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
Macrocyclization of backbone N -methylated peptides by a prolyl oligopeptidase with a distinctive substrate recognition mechanism †
Journal article
Matabaro E. et al, (2025), Chemical Science
Molecular basis for the phosphorylation of bacterial tyrosine kinase Wzc
Journal article
Yang Y. et al, (2025), Nature Communications, 16
Structure of WzxE the lipid III flippase for Enterobacterial Common Antigen polysaccharide
Journal article
Le Bas A. et al, (2025), Open Biology, 15
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
Author Correction: Covalent penicillin-protein conjugates elicit anti-drug antibodies that are clonally and functionally restricted
Journal article
Deimel LP. et al, (2024), Nature Communications, 15