Publications

MSc Thesis:

• Synthesis of new adenosine 5’ peptidyl derivatives with expected biological activity. A Thesis submitted to the department of pharmaceutical chemistry of the college of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Pharmacy

PhD Thesis:

Inhibiting Protein-Protein Interactions in Telomeres as an Approach to Cancer Chemotherapy. Thesis submitted to the University of Nottingham (UK) for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Journal Papers 

• In silico design and molecular docking studies of carbapenem analogues targeting Acinetobacter baumannii PBP1A receptor. AJPS, 20 (3), 35-50. (Crossref). Twana Salih & Hawzhin A. Salih. (2020). 

• A Comparative Study for the Accuracy of Three Molecular Docking Programs Using HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors as a model. IJPS, 31, 160-168. https://doi.org/10.31351/vol31iss2pp160-168. Twana Salih (2022). 

• Design, synthesis, and anti-inflammatory activity of some coumarin Schiff base derivatives: In silico and in vitro study. Drug design, development, and therapy, 16, 2275-2288. Shokhan J. Hamid & Twana Salih. (2022). 

• Evaluating the Reliability of MM-PB/GB-SA Method for the Protein-Ligand Binding Free Energies Using Penicillopepsin-Inhibitor ligands. AJPS. 22, 51-64. https://doi.org/10.32947/ajps.v22i3.889. Twana Salih. (2022)

• Antioxidant Activity of the Prunus mahaleb Seed Oil Extracts Using n-Hexane and Petroleum Ether Solvents: In Silico and In Vitro Studies. Applied Sciences, 13, 7430,  https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137430. Zhawen Noori Hussein, Hoshyar Abdullah Azeez, Twana Salih. (2023).

• Rational design of novel compounds to serve as potential NDM-1 inhibitors using molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and physicochemical studies. Molecular simulation, https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2023.2232468. Twana Salih & Pshtiwan G. Ali. (2023). 

• Repurposing of Oxicam Derivatives to Inhibit NDM-1: Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamic Simulation Studies. AJPS. Pshtiwan G. Ali & Twana Salih. (2023).

Conference Papers 

1.     Twana Salih. (2014, May). Investigating the reliability of the MMGBSA method for predicting protein-ligand binding free energies. 3rd Annual CCP-BioSim Conference: Frontier of Biomolecular Simulation, University of Edinburgh, UK.

2.     Twana Salih, Weng Chan, Lodewijk Dekker, Charles Laughton. (2014, April). The inhibition of protein-protein interactions within telomeres: a route to cancer chemotherapy. Telomeres, Telomerase and Disease, An EMBO Conference Series, Brussels, Belgium.

3.     Twana Salih, Weng Chan, and Charlie Laughton. (2013, September). The disruption of TRF1 protein - TIN2 peptide interactions in telomeres as a promising approach to cancer chemotherapy. Kurdistan Students Conference, The University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, UK.

Google Scholar

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