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Stephen G. Davies is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily focused on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Chemistry. Davies's work also delves into specialized subfields such as Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Hematology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed to various research topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality

Davies has documented a number of recent papers published in peer-reviewed journals. These include:

  • "2-Arylbenzo[d]oxazole Phosphinate Esters as Second-Generation Modulators of Utrophin for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy," 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "RETRACTED: Evaluating the efficacy and safety of a novel prophylactic nasal spray in the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A multi-centre, double blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial," 2022, Journal of Clinical Virology
  • "Discovery and mechanism of action studies of 4,6-diphenylpyrimidine-2-carbohydrazides as utrophin modulators for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy," 2021, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Decreasing HepG2 Cytotoxicity by Lowering the Lipophilicity of Benzo[d]oxazolephosphinate Ester Utrophin Modulators," 2020, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
  • "A tubulin binding molecule drives differentiation of acute myeloid leukemia cells," 2022, iScience

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Angela J. Russell, Ai M. Fletcher, Paul M. Roberts, James E. Thomson, and Graham M. Wynne. These collaborations are notable for repeated joint publications.

Publication venues where Davies has multiple works include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Journal of Clinical Virology
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Nucleophilic addition to organotransition metal cations containing unsaturated hydrocarbon ligands : A survey and interpretation

    Stephen G. Davies;Malcolm L.H. Green;D.Michael P. Mingos

  • Carbon nanotube-ionic liquid composite sensors and biosensors.

    Roohollah Torabi Kachoosangi;Mustafa M. Musameh;Imad Abu-Yousef;Jumana M. Yousef

  • The conjugate addition of enantiomerically pure lithium amides as homochiral ammonia equivalents: scope, limitations and synthetic applications

    Stephen G. Davies;Andrew D. Smith;Paul. D. Price

  • Beyond the Balz-Schiemann reaction: the utility of tetrafluoroborates and boron trifluoride as nucleophilic fluoride sources.

    Alexander J. Cresswell;Stephen G. Davies;Paul M. Roberts;James E. Thomson

  • Asymmetric synthesis of R-β-amino butanoic acid and S-β-tyrosine: Homochiral lithium amide equivalents for Michael additions to α,β-unsaturated esters.

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  • Chemistry of the Cyciopentadienyl Bisphosphine Ruthenium Auxiliary

    Stephen G. Davies;John P. McNally;Andrew J. Smallridge

  • Redox processes in microdroplets studied by voltammetry, microscopy and ESR spectroscopy: oxidation ofN,N,N′,N′-tetrahexylphenylene diamine deposited on solid electrode surfaces and immersed in aqueous electrolyte solution

    Frank Marken;Richard D. Webster;Steven D. Bull;Stephen G. Davies

  • A comparative electrochemical study of diffusion in room temperature ionic liquid solvents versus acetonitrile.

    Russell G. Evans;Oleksiy V. Klymenko;Paul D. Price;Stephen G. Davies

  • Hedgehog and Bmp Polarize Hematopoietic Stem Cell Emergence in the Zebrafish Dorsal Aorta

    Robert N. Wilkinson;Claire Pouget;Martin Gering;Angela J. Russell

  • The synthesis of sub-micron magnetic particles and their use for preparative purification of proteins.

    Hwee Peng Khng;David Cunliffe;Stephen Davies;Nigel A. Turner

  • The conjugate addition of enantiomerically pure lithium amides as chiral ammonia equivalents part II: 2005−2011

    Stephen G. Davies;Ai M. Fletcher;Paul M. Roberts;James E. Thomson

  • 4-Substituted-5,5-dimethyl oxazolidin-2-ones as effective chiral auxiliaries for enolate alkylations and Michael additions

    Stephen G. Davies;Hitesh J. Sanganee

  • Asymmetric synthesis of anti-α-alkyl-β-amino acids

    Stephen G. Davies;Iain A. S. Walters

  • Origins of the high stereoselectivity in the conjugate addition of lithium(α-methylbenzyl)benzylamide to t-butyl cinnamate

    James F. Costello;Stephen G. Davies;Osamu Ichihara

  • Chemical asymmetric synthesis

    John M. Brown;Stephen G. Davies

  • Asymmetric synthesis of N,O,O,O-tetra-acetyl d-lyxo-phytosphingosine, jaspine B (pachastrissamine), 2-epi-jaspine B, and deoxoprosophylline via lithium amide conjugate addition.

    E Abraham;E A Brock;J I Candela-Lena;S G Davies

  • Highly enantioselective organocatalysis of the Hajos–Parrish–Eder–Sauer–Wiechert reaction by the β-amino acid cispentacin

    Stephen G. Davies;Ruth L. Sheppard;Andrew D. Smith;James E. Thomson

  • Asymmetric synthesis of vicinal amino alcohols: xestoaminol C, sphinganine and sphingosine.

    Elin Abraham;Stephen G. Davies;Nicholas L. Millican;Rebecca L. Nicholson

  • Asymmetric alkylations using SuperQuat auxiliaries—an investigation into the synthesis and stability of enolates derived from 5,5-disubstituted oxazolidin-2-ones

    Steven D. Bull;Stephen G. Davies;Simon Jones;Hitesh J. Sanganee

  • Asymmetric synthesis of Sedum alkaloids via lithium amide conjugate addition

    Stephen G. Davies;Ai M. Fletcher;Paul M. Roberts;Andrew D. Smith

  • An approach to identifying novel substrates of bacterial arylamine N-acetyltransferases

    Edward W Brooke;Stephen G Davies;Andrew W Mulvaney;Frédérique Pompeo

  • NADH mimics for the stereoselective reduction of benzoylformates to the corresponding mandelates.

    Vicky A. Burgess;Stephen G. Davies;Renato T. Skerlj

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Smith
Andrew D. Smith University of St Andrews
Steven D. Bull
Steven D. Bull University of Bath
Richard G. Compton
Richard G. Compton University of Oxford
Frank Marken
Frank Marken University of Bath
Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney
Edith Sim
Edith Sim University of Oxford
Kay E. Davies
Kay E. Davies University of Oxford
Simon Jones
Simon Jones Microsoft (United States)
Timothy D. W. Claridge
Timothy D. W. Claridge University of Oxford
Amber L. Thompson
Amber L. Thompson University of Oxford

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