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Robert J. Capon is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses significant subfields including Pharmacology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work focuses on several main topics including:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Robert J. Capon has published frequently in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Journal of Natural Products (17 publications)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database (12 publications)
  • Marine Drugs (11 publications)
  • Vaccines (6 publications)
  • Organic Letters (5 publications)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Robert J. Capon are:

  • Zeinab G. Khalil (67 coauthored works)
  • Angela A. Salim (41 coauthored works)
  • Waleed M. Hussein (29 coauthored works)
  • István Tóth (24 coauthored works)
  • Paul V. Bernhardt (19 coauthored works)

Some of the recent papers by Robert J. Capon include:

  • "Antibiotics in the clinical pipeline as of December 2022," 2023, The Journal of Antibiotics
  • "Poly(amino acids) as a potent self-adjuvanting delivery system for peptide-based nanovaccines," 2020, Science Advances
  • "A Review of Antibacterial Candidates with New Modes of Action," 2024, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • "Secreted NF-κB suppressive microbial metabolites modulate gut inflammation," 2022, Cell Reports
  • "Poly(hydrophobic amino acid)-Based Self-Adjuvanting Nanoparticles for Group A Streptococcus Vaccine Delivery," 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Dragmacidins: new protein phosphatase inhibitors from a southern australian deep-water marine sponge, spongosorites sp

    Robert J. Capon;Francis Rooney;Leanne M. Murray;Elizabeth Collins

  • Ontogenetic Variation in the Chemical Defenses of Cane Toads (Bufo marinus): Toxin Profiles and Effects on Predators

    R. Andrew Hayes;Michael R. Crossland;Mattias Hagman;Robert J. Capon

  • Cottoquinazoline A and Cotteslosins A and B, metabolites from an australian marine-derived strain of aspergillus versicolor

    Leith J. Fremlin;Andrew M. Piggott;Ernest Lacey;Robert. J. Capon

  • Citromycetins and bilains A-C: new aromatic polyketides and diketopiperazines from Australian marine-derived and terrestrial Penicillium spp.

    Robert J. Capon;Michael Stewart;Ranjala Ratnayake;Ernest Lacey

  • LAMELLARINS Q AND R : NEW AROMATIC METABOLITES FROM AN AUSTRALIAN MARINE SPONGE, DENDRILLA CACTOS

    S. Urban;L. Hobbs;J. N. A. Hooper;R. J. Capon

  • Antimicrobial metabolites from a Pacific sponge, Agelas sp

    Robert J. Capon;D. John Faulkner

  • Abyssomicins from the South China Sea deep-sea sediment Verrucosispora sp.: natural thioether Michael addition adducts as antitubercular prodrugs.

    Qian Wang;Fuhang Song;Xue Xiao;Pei Huang

  • Brevianamides with Antitubercular Potential from a Marine-Derived Isolate of Aspergillus versicolor

    Fuhang Song;Xinru Liu;Hui Guo;Biao Ren

  • Nocardioazines: A Novel Bridged Diketopiperazine Scaffold from a Marine-Derived Bacterium Inhibits P-Glycoprotein

    Ritesh Raju;Andrew M. Piggott;Xiao Cong Huang;Robert J. Capon

  • Discorhabdin R: a new antibacterial pyrroloiminoquinone from two latrunculiid marine sponges, Latrunculia sp. and Negombata sp.

    Joanne Ford;Robert J. Capon

  • Staurosporines disrupt phosphatidylserine trafficking and mislocalize Ras proteins.

    Kwang Jin Cho;Jin Hee Park;Andrew M. Piggott;Angela A. Salim

  • Lamellarins O and P: New Aromatic Metabolites From the Australian Marine SpongeDendrilla cactos

    S Urban;Butler;RJ Capon

  • Citrinin revisited: from monomers to dimers and beyond

    Benjamin R. Clark;Robert J. Capon;Ernest Lacey;Shaun Tennant

  • The Value of Universally Available Raw NMR Data for Transparency, Reproducibility, and Integrity in Natural Product Research

    James B. McAlpine;Shao Nong Chen;Andrei Kutateladze;John B. Macmillan

  • Exploitation of an Ant Chemical Alarm Signal by the Zodariid Spider Habronestes bradleyi Walckenaer

    Rachel A. Allan;Mark A. Elgar;Robert J. Capon

  • Kibdelones: Novel anticancer polyketides from a rare Australian actinomycete

    Ranjala Ratnayake;Ernest Lacey;Shaun Tennant;Jennifer H. Gill

  • Extracting value: mechanistic insights into the formation of natural product artifacts - case studies in marine natural products

    Robert J. Capon

  • The trikentrins: novel indoles from the sponge Trikentrion flabelliforme

    Robert J. Capon;John K. Macleod;Peter J. Scammells

  • LAMELLARIN-S : A NEW AROMATIC METABOLITE FROM AN AUSTRALIAN TUNICATE, DIDEMNUM SP.

    Sylvia Urban;R.J. Capon

  • Poly(amino acids) as a potent self-adjuvanting delivery system for peptide-based nanovaccines

    Mariusz Skwarczynski;Guangzu Zhao;Jennifer C. Boer;Victoria Ozberk

  • The Lobatamides, Novel Cytotoxic Macrolides from Southwestern Pacific Tunicates†

    Tawnya C. McKee;Deborah L. Galinis;Lewis K. Pannell;John H. Cardellina

  • Fossil steranes with unprecedented methylation in ring-A

    Roger E. Summons;Robert J. Capon

Frequent Co-Authors

Istvan Toth
Istvan Toth University of Queensland
Paul V. Bernhardt
Paul V. Bernhardt University of Queensland
John N. A. Hooper
John N. A. Hooper Griffith University
Emilio L. Ghisalberti
Emilio L. Ghisalberti University of Western Australia
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
John F. Hancock
John F. Hancock The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Joseph W. Lynch
Joseph W. Lynch University of Queensland
Kirill Alexandrov
Kirill Alexandrov Queensland University of Technology
Lixin Zhang
Lixin Zhang East China University of Science and Technology

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