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Dr Creek uses advanced metabolomics and systems pharmacology approaches to investigate microbial pathogens and facilitate the discovery of new medicines for infectious diseases including malaria and sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis).
Further information can be found at www.creek-lab.com
Biography...
Darren completed his PhD in pharmaceutics at MIPS with Profs Sue and Bill Charman studying the mechanisms of action and clearance for novel antimalarial drugs, and followed this with first-hand experience of tropical disease research, working in a clinical trial for antimalarials in rural Uganda. He has post-doctoral experience in pre-clinical drug discovery at the Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash University, and in parasite biochemistry at the Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology at the University of Glasgow. Darren played a major role in the implementation of the Scottish Metabolomics Facility and developed novel analytical methods for metabolomics, including the widely-used metabolomics software, IDEOM. He was recently elected to the board of directors for the international Metabolomics Society.
Darren's current research in the Drug Delivery Disposition and Dynamics theme at MIPS continues to develop novel metabolomics techniques and apply metabolomics to parasitology and pharmacology. This work has recently provided new insights into protozoan parasite metabolism, in vitro culture medium development and mechanisms of action and resistance for drugs against malaria and trypanosomiasis.
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Research interests
Metabolomics
Systems Pharmacology
Parasitology
- Malaria
- Human African Trypanosomiasis
Infectious Diseases
Drug Discovery
Community service
2008 - Orphan education and community health education in Uganda. Let the Needy Smile: www.lettheneedysmile.com
Clinical activities
Community Pharmacist, Tambassis Pharmacy, Brunswick
Keywords
- Malaria
- Metabolism
- Parasitology
- Pharmaceutics
- Pharmacology
- Systems Pharmacology
- Tropical Medicine
- Metabolomics
- Proteomics
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Projects 2010 2021
Probing antimicrobial drug resistance by multimodal molecular analysis
Wood, B. R., Heraud, P. R., McNaughton, D., Peleg, A. Y., Doerig, C. D., Goodacre, R. & Creek, D. J.
9/05/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Enhancing anti-parasitic drug discovery with metabolomics
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Defining the mechanisms of action for ozonide antimalarials
Creek, D. J., Charman, S. A. & Edgington-Mitchell, L.
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
New treatments for malaria targeting both the sexual and asexual stages of the causative parasite, Plasmodium falciparum
Baell, J. B., Avery, V., Creek, D. J., Edstein, M. & Ralph, S.
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Research Output 2005 2018
Alterations of Metabolic and Lipid Profiles in Polymyxin-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Han, M-L., Zhu, Y., Creek, D. J., Lin, Y-W., Anderson, D., Shen, H-H., Tsuji, B., Gutu, A. D., Moskowitz, S. M., Velkov, T. & Li, J., 1 Jun 2018, In : Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 62, 6, 14 p., e02656-17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Human plasma proteome association and cytotoxicity of nano-graphene oxide grafted with stealth polyethylene glycol and poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)
Wang, M., Gustafsson, O. J. R., Siddiqui, G., Javed, I., Kelly, H. G., Blin, T., Yin, H., Kent, S. J., Creek, D. J., Kempe, K., Ke, P. C. & Davis, T. P., 21 Jun 2018, In : Nanoscale. 10, 23, p. 10863-10875 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Parasite-mediated degradation of synthetic ozonide antimalarials impacts in vitro antimalarial activity
Giannangelo, C., Stingelin, L., Yang, T., Tilley, L., Charman, S. A. & Creek, D. J., 1 Mar 2018, In : Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 62, 3, 14 p., e01566-17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Repurposing cancer drugs – a new perspective for antimalarial drug discovery?
John von Freyend, S., Adderley, J. D., Jackson, S., Burns, A. L., Ruether, A., Sexton, A., Creek, D., Wood, B., Wilson, D. & Doerig, C., 3 Jul 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Other
Synergistic killing of polymyxin B in combination with the antineoplastic drug mitotane against polymyxin-susceptible and -resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: A metabolomic study
Tran, T. B., Bergen, P. J., Creek, D. J., Velkov, T. & Li, J., 16 Apr 2018, In : Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9, 14 p., 359.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Activities 2013 2013
- 1 Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
Metabolomics Society (External organisation)
Darren Creek (Member)1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2015
Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
Press / Media
A$9.8 million fight against superbugs
Jian Li, William Neil Charman, Jiangning Song, Anthony Wayne Purcell, Paul John Hertzog, Darren John Creek, Roger Leigh Nation, Jurgen Bullita & John Dallas Boyce
24/04/14
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities