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Biography
Position
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Medicinal Chemistry
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Monash teaching commitment
Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science teaching:
- Introduction to pharmaceutical sciences
- Analytical methods
- Molecular basis of drug action
- Research project
Bachelor of Pharmacy teaching:
- Basis of drug action I
- Integrated therapeutics: Psychiatry
Biography
Dr Capuano is an experienced synthetic medicinal chemist specialising in the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of: (1) small biomolecules targeting G protein-coupled receptors implicated in schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease, (2) analogues of the opium poppy-derived alkaloid noscapine as novel anticancer agents and (3) allosteric modulators of the central muscarinic receptor as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease, and (4) fragment-based drug discovery towards novel inhibitors of the enzymes DsbA and HIV-integrase as potential antibacterial agents and anti-HIV agents, respectively. The specific expertise include (i) solution and solid phase organic synthesis, (ii) comprehensive chemical purification and characterisation (iii) knowledge of molecular modeling techniques including virtual screening and molecular docking and (iv) training in in vitro/functional & behavioural assays.
Research area keywords
- G protein-coupled receptors
- schizophrenia
- Parkinson's disease
- Dopamine D2 Receptor
- allosteric modulation
- Fragment Based Drug Design
- Serotonin Receptors
- structure-based drug design
- ligand-based drug design
- orthosteric ligands
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Projects
IC18.4 Enabling fragment-based lead discovery for challenging targets
Mackay, J. P., Kassiou, M., Scanlon, M. & Capuano, B.
19/12/19 → 21/07/24
Project: Research
How do BET bromodomain proteins regulate gene expression?
Mackay, J. P., Blobel, G. & Capuano, B.
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Towards the rational design of calcium sensing receptor allosteric modulators for the treatment of osteoporosis and calcium handling disorders
Leach, K., Gregory, K., Conigrave, A., Capuano, B., Kufareva, I., Thakker, R. & Hannan, F.
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Research Output
Negative allosteric modulators of the human calcium-sensing receptor bind to overlapping and distinct sites within the 7-transmembrane domain
Josephs, T. M., Keller, A. N., Khajehali, E., DeBono, A., Langmead, C. J., Conigrave, A. D., Capuano, B., Kufareva, I., Gregory, K. J. & Leach, K., Apr 2020, In : British Journal of Pharmacology. 177, 8, p. 1917-1930 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
6-Phenylpyrimidin-4-ones as Positive Allosteric Modulators at the M1 mAChR: The Determinants of Allosteric Activity
Jorg, M. T., van der Westhuizen, E. T., Khajehali, E., Burger, W. A. C., White, J., Choy, K. H. C., Tobin, A. B., Sexton, P. M., Valant, C., Capuano, B., Christopoulos, A. & Scammells, P. J., 20 Mar 2019, In : ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 10, 3, p. 1099-1114 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
A Novel Class of N-Sulfonyl and N-Sulfamoyl Noscapine Derivatives that Promote Mitotic Arrest in Cancer Cells
Yong, C., Devine, S. M., Gao, X., Yan, A., Callaghan, R., Capuano, B. & Scammells, P. J., 4 Dec 2019, In : ChemMedChem. 14, 23, p. 1968-1981 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A Thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine Scaffold is a Novel Negative Allosteric Modulator of the Dopamine D2 Receptor
Fyfe, T. J., Zarzycka, B., Lim, H. D., Kellam, B., Mistry, S. N., Katrich, V., Scammells, P. J., Lane, J. R. & Capuano, B., 1 Oct 2019, In : Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62, 1, p. 174-206 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Citations
(Scopus)
Molecular Determinants of the Intrinsic Efficacy of the Antipsychotic Aripiprazole
Klein Herenbrink, C., Verma, R., Lim, H. D., Kopinathan, A., Keen, A., Shonberg, J., Draper-Joyce, C. J., Scammells, P. J., Christopoulos, A., Javitch, J. A., Capuano, B., Shi, L. & Lane, J. R., 16 Aug 2019, In : ACS Chemical Biology. 14, 8, p. 1780-1792 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Medicinal Chemistry
Ben Capuano (Member)13 Aug 2013
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries