Publications

2025

Christine Langer, Irene Boo, Tasnim Zakir, Charley Mackenzie-Kludas, Johnson Samuel, Stewart A. Fabb, Chee Leng Lee, Rob J. Center, Anupriya Aggarwal, Stuart Turville, Colin Pouton, Kanta Subbarao, Fasséli Coulibaly, Heidi E. Drummer, Pantelis Poumbourios* (2025). High-stability, clamp-free soluble Sarbecovirus spike trimers and their potential for pan-Sarbecovirus vaccine development. PREPRINT, Biorxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.14.676173

Sujatha M Lokanath, Manjunatha S Katagi, Girish S Bolakatti, Johnson Samuel, Belakatte P Nandeshwarappa* (2025). Exploring Chalcone Derivatives as a Multifunctional Therapeutic Agent: Investigating Antioxidant Potential, Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition and Computational Insights. Drugs and Drug Candidates. https://doi.org/10.3390/ddc4020016

2024

Johnson Samuel, Sanjay Ghosh*, Saravanamuthu Thiyagarajan* (2024). Identification and characterization of domain-specific inhibitors of DENV NS3 and NS5 proteins by in silico screening methods. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2024.2313161 

Johnson Samuel, Madhushruti Borah, Filippo Castiglione, Sharangouda J Patil* (2024). Immunoinformatics based design of a candidate multi-epitope vaccine against chickenpox virus. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. (UNDER REVIEW)

2023

Praveen Kumar, Manjunatha S Katagi, Johnson Samuel, Nandeshwarappa BP* (2023). Synthesis, Characterization and Structural Studies of Novel Pyrazoline Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of NAD+ Synthetase in Bacteria and Cytochrome P450 51 in Fungi. ChemistrySelect, 8, e202300427. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202300427

Kiran Yadav C, Manjunatha B, Mussuvir Pasha KM, Johnson Samuel, Nandeshwarappa BP* (2023). Benzothiazole-Hydrazone chromophores: Synthesis, solvatochromism, computational and antimycobacterial activity studies. ChemistrySelect, 8, e202301432.  https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202301432

Maruthesh H, Manjunatha S Katagi, Johnson Samuel, Nandeshwarappa BP* (2023). Synthesis and characterization of substituted 5-(2-chloroquinolin-3-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-amines: Computational, in silico ADME, molecular docking and biological activities. Russ J Bioorg Chem 49, 1422–1437. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1068162023060225

Maruthesh H, Manjunatha S Katagi, Johnson Samuel, Nandeshwarappa BP* (2023). Design, synthesis, computational characterization, and validation of interesting Schiff base scaffolds as antibacterial, antimycobacterial, and antifungal agents. Russ J Org Chem  59, 1783–1796. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070428023100147 

Johnson Samuel, Madhushruti Borah, Filippo Castiglione, Sharangouda J Patil* (2023). Designing a multi-epitope vaccine against chickenpox virus using in silico approach. PREPRINT (Version 1), Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2765928/v1

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