Mahmoud Soliman
Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Kwazulu-Natal
South Africa
Biography
Prof. Mahmoud Soliman (B. Pharm., M. Pharm., PhD), Dean and Head of School at the School of Health Sciences, UKZN, Westville Campus, joined the school in 2011. Soliman has completed his postgraduate studies (MPhil/PhD - Oct. 2009) at the University of Bath - United Kingdom in field of Molecular Modeling, computational chemistry and drug design, under supervision of Prof. Ian Williams. Prof. Soliman is the "Editor-in-Chief" of the journal of Organic and Bimolecular Simulations (JOBS), published by Science Publisher, USA, and Editor of Journal of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Journal of Drug Design and Research. Soliman is also academic visitor at the University of Bath, UK, collaborating with Prof. Ian Williams' lab. Soliman is the head of Molecular Modeling and Drug Design lab (http://soliman.ukzn.ac.za). Soliman's research mainly focuses on studying biomolecular systems and drug-target interactions at molecular level - see the full research scope here and publications here.
Research Interest
Molecular Modeling & Drug Design
Publications
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Soliman ML, Combs CK, Rosenberger TA Modulation of inflammatory cytokines and mitogen-activated protein kinases by acetate in primary astrocytes. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 8(1):287-300.
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Pawar SA, Jabgunde AM, Maguire GE, Kruger HG, Sayed Y, Soliman ME, Dhavale DD, Govender T (2013) Linear and cyclic glycopeptide as HIV protease inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 60:144-154.
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Maharaj Y, Soliman ME (2013) Identification of novel gyrase B inhibitors as potential anti-TB drugs: homology modelling, hybrid virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations. Chem Biol Drug Des 82(2):205-215.
