Dr Sam Robinson
Research Officer
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Publications
Journal Articles
Robinson, Samuel D. and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2017) Venom peptides as pharmacological tools and therapeutics for diabetes. Neuropharmacology, 127 79-86. doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.07.001
Robinson, Samuel D., Li, Qing, Lu, Aiping, Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K., Yandell, Mark, Olivera, Baldomero M. and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2017) The venom repertoire of Conus gloriamaris (Chemnitz, 1777), the Glory of the Sea. Marine Drugs, 15 5: . doi:10.3390/md15050145
Chittoor, Balasubramanyam, Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Morales, Rodrigo A. V., MacRaild, Christopher A., Sadek, Maiada, Leung, Eleanor W. W., Robinson, Samuel D., Pennington, Michael W. and Norton, Raymond S. (2017) The Single Disulfide-Directed β-Hairpin Fold. Dynamics, Stability, and Engineering. Biochemistry, 56 19: 2455-2466. doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00120
Robinson, Samuel D., Li, Qing, Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K., Gajewiak, Joanna, Yandell, Mark, Papenfuss, Anthony T., Purcell, Anthony W., Norton, Raymond S. and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2017) Hormone-like peptides in the venoms of marine cone snails. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 244 11-18. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.07.012
Drane, Stephen B., Robinson, Samuel D., MacRaild, Christopher A., Chhabra, Sandeep, Chittoor, Balasubramanyam, Morales, Rodrigo A. V., Leung, Eleanor W. W., Belgi, Alessia, Espino, Samuel S., Olivera, Baldomero M., Robinson, Andrea J., Chalmers, David K. and Norton, Raymond S. (2017) Structure and activity of contryphan-Vc2: Importance of the D-amino acid residue. Toxicon, 129 113-122. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.02.012
Robinson, Samuel D., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Ueberheide, Beatrix and King, Glenn F. (2017) Venom peptides as therapeutics: advances, challenges and the future of venom-peptide discovery. Expert Review of Proteomics, 14 10: 931-939. doi:10.1080/14789450.2017.1377613
Robinson, Samuel D. and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2016) Insulin as a weapon. Toxicon, 123 56-61. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.10.010
Gleeson, Ellen C., Wang, Zhen J., Robinson, Samuel D., Chhabra, Sandeep, MacRaild, Christopher A., Jackson, W. Roy, Norton, Raymond S. and Robinson, Andrea J. (2016) Stereoselective synthesis and structural elucidation of dicarba peptides. Chemical Communications, 52 24: 4446-4449. doi:10.1039/c5cc10540d
Robinson, Samuel D., Chhabra, Sandeep, Belgi, Alessia, Chittoor, Balasubramanyam, Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Robinson, Andrea J., Papenfuss, Anthony T., Purcell, Anthony W. and Norton, Raymond S. (2016) A naturally occurring peptide with an elementary single disulfide-directed β-hairpin fold. Structure, 24 2: 293-299. doi:10.1016/j.str.2015.11.015
Robinson, Samuel D., Lee, Tet Woo, Christie, David L. and Birch, Nigel P. (2015) Tissue plasminogen activator inhibits NMDA-receptor-mediated increases in calcium levels in cultured hippocampal neurons. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 9 OCT: . doi:10.3389/fncel.2015.00404
Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Gajewiak, Joanna, Karanth, Santhosh, Robinson, Samuel D., Ueberheide, Beatrix, Douglass, Adam D., Schlegel, Amnon, Imperial, Julita S., Watkins, Maren, Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K., Yandell, Mark, Li, Qing, Purcell, Anthony W., Norton, Raymond S., Ellgaard, Lars and Olivera, Baldomero M. (2015) Specialized insulin is used for chemical warfare by fish-hunting cone snails. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 6: 1743-1748. doi:10.1073/pnas.1423857112
Robinson, Samuel D., Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Raghuraman, Shrinivasan, Imperial, Julita S., Papenfuss, Anthony T., Teichert, Russell W., Purcell, Anthony W., Olivera, Baldomero M. and Norton, Raymond S. (2015) Discovery by proteogenomics and characterization of an RF-amide neuropeptide from cone snail venom. Journal of Proteomics, 114 38-47. doi:10.1016/j.jprot.2014.11.003
Chhabra, Sandeep, Belgi, Alessia, Bartels, Peter, van Lierop, Bianca J., Robinson, Samuel D., Kompella, Shiva N., Hung, Andrew, Callaghan, Brid P., Adams, David J., Robinson, Andrea J. and Norton, Raymond S. (2014) Dicarba analogues of α-conotoxin RgIA. Structure, stability, and activity at potential pain targets. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57 23: 9933-9944. doi:10.1021/jm501126u
Robinson, Samuel D. and Norton, Raymond S. (2014) Conotoxin gene superfamilies. Marine Drugs, 12 12: 6058-6101. doi:10.3390/md12126058
Robinson, Samuel D., Safavi-Hemami, Helena, McIntosh, Lachlan D., Purcell, Anthony W., Norton, Raymond S. and Papenfuss, Anthony T. (2014) Diversity of conotoxin gene superfamilies in the venomous snail, Conus victoriae. PLoS One, 9 2: . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087648
Green, Brad R., Zhang, Min-Min, Chhabra, Sandeep, Robinson, Samuel D., Wilson, Michael J., Redding, Addison, Olivera, Baldomero M., Yoshikami, Doju, Bulaj, Grzegorz and Norton, Raymond S. (2014) Interactions of disulfide-deficient selenocysteine analogs of μ-conotoxin BuIIIB with the α-subunit of the voltage-gated sodium channel subtype 1.3. The FEBS Journal, 281 13: 2885-2898. doi:10.1111/febs.12835
Robinson, Samuel D., Aitken, Jacqueline F., Bailey, Richard J., Poyner, David R. and Hay, Debbie L. (2009) Novel peptide antagonists of adrenomedullin and calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors: Identification, pharmacological characterization, and interactions with position 74 in receptor activity-modifying protein 1/3. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 331 2: 513-521. doi:10.1124/jpet.109.156448