Ms Angela Kavanagh
Research Assistant
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62398
Journal Articles
Blaskovich, Mark A T, Hansford, Karl A., Gong, Yujing, Butler, Mark S., Muldoon, Craig, Huang, Johnny X., Ramu, Soumya, Silva, Alberto B., Cheng, Mu, Kavanagh, Angela M., Ziora, Zyta, Premraj, Rajaratnam, Lindahl, Fredrik, Bradford, Tanya A., Lee, June C., Karoli, Tomislav, Pelingon, Ruby, Edwards, David J., Amado, Maite, Elliott, Alysha G, Phetsang, Wanida, Daud, Noor Huda, Deecke, Johan E, Sidjabat, Hanna E, Ramaologa, Sefetogi, Zuegg, Johannes, Betley, Jason R, Beevers, Andrew P G, Smith, Richard A G, Roberts, Jason A, Paterson, David L. and Cooper, Matthew A. (2018) Protein-inspired antibiotics active against vancomycin- and daptomycin-resistant bacteria. Nature Communications, 9 1: 22. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02123-w
Edwards, Ingrid A, Elliott, Alysha G, Kavanagh, Angela M, Blaskovich, Mark A T and Cooper, Matthew A (2017) Structure-Activity and -Toxicity Relationships of the Antimicrobial Peptide Tachyplesin-1. ACS infectious diseases, 3 12: 917-926. doi:10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00123
Henriques, Sónia Troeira, Lawrence, Nicole, Chaousis, Stephanie, Ravipati, Anjaneya S., Cheneval, Olivier, Benfield, Aurélie H., Elliott, Alysha G., Kavanagh, Angela Maria, Cooper, Matthew A., Chan, Lai Yue, Huang, Yen-Hua and Craik, David J. (2017) Redesigned spider peptide with improved antimicrobial and anticancer properties. ACS Chemical Biology, 12 9: 2324-2334. doi:10.1021/acschembio.7b00459
Kumar, Rohitesh, Lu, Yuting, Elliott, Alysha G., Kavanagh, Angela M., Cooper, Matthew A. and Davis, Rohan A. (2016) Semi-synthesis and NMR spectral assignments of flavonoid and chalcone derivatives. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 54 11: 880-886. doi:10.1002/mrc.4482
Azmi, Fazren, Elliott, Alysha G., Marasini, Nirmal, Ramu, Soumya, Ziora, Zyta, Kavanagh, Angela M., Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Cooper, Matthew A., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2016) Short cationic lipopeptides as effective antibacterial agents: design, physicochemical properties and biological evaluation. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 24 10: 2235-2241. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2016.03.053
Edwards, Ingrid A., Elliott, Alysha G., Kavanagh, Angela M., Zuegg, Johannes, Blaskovich, Mark A. T. and Cooper, Matthew A. (2016) Contribution of amphipathicity and hydrophobicity to the antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity of β‑hairpin peptides. ACS Infectious Diseases, 2 6: 442-450. doi:10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00045
Gallardo-Godoy, Alejandra, Muldoon, Craig, Becker, Bernd, Elliott, Alysha G., Lash, Lawrence H, Huang, Johnny X., Butler, Mark S., Pelingon, Ruby, Kavanagh, Angela M., Ramu, Soumya, Phetsang, Wanida, Blaskovich, Mark A. T. and Cooper, Matthew A (2016) Activity and predicted nephrotoxicity of synthetic antibiotics based on polymyxin B. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 59 3: 1068-1077. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01593
Huang, Johnny X., Blaskovich, Mark A.T., Pelingon, Ruby, Ramu, Soumya, Kavanagh, Angela, Elliott, Alysha G., Butler, Mark S., Montgomery, A. Bruce and Cooper, Matthew A. (2015) Mucin binding reduces colistin antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 59 10: 5925-5931. doi:10.1128/AAC.00808-15
Jarrad, Angie M., Karoli, Tomislav, Anjan, Debnath, Tay, Chin Yen, Huang, Johnny X., Kaeslin, Geraldine, Elliott, Alysha G., Miyamoto, Yukiko, Ramu, Soumya, Kavanagh, Angela M., Zuegg, Johannes, Eckmann, Lars, Blaskovich, Mark A. and Cooper, Matthew A. (2015) Metronidazole-triazole conjugates: activity against Clostridium difficile and parasites. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 101 96-102. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.06.019
Iscla, Irene, Wray, Robin, Blount, Paul, Larkins-Ford, Johah, Conery, Annie L., Ausubel, Frederick M., Ramu, Soumya, Kavanagh, Angela, Huang, Johnny X., Blaskovich, Mark A., Cooper, Matthew A., Obregon-Henao, Andres, Orme, Ian, Tjandra, Edwin S., Stroeher, Uwe H., Brown, Melissa H., Macardle, Cindy, van Holst, Nick, Tong, Chee Ling, Slattery, Ashley D., Gibson, Christopher T., Raston, Colin L. and Boulos, Ramiz A. (2015) A new antibiotic with potent activity targets MscL. The Journal of Antibiotics, 68 7: 453-462. doi:10.1038/ja.2015.4
Azmi, Fazren, Elliott, Alysha G., Khalil, Zeinab G., Hussein, Waleed M., Kavanagh, Angela, Huang, Johnny X., Quezada, Michelle, Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Capon, Robert J., Cooper, Matthew A., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2015) Self-assembling lipopeptides with a potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including multidrug resistant strains. Nanomedicine, 10 22: 3359-3371. doi:10.2217/nnm.15.137
Phetsang, Wanida, Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Butler, Mark S., Huang, Johnny Xiao, Zuegg, Johannes, Mamidyala, Sreeman K., Ramu, Soumya, Kavanagh, Angela M. and Cooper, Matthew A. (2014) An azido-oxazolidinone antibiotic for live bacterial cell imaging and generation of antibiotic variants. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 22 16: 4490-4498. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2014.05.054
Barnes, Emma C., Kavanagh, Angela M., Ramu, Soumya, Blaskovich, Mark A., Cooper, Matthew A. and Davis, Rohan A. (2013) Antibacterial serrulatane diterpenes from the Australian native plant Eremophila microtheca. Phytochemistry, 93 162-169. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.02.021
Conference Papers
Giddy, S., Thangasamy, I. and Vega, A. Vega (2014). Laparoscopic intervention in a young female with transcaval ureter: a case report. In: Abstracts of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, 67th Annual Scientific Meeting. 67th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, Brisbane, QLD Australia, (107-108). 16-19 March 2014. doi:10.1111/bju.12619
DE Vega, A. and Poppi, D.P. (2012). The effect of sucrose addition on intake of a tropical grass hay by sheep. In: David Hopkins, Sue Hatcher and Chris Anderson, Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production: Volume 29. 2nd Australian and New Zealand Societies of Animal Production Joint Conference, Lincoln, New Zealand, (578-583). 2-5 July 2012. doi:10.1071/AN11244