Michael Palmer
Associate Professor
Biology
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Michael Palmeris working as a Associate Professor in University of Waterloo. He is awarded as Boehringer Ingelheim Award, 1999, 'DGHM - Förderpreis' (young investigator award, German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology), 1998. He carries out research in biochemistry. His research focuses on the interaction of peptides and proteins with biological membranes. One current area of interest is the action mode of lipopeptide antibiotic daptomycin, as well as the mechanism of bacterial resistance to it.
Research Interest
Fluorescence Antibiotics Membranes Lipopeptides
Publications
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Lohani CR, Soley J, Kralt B, Palmer M, Taylor SD. α-Azido Esters in Depsipeptide Synthesis: C–O Bond Cleavage during Azido Group Reduction. The Journal of organic chemistry. 2016 Nov 17;81(23):11831-40.
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Taylor SD, Palmer M. The action mechanism of daptomycin. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry. 2016 Dec 15;24(24):6253-68.
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Taylor RM, Scott B, Taylor S, Palmer M. An acyl-linked dimer of daptomycin is strongly inhibited by the bacterial cell wall. ACS Infectious Diseases. 2017 Mar 28.
