Simplified teixobactin analogues to target superbugs

Abstract

Ishwar Singh speaks to Benjamin Walden, Commissioning Editor. Ishwar Singh is Senior Lecturer in biological chemistry at the School of Pharmacy, University of Lincoln. Prior to Lincoln, he had held many prestigious fellowships such as the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Germany; and Senior Research Fellowship, DANIDA, Denmark and CSIR, India. He is an organic chemist. He has developed bioconjugations for DNA, RNA and polymer modifications. He is currently leading research in novel antimicrobials based on rational design against clinically important resistant bacteria (such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, mycobacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), biologics delivery, peptides, sequence-selective DNA cross linking, nanoparticles modifications for drug delivery and diagnostic applications.