Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Medicinal Chemistry Theme Leader, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research interests
- Allosteric modulators and bitopic ligands acting at G protein-coupled receptors
- The design and synthesis of cancer therapeutics based on Noscapine
- New methodology for the preparation of semi-synthetic opioid pharmaceuticals
- The development of M1 and M17 aminopeptidase inhibitors as antimalarial agents
- Applications of ionic liquids in pharmaceutical synthesis and drug delivery
Monash teaching commitment
Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science:
- PSC2021 Structural Organic Chemistry I (Unit Coordinator)
- PSC3121 Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry (Lecturer)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Griffith University
Award Date: 2 Apr 1991
B.Sc. (Hons), Griffith University
Award Date: 2 Apr 1986
External positions
Adjunct Professor, Deakin University
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Projects
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Multidisciplinary catalyst to discover and progress novel antimalarial drugs
Charman, S., Creek, D., de Koning-Ward, T. F., Gilson, P., McGowan, S. & Scammells, P.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Chemical-Biology Approaches to Pathway Selective Adenosine Receptor Ligands
Scammells, P. & Christopoulos, A.
1/07/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Discovering novel allosteric probes of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
Valant, C., Scammells, P. & Christopoulos, A.
3/06/19 → 2/06/22
Project: Research
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New aminobenzimidazole antimalarial agents with a novel mechanism of action
Creek, D., Scammells, P., Ralph, S. A., Norton, R. & Devine, S.
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Melbourne Biomolecular NMR Network
Stone, M., Bottomley, S., Gooley, P., Langford, S., Reynolds, E. C., Scammells, P., Scanlon, M., Separovic, F., Tuck, K., Whisstock, J. & Wilce, J.
Australian Research Council (ARC), University of Melbourne, Monash University
1/01/09 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
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API ionic liquids: Probing the effect of counterion structure on physical form and lipid solubility
Ford, L., Tay, E., Nguyen, T-H., Williams, H. D., Benameur, H., Scammells, P. J. & Porter, C. J. H., 31 Mar 2020, In : RSC Advances. 10, 22, p. 12788-12799 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A Structure−Activity Relationship Study of Novel Hydroxamic Acid Inhibitors around the S1 Subsite of Human Aminopeptidase N
Lee, J., Drinkwater, N., McGowan, S. & Scammells, P., 18 Sep 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : ChemMedChem. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Driving antimalarial design through understanding of target mechanism
Calic, P. P. S., Mansouri, M., Scammells, P. J. & McGowan, S., 30 Oct 2020, In : Biochemical Society Transactions. 48, 5, p. 2067-2078 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Ionic liquid forms of the antimalarial lumefantrine in combination with LFCS type IIIB lipid-based formulations preferentially increase lipid solubility, in vitro solubilization behavior and in vivo exposure
Tay, E., Nguyen, T. H., Ford, L., Williams, H. D., Benameur, H., Scammells, P. J. & Porter, C. J. H., Jan 2020, In : Pharmaceutics. 12, 1, 25 p., 17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus) -
Rapid Elaboration of Fragments into Leads by X-ray Crystallographic Screening of Parallel Chemical Libraries (REFiLX)
Bentley, M. R., Ilyichova, O. V., Wang, G., Williams, M. L., Sharma, G., Alwan, W. S., Whitehouse, R. L., Mohanty, B., Scammells, P. J., Heras, B., Martin, J. L., Totsika, M., Capuano, B., Doak, B. C. & Scanlon, M. J., 9 Jul 2020, In : Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63, 13, p. 6863-6875 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Grant review responsibilities
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Theme Leader
Peter Scammells (Member)
12 Aug 2013Activity: External Academic Engagement › Grant review responsibilities