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Richard B. Sessions is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. The scientist's work focuses on several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cell Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Genetics.

Their investigations cover a range of topics, including:

  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard B. Sessions includes:

  • "Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection," 2020, published in Science
  • "Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection," 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Molecular Simulations suggest Vitamins, Retinoids and Steroids as Ligands of the Free Fatty Acid Pocket of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein," 2021, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 M pro peptide inhibitors from modelling substrate and ligand binding," 2021, published in Chemical Science
  • "A potential interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors," 2021, published in Biophysical Journal

Frequent publication venues for Sessions include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Biophysical Journal

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Deborah K. Shoemark
  • Adrian J. Mulholland
  • Andrew J. Wilson
  • Andrew D. Davidson
  • Christine Toelzer

Best Publications

  • Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

    James L. Daly;Boris Simonetti;Katja Klein;Kai En Chen

  • Self-Assembling Cages from Coiled-Coil Peptide Modules

    Jordan M. Fletcher;Robert L. Harniman;Frederick R. H. Barnes;Aimee L. Boyle

  • Structural basis for altered activity of M- and H-isozyme forms of human lactate dehydrogenase

    J A Read;V J Winter;C M Eszes;Richard B Sessions

  • Anion receptor molecules. Synthesis and anion-binding properties of polyammonium macrocycles

    B Dietrich;M W Hosseini;J M Lehn;Richard B Sessions

  • Retriever is a multiprotein complex for retromer-independent endosomal cargo recycling

    Kerrie E. McNally;Rebecca Faulkner;Florian Steinberg;Matthew Gallon

  • Computational design of water-soluble α-helical barrels

    Andrew R. Thomson;Christopher W. Wood;Antony J. Burton;Gail J. Bartlett

  • Interaction between prion protein and toxic amyloid β assemblies can be therapeutically targeted at multiple sites

    Darragh B. Freir;Andrew J. Nicoll;Igor Klyubin;Silvia Panico

  • Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection

    James L. Daly;Boris Simonetti;Carlos Antón-Plágaro;Maia Kavanagh Williamson

  • Determinants of strand register in antiparallel beta-sheets of proteins

    EG Hutchinson;RB Sessions;JM Thornton;DN Woolfson

  • A de novo peptide hexamer with a mutable channel

    Nathan R Zaccai;Bertie Chi;Andrew R Thomson;Aimee L Boyle

  • Molecular basis for SNX-BAR-mediated assembly of distinct endosomal sorting tubules

    Jan R T van Weering;Richard B Sessions;Colin J Traer;Daniel P Kloer

  • A unique PDZ domain and arrestin-like fold interaction reveals mechanistic details of endocytic recycling by SNX27-retromer

    Matthew Gallon;Thomas Clairfeuille;Florian Steinberg;Caroline Mas

  • Interaction of the Antimicrobial Peptide Polymyxin B1 with Both Membranes of E. coli: A Molecular Dynamics Study

    Nils A. Berglund;Thomas J. Piggot;Damien Jefferies;Richard B. Sessions

  • Identification and Activity of a Series of Azole-based Compounds with Lactate Dehydrogenase-directed Anti-malarial Activity.

    Angus Cameron;Jon A. Read;Rebecca Tranter;Victoria J. Winter

  • Tyrphostin A23 Inhibits Internalization of the Transferrin Receptor by Perturbing the Interaction between Tyrosine Motifs and the Medium Chain Subunit of the AP-2 Adaptor Complex

    David N. Banbury;Jacqueline D. Oakley;Richard B. Sessions;George Banting

  • On the Calculation of Acyl Chain Order Parameters from Lipid Simulations

    Thomas J Piggot;Jane Rosemary Allison;Richard B. Sessions;Jonathan W. Essex

  • Crystal structure of Streptococcus pyogenes sortase A: Implications for sortase mechanism

    Paul R. Race;Matthew L. Bentley;Jeff A. Melvin;Allister Crow

  • SYNTHESIS AND PROTONATION FEATURES OF 24-, 27- AND 32-MEMBERED MACROCYCLIC POLYAMINES

    B. Dietrich;M. W. Hosseini;J.-M. Lehn;R. B. Sessions

  • Antibiotic recognition by binuclear metallo-beta-lactamases revealed by X-ray crystallography.

    Jim Spencer;J Read;Richard B Sessions;S Howell

  • Intercellular adhesion molecule-4 binds alpha(4)beta(1) and alpha(V)-family integrins through novel integrin-binding mechanisms.

    Frances A. Spring;Stephen F. Parsons;Susan Ortlepp;Martin L. Olsson

  • The role of charged residues in the transmembrane helices of monocarboxylate transporter 1 and its ancillary protein basigin in determining plasma membrane expression and catalytic activity

    Christine Manoharan;Marieangela C Wilson;Richard B Sessions;Andrew P Halestrap

Frequent Co-Authors

J. John Holbrook
J. John Holbrook University of Bristol
Anthony R. Clarke
Anthony R. Clarke University of Bristol
Derek N. Woolfson
Derek N. Woolfson University of Bristol
Christopher E. Dempsey
Christopher E. Dempsey University of Bristol
Matthew P. Crump
Matthew P. Crump University of Bristol
Adrian J. Mulholland
Adrian J. Mulholland University of Bristol
Simon L. Croft
Simon L. Croft London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn University of Strasbourg
Peter J. Cullen
Peter J. Cullen University of Bristol
Mir Wais Hosseini
Mir Wais Hosseini University of Strasbourg

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