Professor James Naismith
Head of MPLS Division
Responsible for all strategic developments in the Division. Supported by a Deputy Head and a number of Associate Heads. Represents the Division at major University committees including Council.
The Executive Assistant to the Head of Division is Rachel Dahl
Recent publications
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Macrocyclization of backbone <i>N</i>-methylated peptides by a prolyl oligopeptidase with a distinctive substrate recognition mechanism.
Journal article
Matabaro E. et al, (2025), Chemical science
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Molecular basis for the phosphorylation of bacterial tyrosine kinase Wzc.
Journal article
Yang Y. et al, (2025), Nature communications, 16
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Structural and functional snapshots of a broad-specificity endoglucanase from Thermogutta terrifontis for biomass saccharification.
Journal article
Hussain N. et al, (2025), Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 764
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Structure of WzxE the lipid III flippase for Enterobacterial Common Antigen polysaccharide
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Le Bas A. et al, (2025), Open Biology, 15
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Covalent penicillin-protein conjugates elicit anti-drug antibodies that are clonally and functionally restricted
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Deimel LP. et al, (2024), Nature Communications, 15