Introducing Professor Mike Waring as the new Editor-in-Chief
We are delighted to announce our new Editor-in-Chief for RSC Medicinal Chemistry, Professor Mike Waring.
“RSC Medicinal Chemistry is one of the premier medicinal chemistry journals and we look forward to continuing to publish cutting edge science with the highest standards of rigour. I hope that the work published in the journal will lead to the continued dissemination and evolution of best practice in our discipline that will drive our ability to deliver new therapies more effectively.”
About Mike:
Mike Waring is Chair of Medicinal Chemistry at Newcastle University and Head of Chemistry for the Cancer Research UK Newcastle Drug Discovery Unit. He was previously Principal Scientist in Medicinal Chemistry at AstraZeneca.
Mike has worked mainly in the areas of diabetes and oncology and his work has contributed to the discovery of 14 drug candidates, including the marketed EGFR inhibitor osimertinib (Tagrisso™). He has made significant contributions to the field in many areas, perhaps most notably property-based optimisation, covalent inhibition, novel binding modes and new methods of hit generation. He is a 2018 American Chemical Society Hero of Chemistry, recipient of the 2017 RSC Malcolm Campbell Medal, and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Mike’s favourite articles:
We are pleased to share a selection of Mike’s top articles published in 2022 so far:
Target 2035 – update on the quest for a probe for every protein
Susanne Müller, Cheryl H. Arrowsmith et al.
RSC Med. Chem., 2022, 13, 13-21
Covalent sortase A inhibitor ML346 prevents Staphylococcus aureus infection of Galleria mellonella
Cai-Guang Yang et al.
RSC Med. Chem., 2022, 13, 138-149
Part of our Covalent Drug Discovery themed collection
Identification of the first structurally validated covalent ligands of the small GTPase RAB27A
Ernesto Cota, Edward W. Tate et al.
RSC Med. Chem., 2022, 13, 150-155
Part of our Covalent Drug Discovery themed collection
Kellie L. Tuck, Peter J. Duggan et al.
RSC Med. Chem., 2022, 13, 183-195
Andrew G. Cole et al.
RSC Med. Chem., 2022, 13, 343-349
Part of our Antibiotic and Antiviral compounds themed collection
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