Dr Louise Major

Technical Manager (Research)

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3417

Email

llm6@st-andrews.ac.uk

Selected publications

• Open access

  Building a cell-factory in Crithidia fasciculata: a bio-sustainable system to produce high-value polyunsaturated fatty acids

  Cerone, M., Major, L. L. & Smith, T. K., 23 Jun 2025, In: Microbial Cell Factories. 24, p. 1-16 16 p., 142.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  High-throughput screening of potent drug-like molecules targeting 17β-HSD10 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and cancer

  Aitken, L., Baillie, G., Pannifer, A., Morrison, A., Major, L. L., Alphey, M. S., Sethi, R., Timmerman, M., Robinson, J., Riley, J., Shishikura, Y., Koekemoer, L., Von Delft, F., Rutjes, H., Read, K., Jones, P. S., McElroy, S. P., Smith, T. K. & Gunn-Moore, F. J., 18 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACS Chemical Biology. ASAP, p. 1-16 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 virus with MOF-composites as smart face masks

  Ettlinger, R., Desai, A. V., Cheong, H. L. J., Major, L. L., Smith, T. K., Naden, A. B., Hilton, J., Adamson, C. S., Armstrong, A. R. & Morris, R. E., 2 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Functional Materials. Early View, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Revisiting the dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase inhibitor captopril as a source of pan anti-trypanosomatid agents

  Garsi, J. B., Hocine, S., Hensienne, R., Moitessier, M., Denton, H., Major, L. L., Smith, T. K. & Hanessian, S., 15 Sept 2024, In: Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 110, 12 p., 129883.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  An eggshell-localised annexin plays a key role in the coordination of the life cycle of a plant-parasitic nematode with its host

  Price, J. A., Ali, M. F., Major, L. L., Smith, T. K. & Jones, J. T., 13 Feb 2023, In: PLoS Pathogens. 19, 2, 19 p., e1011147.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Surface-Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks for Binding Coronavirus Proteins

  Desai, A. V., Vornholt, S. M., Major, L. L., Ettlinger, R., Jansen, C., Rainer, D., de Rome, R., So, V., Wheatley, P. S., Edward, A. K., Elliott, C., Pramanik, A., Karmakar, A., Armstrong, R., Janiak, C., Smith, T. K. & Morris, R. E., 22 Feb 2023, In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15, 7, p. 9058–9065 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Towards chemical validation of Leishmania infantum ribose 5-phosphate isomerase as a drug target

  Dickie, E. A., Ronin, C., Sá, M., Ciesielski, F., Trouche, N., Tavares, J., Santarem, N., Major, L. L., Pemberton, I. K., MacDougall, J., Smith, T. K., Cordeiro-da-Silva, A. & Ciapetti, P., 19 Apr 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Early

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Synthesis, study of antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activity of imidazo pyridine fused triazole analogues

  Nandikolla, A., Srinivasarao, S., Karan Kumar, B., Murugesan, S., Aggarwal, H., Major, L. L., Smith, T. K. & Chandra Sekhar, K. V. G., 19 Oct 2020, In: RSC Advances. 10, 63, p. 38328-38343 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Novel benzothiazole-based ureas as 17β-HSD10 inhibitors, a potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment

  Aitken, L., Benek, O., McKelvie, B., Hughes, R. E., Hroch, L., Schmidt, M., Major, L. L., Vinklarova, L., Kuca, K., Smith, T. K., Musilek, K. & Gunn-Moore, F. J., 29 Jul 2019, In: Molecules. 24, 15, 2757.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi Sir2 related protein 1 as potential drugs against Chagas disease

  Gaspar, L., Coron, R. P., Kongthoo Lin, P., Costa, D. M., Perez-Cabezas, B., Tavares, J., Roura-Ferrer, M., Ramos, I., Ronin, C., Major, L. L., Ciesielski, F., Pemberton, I. K., MacDougall, J., Ciapetti, P., Smith, T. K. & Cordeiro-da-Silva, A., 22 Jan 2018, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 12, 1, 30 p., e0006180.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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