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Overview

Robert A. Field is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work encompasses a diverse range of topics, including:

  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research

Robert A. Field has contributed research articles to several publication venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • RSC Chemical Biology
  • Carbohydrate Research
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on biochemical and biotechnological advances. Selected publications include:

  • "The SARS-COV-2 Spike Protein Binds Sialic Acids and Enables Rapid Detection in a Lateral Flow Point of Care Diagnostic Device" (2020, ACS Central Science)
  • "Complete biosynthesis of the potent vaccine adjuvant QS-21" (2024, Nature Chemical Biology)
  • "Glycosylated gold nanoparticles in point of care diagnostics: from aggregation to lateral flow" (2022, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • "Recent advances in nanoparticle-based targeting tactics for antibacterial photodynamic therapy" (2022, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences)
  • "Recent advances in enzymatic synthesis of β-glucan and cellulose" (2021, Carbohydrate Research)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Simone Dedola, Sanaz Ahmadipour, Sergey A. Nepogodiev, Gavin J. Miller, and Giulia Pergolizzi.

Best Publications

  • Complex pectin metabolism by gut bacteria reveals novel catalytic functions

    Didier Ndeh;Artur Rogowski;Artur Rogowski;Alan Cartmell;Ana S. Luis

  • Structural Basis of Trimannoside Recognition by Concanavalin A

    James H. Naismith;Robert A. Field

  • The saponins: polar isoprenoids with important and diverse biological activities

    Anne Osbourn;Rebecca J. M. Goss;Robert A. Field

  • Standards for plant synthetic biology: a common syntax for exchange of DNA parts.

    Nicola J. Patron;Nicola J. Patron;Diego Orzaez;Sylvestre Marillonnet;Heribert Warzecha

  • Versatile High Resolution Oligosaccharide Microarrays for Plant Glycobiology and Cell Wall Research

    Henriette Lodberg Pedersen;Jonatan Ulrik Fangel;Barry McCleary;Christian Ruzanski

  • Recent applications of the Cu(I)-catalysed Huisgen azide-alkyne 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction in carbohydrate chemistry.

    Simone Dedola;Simone Dedola;Sergey A. Nepogodiev;Sergey A. Nepogodiev;Robert A. Field;Robert A. Field

  • The SARS-COV-2 Spike Protein Binds Sialic Acids, and Enables Rapid Detection in a Lateral Flow Point of Care Diagnostic Device

    Alexander N. Baker;Sarah Jane Richards;Collette S. Guy;Thomas R. Congdon

  • Silver and Gold Glyconanoparticles for Colorimetric Bioassays

    Claire L. Schofield;Alan H. Haines;Robert A. Field;David A. Russell

  • Application of copper(I)-catalysed azide/alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) ‘click chemistry’ in carbohydrate drug and neoglycopolymer synthesis

    Valquiria Aragão-Leoneti;Vanessa L. Campo;Adriane S. Gomes;Robert A. Field

  • Glyconanoparticles for the colorimetric detection of cholera toxin

    Claire L. Schofield;Robert A. Field;David A. Russell

  • New Small-Molecule Synthetic Antimycobacterials

    Lluis Ballell;Robert A. Field;Ken Duncan;Robert J. Young

  • Iodine: A versatile reagent in carbohydrate chemistry IV. Per-O-Acetylation, regioselective acylation and acetolysis

    K.P.Ravindranathan Kartha;Robert A. Field

  • Discrimination of epimeric glycans and glycopeptides using IM-MS and its potential for carbohydrate sequencing

    P. Both;A. P. Green;C. J. Gray;R. Sardzik

  • Emerging glycomics technologies.

    Jeremy E Turnbull;Robert A Field

  • A survey of chemical methods for sugar-nucleotide synthesis

    Gerd K. Wagner;Thomas Pesnot;Robert A. Field

  • The GPI biosynthetic pathway as a therapeutic target for African sleeping sickness

    Michael A.J. Ferguson;John S. Brimacombe;Jillian R. Brown;Arthur Crossman

  • 'Click chemistry' synthesis of a library of 1,2,3-triazole-substituted galactose derivatives and their evaluation against Trypanosoma cruzi and its cell surface trans-sialidase.

    Ivone Carvalho;Peterson Andrade;Vanessa L. Campo;Paulo M.M. Guedes

  • Streamlined synthesis of per-O-acetylated sugars, glycosyl iodides, or thioglycosides from unprotected reducing sugars.

    Balaram Mukhopadhyay;K P Ravindranathan Kartha;David A Russell;Robert A Field

  • Microfiltration of algae (Chlorella sorokiniana): Critical flux, fouling and transmission

    Filicia Wicaksana;Anthony Gordon Fane;Pharima Pongpairoj;Robert Field

  • New thiopyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives as anti-mycobacterial agents.

    Lluis Ballell;Robert A. Field;Gavin A.C. Chung;Robert J. Young

  • The SARS-COV-2 Spike Protein Binds Sialic Acids, and Enables Rapid Detection in a Lateral Flow Point of Care Diagnostic Device

    Alexander N. Baker;Sarah-Jane Richards;Collette S. Guy;ThomasR. Congdon

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Russell
David A. Russell University of East Anglia
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
James H. Naismith
James H. Naismith Rosalind Franklin Institute
Michael A. J. Ferguson
Michael A. J. Ferguson University of Dundee
Christopher J. Schofield
Christopher J. Schofield University of Oxford
David L. Hughes
David L. Hughes University of East Anglia
Jack E. Baldwin
Jack E. Baldwin University of Oxford
Sergio Schenkman
Sergio Schenkman Federal University of Sao Paulo
Zhanfeng Cui
Zhanfeng Cui University of Oxford
Alison M. Smith
Alison M. Smith John Innes Centre

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