Mr Ben Cristofori-Armstrong
Higher degree by research (PhD) student
Research Assistant
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62325
Book Chapters
Saez, Natalie J., Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Anangi, Raveendra and King, Glenn F. (2017). A Strategy for production of correctly folded disulfide-rich peptides in the periplasm of E. coli. In Heterologous Gene Expression in E. coli Methods and Protocols (pp. 155-180) New York, NY United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-6887-9_10
Saez, Natalie J., Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Anangi, Raveendra and King, Glenn F. (2017). A Strategy for Production of Correctly Folded Disulfide-Rich Peptides in the Periplasm of E. coli. In Heterologous Gene Expression in E. coli Methods and Protocols (pp. 155-180) New York, NY United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-6887-9_10
Journal Articles
Lee, Jia Yu Peppermint, Saez, Natalie J, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Anangi, Raveendra, King, Glenn F, Smith, Maree T and Rash, Lachlan D (2018) Inhibition of acid-sensing ion channels by diminazene and APETx2 evoke partial and highly variable antihyperalgesia in a rat model of inflammatory pain. British journal of pharmacology, . doi:10.1111/bph.14089
Pineda, Sandy S., Chaumeil, Pierre-Alain, Kunert, Anne, Kaas, Quentin, Thang, Mike W. C., Le, Lien, Nuhn, Michael, Herzig, Volker, Saez, Natalie J., Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Anangi, Raveendra, Senff, Sebastian, Gorse, Dominique and King, Glenn F. (2017) ArachnoServer 3.0: an online resource for automated discovery, analysis and annotation of spider toxins. Bioinformatics, . doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btx661
Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben and Rash, Lachlan D. (2017) Acid-sensing ion channel (ASIC) structure and function: insights from spider, snake and sea anemone venoms. Neuropharmacology, . doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.04.042
Wingerd, Joshua S., Mozar, Christine A., Ussing, Christine A., Murali, Swetha S., Chin, Yanni K. -Y., Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Durek, Thomas, Gilchrist, John, Vaughan, Christopher W., Bosmans, Frank, Adams, David J., Lewis, Richard J., Alewood, Paul F., Mobli, Mehdi, Christie, Macdonald J. and Rash, Lachlan D. (2017) The tarantula toxin β/δ-TRTX-Pre1a highlights the importance of the S1-S2 voltage-sensor region for sodium channel subtype selectivity.. Scientific Reports, 7 1: . doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01129-0
Er, Sing Yan, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Escoubas, Pierre and Rash, Lachlan D. (2017) Discovery and molecular interaction studies of a highly stable, tarantula peptide modulator of acid-sensing ion channel 1. Neuropharmacology, . doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.03.020
Saez, Natalie J., Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Anangi, Raveendra and King, Glenn F. (2017) A Strategy for production of correctly folded disulfide-rich peptides in the periplasm of E. coli. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1586 155-180. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-6887-9_10
Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Soh, Ming S., Talwar, Sahil, Brown, Darren L., Griffin, John D. O., Dekan, Zoltan, Stow, Jennifer L., King, Glenn F., Lynch, Joseph W. and Rash, Lachlan D. (2015) Xenopus borealis as an alternative source of oocytes for biophysical and pharmacological studies of neuronal ion channels. Scientific Reports, 5 14763.1-14763.12. doi:10.1038/srep14763
Saez, Natalie J., Deplazes, Evelyne, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Chassagnon, Irene R., Lin, Xiaozhen, Mobli, Mehdi, Mark, Alan E., Rash, Lachlan D. and King, Glenn F. (2015) Molecular dynamics and functional studies define a hot spot of crystal contacts essential for PcTx1 inhibition of acid-sensing ion channel 1a. British Journal of Pharmacology, 172 20: 4985-4995. doi:10.1111/bph.13267
Chow, Chun Yuen, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Undheim, Eivind A. B., King, Glenn F. and Rash, Lachlan D. (2015) Three peptide modulators of the human voltage-gated sodium channel 1.7, an important analgesic target, from venom of an Australian tarantula. Toxins, 7 7: 2494-2513. doi:10.3390/toxins7072494
Simons Cas, Rash, Lachlan D., Crawford, Joanna, Ma, Linlin, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Miller, David, Ru, Kelin, Baillie, Gregory J., Alanay, Yasemin, Jacquinet, Adeline, Debray, François-Guillaume, Verloes, Alain, Shen, Joseph, Yesil, Gözde, Guler, Serhat, Yuksel, Adnan, Cleary, John G., Grimmond, Sean M., McGaughran, Julie, King, Glenn F., Gabbett, Michael T. and Taft, Ryan J. (2015) Mutations in the voltage-gated potassium channel gene KCNH1 cause Temple-Baraitser syndrome and epilepsy. Nature Genetics, 47 1: 73-77. doi:10.1038/ng.3153
Jensen, Jonas E., Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Anangi, Raveendra, Rosengren, K. Johan, Lau, Carus H. Y., Mobli, Mehdi, Brust, Andreas, Alewood, Paul F., King, Glenn F. and Rash, Lachlan D. (2014) Understanding the Molecular Basis of Toxin Promiscuity: The Analgesic Sea Anemone Peptide APETx2 Interacts with Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 3 and hERG Channels via Overlapping Pharmacophores. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57 21: 9195-9203. doi:10.1021/jm501400p