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Dr Matthew H Todd

Senior Lecturer

Contact Details

School of Chemistry
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006, Australia
Email address: matthew.todd@sydney.edu.au
Telephone: +61 (2) 9351-2180
Fax: +61 (2) 9351-3329
Home Page: http://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/~todd_m/

 

Career Profile

  • Lecturer in Organic Chemistry,
    Department of Chemistry
    Queen Mary, University of London (2001-2005)

  • Fellow in Chemistry, New Hall College, Cambridge (2000-2001)

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley (1999-2000)

  • BA, PhD Queens' College, Cambridge

Research and Selected publications

For more details on the Group's research, please see the home page.

Publications (2007 - 2009)

  1. Orti, L; Carbajo, RJ; Pieper, U; Eswar, N; Maurer, SM; Rai, AK; Taylor, G; Todd, MH; Pineda-Lucena, A; Sali, A and Marti-Renom, MA. A kernel for open source drug discovery in tropical diseases. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 3 (4), e418, 2009. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000418

  2. Tamanini, E; Rigby, SEJ; Motevalli, M; Todd, MH and Watkinson, M. Responsive metal complexes: A click-based "allosteric scorpionate" complex permits the detection of a biological recognition event by EPR/ENDOR spectroscopy. Chemistry-A European Journal, 15 (15), 3720-3728, 2009. DOI: 10.1002/chem.200802425

  3. Orti, L; Carbajo, RJ; Pieper, U; Eswar, N; Maurer, SM; Rai, AK; Taylor, G; Todd, MH; Pineda-Lucena, A; Saili, A and Marti-Renom, MA. A kernel for the tropical disease initiative. Nature Biotechnology, 27 (4), 320-321, 2009. DOI: 10.1038/nbt0409-320

  4. Tsang, ASK and Todd, MH. Facile synthesis of vicinal diamines via oxidation of N-phenyltetrahydroisoquinolines with DDQ. Tetrahedron Letters, 50 (11), 1199-1202, 2009. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.12.101

  5. Tamanini, E; Katewa, A; Sedger, LM; Todd, MH and Watkinson, M. A synthetically simple, click-generated cyclam-based zinc(II) sensor. Inorganic Chemistry, 48 (1), 319-324, 2009. DOI: 10.1021/ic8017634

  6. Ramana, AV; Watkinson, M and Todd, MH. Synthesis and DNA binding ability of cyclam-amino acid conjugates. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 18 (9), 3007-3010, 2008. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.03.045

  7. Todd, MH. Open access and open source in chemistry. Chemistry Central Journal, 1 (3), 2007.

  8. Krivickas, SJ; Tamanini, E; Todd, MH and Watkinson, M. Effective methods for the Biotinylation of azamacrocycles. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 72 (22), 8280-8289, 2007. DOI: 10.1021/jo071175v

  9. Ronketti, F; Ramana, AV; Xia, CM; Pica-Mattoccia, L; Cioli, D and Todd, MH. Praziquantel derivatives I: Modification of the aromatic ring. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 17 (15), 4154-4157, 2007. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.05.063

  10. Troiani, AR; Pica-Mattoccia, L; Valle, C; Cioli, D; Mignogna, G; Ronketti, F and Todd, M. Is actin the praziquantel receptor? International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 30 (3), 280-281, 2007. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.05.004