BSc (H), PhD
Research Leader and Senior Lecturer, Institute for Glycomics
Contact details for Dr Milton Kiefel
Research Interests
- Chemistry of Carbohydrates
- Rational Drug Design
- New Synthetic Methods
- Organic Synthesis
- Biochemistry of Carbohydrate Recognising Proteins
Publications
- Liakatos A, Kiefel MJ and von Itzstein M. (2003). Synthesis of lactose-based S-linked sialylmimetics of a(2,3)-sialosides. Organic Letters 5(23): 4365-4368.
- Haselhorst T, Wilson JC, Liakatos A, Kiefel MJ, Dyason JC and von Itzstein M. (2004). NMR spectroscopic and molecular modeling investigations of the trans-sialidase from Trypanosoma cruzi. Glycobiology 14(10): 895-907.
- Haselhorst, T.; Oschlies, M.; Abu-Izneid, T.; Kiefel, M.J.; Tiralongo, J.; Muenster-Kuehnel, A.K.; Gerardy-Schahn, R.; von Itzstein, M. (2006). A 1H STD-NMR spectroscopic investigation of sialylnucleoside mimetics as probes of CMP-KDN synthetase. Glycoconjugate J., 23, 371-375.
- Liakatos, A.; Kiefel, M.J.; Fleming, F.; Coulson, B.; von Itzstein, M. (2006). The synthesis and biological evaluation of lactose-based sialylmimetics as inhibitors of rotaviral infection. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 14, 739-757.
- Kiefel, M.J.; von Itzstein, M. (2003). Carbohydrates as Inhibitors of Rotaviral Infection. Meth. Enzymol., 363, 395-412.