA MIRABILIS AND THEONELLA SWINHOEI COLLECTED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

    R.W.M. van Soest;P.W. Ford;K.R. Gustafson;T.C. Mc Kee

  • Motuporin, A Potent Protein Phosphatase Inhibitor Isolated from the Papua New Guinea Sponge Theonella swinhoei Gray

    E.Dilip de Silva;David E. Williams;Raymond J. Andersen;Heide Klix

  • Effects of nutrient limitation on toxin production and composition in the marine dinoflagellate Protogonyaulax tamarensis

    G. L. Boyer;J. J. Sullivan;R. J. Andersen;P. J. Harrison

  • Variation in paralytic shellfish toxin composition within the Protogonyaulax tamaronsis/catenella species complex; red tide dinoflagellates

    Allan D. Cembella;John J. Sullivan;Gregory L. Boyer;F.J.R. Taylor

  • Chemical and biological evidence links microcystins to salmon ‘netpen liver disease’

    Raymond J. Andersen;Hue A. Luu;Dawn Z.X. Chen;Charles F.B. Holmes

  • The Search for Novel Human Pancreatic α‐Amylase Inhibitors: High‐Throughput Screening of Terrestrial and Marine Natural Product Extracts

    Chris A. Tarling;Kate Woods;Ran Zhang;Harry C. Brastianos

  • Autotoxic antibiotic production by a marine Chromobacterium

    R. J. Andersen;M. S. Wolfe;D. J. Faulkner

  • Small-molecule agonists of SHIP1 inhibit the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway in hematopoietic cells.

    Christopher J. Ong;Andrew Ming-Lum;Matt Nodwell;Ali Ghanipour

  • Massetolides A-H, antimycobacterial cyclic depsipeptides produced by two pseudomonads isolated from marine habitats.

    Jeff Gerard;Richard Lloyd;Todd Barsby;Paul Haden

  • Molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction of motuporin and microcystins with type-1 and type-2A protein phosphatases

    M. Craig;Hue Anh Luu;T. L. Mccready;D. Williams

  • Cytotoxic peptides hemiasterlin, hemiasterlin A and hemiasterlin B induce mitotic arrest and abnormal spindle formation

    Hilary J. Anderson;John E. Coleman;Raymond J. Andersen;M. Roberge

  • Bioaccumulation and clearance of microcystins from salt water mussels, mytilus edulis, and in vivo evidence for covalently bound microcystins in mussel tissues

    David E. Williams;Sheila C. Dawe;Michael L. Kent;Raymond J. Andersen

  • Antibiotic Metabolites from a Marine Pseudomonad

    Stephen J. Wratten;Margaret S. Wolfe;Raymond J. Andersen;D. John Faulkner

  • Yeast genome-wide drug-induced haploinsufficiency screen to determine drug mode of action

    Kristin Baetz;Lianne McHardy;Ken Gable;Tamsin Tarling

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian O. Patrick
Brian O. Patrick University of British Columbia
David E. Williams
David E. Williams University of Auckland
Theresa M. Allen
Theresa M. Allen University of Alberta
Jon Clardy
Jon Clardy Harvard University
Stephen G. Pyne
Stephen G. Pyne University of Wollongong
Charles F. B. Holmes
Charles F. B. Holmes University of Alberta
Paul J. Harrison
Paul J. Harrison University of Oxford
Julia Kubanek
Julia Kubanek Georgia Institute of Technology
Stephen G. Withers
Stephen G. Withers University of British Columbia
Julian Davies
Julian Davies University of British Columbia

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