Plant Cyclotides

David Craik is a professor at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. He obtained his PhD in organic chemistry from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia (1981) and undertook postdoctoral studies at Florida State and Syracuse Universities before taking up a lectureship at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in 1983. He was appointed Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and head of School in 1988. He moved to University of Queensland in 1995 to set up a new biomolecular NMR laboratory. His research has a particular focus on structural studies of disulfide-rich proteins, and on the discovery and applications of circular proteins and novel protein topologies. He has trained more than 60 PhD students and is the author of 540 scientific publications.

• Overview on the Discovery and Applications of CyclotidesDavid J. CraikCyclotides in the ViolaceaeUlf Göransson, Sohaib Malik and Blazej SlazakCyclotides in the RubiaceaeJohannes Koehbach and Christian W. GruberCyclotides from Chinese PlantsNing-Hua Tan and Wen-Jun HePrimary Structural Analysis of CyclotidesMichelle L. ColgraveStructural Studies of CyclotidesNorelle L. Daly and K. Johan RosengrenNatural Functions and Structure-Activity Relationships of CyclotidesGeorgianna Kae Oguis, Meng-Wei Kan and David J. CraikBiosynthesis of cyclotidesThomas Shafee, Karen Harris and Marilyn AndersonChemical and Biological Production of CyclotidesYilong Li, Tao Bi and Julio A. CamareroCyclotides in a Biotechnological Context: Opportunities and ChallengesMark A. Jackson and Edward K. Gilding