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Overview

Richard J. Ward is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has an extensive record of research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several interconnected subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Plant Science, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research interests concentrate on topics including Biofuel production and bioconversion, Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, Enzyme Production and Characterization, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology.

Frequent collaborators of Richard J. Ward have included José Carlos Santos Salgado, Graeme Milligan, Su An, Tian-Rui Xu, and Marcos Silveira Buckeridge, reflecting a collaborative approach across various projects and disciplines.

Publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple articles include the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Food Chemistry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Carbohydrate Polymers. These venues indicate a solid presence in journals focused on biochemistry, biotechnology, and molecular biology.

Recent published papers provide insight into the specific areas of Richard J. Ward's research:

  • Chemokine receptor CXCR4 oligomerization is disrupted selectively by the antagonist ligand IT1t, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Eukaryotic translation initiation factors as promising targets in cancer therapy, 2020, Cell Communication and Signaling
  • Dictamnine, a novel c-Met inhibitor, suppresses the proliferation of lung cancer cells by downregulating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR and MAPK signaling pathways, 2021, Biochemical Pharmacology
  • A Highly Glucose Tolerant ß-Glucosidase from Malbranchea pulchella (MpBg3) Enables Cellulose Saccharification, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • A Halotolerant Endo-1,4-β-Xylanase from Aspergillus clavatus with Potential Application for Agroindustrial Residues Saccharification, 2020, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • Adverse Respiratory Events in Anesthesia: A Closed Claims Analysis

    Robert A. Caplan;Karen L. Posner;Richard J. Ward;Frederick W. Cheney

  • Unexpected cardiac arrest during spinal anesthesia: a closed claims analysis of predisposing factors.

    Robert A. Caplan;Richard J. Ward;Karen Posner;Frederick W. Cheney

  • Phospholipase A2--a structural review.

    R.K Arni;R.J Ward

  • Esophageal intubation: a review of detection techniques.

    Patrick K. Birmingham;Frederick W. Cheney;Richard J. Ward

  • Nerve injury associated with anesthesia.

    Donald A. Kroll;Robert A. Caplan;Karen Posner;Richard J. Ward

  • Characterization of VPS34-IN1, a selective inhibitor of Vps34, reveals that the phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate-binding SGK3 protein kinase is a downstream target of class III phosphoinositide 3-kinase.

    Ruzica Bago;Nazma Malik;Michael J. Munson;Alan R. Prescott

  • MtsslWizard: In Silico Spin-Labeling and Generation of Distance Distributions in PyMOL

    Gregor Hagelueken;Richard Ward;James H. Naismith;Olav Schiemann

  • EPR distance measurements in deuterated proteins

    Richard Ward;Andrew Bowman;Erman Sozudogru;Hassane El-Mkami

  • Orexin receptors: multi-functional therapeutic targets for sleeping disorders, eating disorders, drug addiction, cancers and other physiological disorders.

    Tian-Rui Xu;Yang Yang;Richard Ward;Linghuan Gao

  • Stearoyl-CoA desaturase mRNA is transcribed from a single gene in the ovine genome

    Richard J Ward;Maureen T Travers;Sion E Richards;Richard G Vernon

  • Structural basis for glucose tolerance in GH1 β-glucosidases

    Priscila Oliveira de Giuseppe;Tatiana de Arruda Campos Brasil Souza;Flavio Henrique Moreira Souza;Leticia Maria Zanphorlin

  • GPCR homo-oligomerization

    Graeme Milligan;Richard J Ward;Sara Marsango

  • Glucose tolerant and glucose stimulated β-glucosidases - A review.

    José Carlos Santos Salgado;Luana Parras Meleiro;Sibeli Carli;Richard John Ward

  • STRUCTURE OF A CALCIUM-INDEPENDENT PHOSPHOLIPASE-LIKE MYOTOXIC PROTEIN FROM BOTHROPS ASPER VENOM

    Raghuvir K. Arni;Richard John Ward;José María Gutiérrez;Alexander Tulinsky

  • Probing the (H3-H4)2 histone tetramer structure using pulsed EPR spectroscopy combined with site-directed spin labelling.

    Andrew Bowman;Richard Ward;Hassane El-Mkami;Tom Owen-Hughes

  • Crystallographic and spectroscopic characterization of a molecular hinge: Conformational changes in bothropstoxin I, a dimeric Lys49‐phospholipase A2 homologue

    M.T. da Silva Giotto;R.C. Garratt;G. Oliva;Y.P. Mascarenhas

  • G protein-coupled receptors as promising cancer targets

    Ying Liu;Su An;Richard Ward;Yang Yang

  • Selective orthosteric free fatty acid receptor 2 (FFA2) agonists: identification of the structural and chemical requirements for selective activation of FFA2 versus FFA3

    Johannes Schmidt;Nicola J. Smith;Elisabeth Christiansen;Irina G. Tikhonova

  • Staphylococcus aureus Staphopain A inhibits CXCR2-dependent neutrophil activation and chemotaxis

    Alexander J Laarman;Gerdien Mijnheer;Joe M Mootz;Willemien J M van Rooijen

  • Dissociation of enzymatic and pharmacological properties of piratoxins-I and -III, two myotoxic phospholipases A2 from Bothrops pirajai snake venom.

    Andreimar M Soares;Silvia H Andrião-Escarso;Raquel K Bortoleto;Léa Rodrigues-Simioni

  • Active-site mutagenesis of a Lys49-phospholipase A2: biological and membrane-disrupting activities in the absence of catalysis.

    Richard John Ward;Lucimara Chioato;Arthur Henrique Cavalcante de Oliveira;Roberto Ruller

  • Effects of positional restraint on oxygen saturation and heart rate following exercise.

    Donald T. Reay;John D. Howard;Corinne L. Fligner;Richard J. Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme Milligan
Graeme Milligan University of Glasgow
José R. Giglio
José R. Giglio Universidade de São Paulo
David Norman
David Norman University of California, San Francisco
Olav Schiemann
Olav Schiemann University of Bonn
Tom Owen-Hughes
Tom Owen-Hughes University of Dundee
José María Gutiérrez
José María Gutiérrez University of Costa Rica
Marcos Silveira Buckeridge
Marcos Silveira Buckeridge Universidade de São Paulo
James H. Naismith
James H. Naismith Rosalind Franklin Institute
Evi Kostenis
Evi Kostenis University of Bonn
Trond Ulven
Trond Ulven University of Copenhagen

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