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Overview

Simon A. Hawley is primarily affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Their research spans significant areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Medicine. Within these broad fields, their work focuses particularly on Molecular Biology, Surgery, Epidemiology, Cancer Research, and Pharmacology.

The scientist has contributed to several main topics in biomedical research, including:

  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Fungal Biology and Applications

Simon A. Hawley's publication record includes papers appearing in various respected scientific venues. Frequent publication sources for their work include:

  • Biochemical Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cell Research
  • Cell chemical biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Among recent works is the 2023 paper titled BAY-3827 and SBI-0206965: Potent AMPK Inhibitors That Paradoxically Increase Thr172 Phosphorylation published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Other notable publications include:

  • Mitochondria-localized AMPK responds to local energetics and contributes to exercise and energetic stress-induced mitophagy, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Aldolase is a sensor for both low and high glucose, linking to AMPK and mTORC1, 2020, Cell Research
  • Mechanism of Activation of AMPK by Cordycepin, 2020, Cell chemical biology
  • Caspase cleavage and nuclear retention of the energy sensor AMPK-α1 during apoptosis, 2022, Cell Reports

Collaboration has been an element of their work, with frequent coauthors including D. Grahame Hardie, Fiona A. Ross, Fiona M. Russell, Douglas J. Lamont, and Abdelmadjid Atrih.

Best Publications

  • AMPK: a nutrient and energy sensor that maintains energy homeostasis

    D. Grahame Hardie;Fiona A. Ross;Simon A. Hawley

  • Complexes between the LKB1 tumor suppressor, STRADα/β and MO25α/β are upstream kinases in the AMP-activated protein kinase cascade

    Simon A Hawley;Jérôme Boudeau;Jennifer L Reid;Kirsty J Mustard

  • Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase-β is an alternative upstream kinase for AMP-activated protein kinase

    Simon A. Hawley;David A. Pan;Kirsty J. Mustard;Louise Ross

  • Characterization of the AMP-activated Protein Kinase Kinase from Rat Liver and Identification of Threonine 172 as the Major Site at Which It Phosphorylates AMP-activated Protein Kinase

    Simon A. Hawley;Matthew Davison;Angela Woods;Stephen P. Davies

  • LKB1 is a master kinase that activates 13 kinases of the AMPK subfamily, including MARK/PAR-1

    Jose M Lizcano;Olga Göransson;Rachel Toth;Maria Deak

  • 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside. A specific method for activating AMP-activated protein kinase in intact cells?

    J M Corton;J G Gillespie;S A Hawley;D G Hardie

  • 5‐Aminoimidazole‐4‐Carboxamide Ribonucleoside

    Julia M. Corton;John G. Gillespie;Simon A. Hawley;D. Grahame Hardie

  • AMP-activated protein kinase--development of the energy sensor concept.

    D. Grahame Hardie;Simon A. Hawley;John W. Scott

  • AMP-activated protein kinase: the energy charge hypothesis revisited.

    D. Grahame Hardie;Simon A. Hawley

  • The Antidiabetic Drug Metformin Activates the AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade via an Adenine Nucleotide-Independent Mechanism

    Simon A. Hawley;Anne E. Gadalla;Grith Skytte Olsen;D. Grahame Hardie

  • CBS domains form energy-sensing modules whose binding of adenosine ligands is disrupted by disease mutations

    John W. Scott;Simon A. Hawley;Kevin A. Green;Miliea Anis

  • Use of Cells Expressing γ Subunit Variants to Identify Diverse Mechanisms of AMPK Activation

    Simon A. Hawley;Fiona A. Ross;Cyrille Chevtzoff;Kevin A. Green

  • The ancient drug salicylate directly activates AMP-activated protein kinase

    Simon A. Hawley;Morgan D. Fullerton;Fiona A. Ross;Jonathan D. Schertzer

  • Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate and aldolase mediate glucose sensing by AMPK

    Chen-Song Zhang;Simon A. Hawley;Yue Zong;Mengqi Li

  • 5′-AMP Activates the AMP-activated Protein Kinase Cascade, and Ca2+/Calmodulin Activates the Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase I Cascade, via Three Independent Mechanisms

    S A Hawley;M A Selbert;E G Goldstein;A M Edelman

  • AMP Is a True Physiological Regulator of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase by Both Allosteric Activation and Enhancing Net Phosphorylation

    Graeme J. Gowans;Simon A. Hawley;Fiona A. Ross;D. Grahame Hardie

  • Aging-Associated Reductions in AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Activity and Mitochondrial Biogenesis

    Richard M. Reznick;Haihong Zong;Ji Li;Katsutaro Morino

  • Cannabinoids and Ghrelin Have Both Central and Peripheral Metabolic and Cardiac Effects via AMP-activated Protein Kinase

    Blerina Kola;Erika Hubina;Sonia A. Tucci;Tim C. Kirkham

  • AMP-activated protein kinase: greater AMP dependence, and preferential nuclear localization, of complexes containing the alpha2 isoform.

    I Salt;J W Celler;S A Hawley;A Prescott

  • Mechanism of action of A-769662, a valuable tool for activation of AMP-activated protein kinase

    Olga Göransson;Andrew McBride;Simon A. Hawley;Fiona A. Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

D. Grahame Hardie
D. Grahame Hardie University of Dundee
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
David Carling
David Carling Imperial College London
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Joachim Jankowski
Joachim Jankowski RWTH Aachen University
Marc Foretz
Marc Foretz Université Paris Cité
Calum Sutherland
Calum Sutherland University of Dundee
Alex S. F. Doney
Alex S. F. Doney University of Dundee
Kei Sakamoto
Kei Sakamoto University of Copenhagen

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