Staff Profile
Dr Othman Almusaimi
Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry
- Email: othman.almusaimi@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 208 2344
- Address: King George VI Building
Faculty of Medical Sciences - School of Pharmacy
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Othman Al Musaimi has been a Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry at the School of Pharmacy since Sep 2023. Prior to this role, he was working as a Research Associate at Imperial College London. He has a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, from the University of Kwazulu-Natal - South Africa. His research interests focus on developing synthetic, separation, and purification methodologies for peptides.
Professional Affiliations
- Honorary Associate Fellow.
- Translational and Clinical Research Institute Fellow.
- Community Associate, ACS.
- UKRI Talent Peer Review College Member.
- European Peptide Society (EPS).
- Royal Society of Chemistry Affiliate.
- American Peptide Society (APS).
Othman's research interests focus on developing synthetic, separation, and purification methodologies for peptides.
Funds
2023
- Seed Fund: Imperial College: PI
- Deep Technology Prime: Imperial College: PI
2021
- Julia Higgins Engineering Postdoc Collaborative Research Fund: Imperial College: Co-I
2022
- Dame Julia Higgins Engineering Postdoc Collaborative Research Fund: Imperial College: PI
2015
- Research & Development Grant: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST): PI
Awards
- Unsung Heroes - Advancement of Knowledge Winner - C-DICE, the Centre for Postdoctoral Development in Infrastructure Cities and Energy
- Creating a Positive Research Environment Winner - Imperial College London
- Departmental Team Gold Award Winner - Department of Chemical Engineering - Imperial College London
Links
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=3Di2QicAAAAJ
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Othman-Al-Musaimi
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/othman-al-musaimi-phd-88619613/
Stage 1
- Acid-base 1-2
- Acid-base 3-4
- Thermodynamics 1
- Thermodynamics 2
- Thermodynamics 3
Stage 2
- Antibiotic Chemistry
- Mini Project Tutorial 1
- Case study - GI drugs
- Physicochemical Properties 1
- Physicochemical Properties 2
- Salbutamol/Salmeterol
- Mini Project Tutorial 2
- Synthesis 1
- Mini Project Tutorial 3
- Synthesis 2
- Mini Project Drop in 2
- Drug Likeness and Drugability
Stage 3
- Chemistry of sildenafil: case study
Stage 4
- Mechanistic basis of antibacterial therapy
- Antibacterial chemistry seminar
- Mechanistic basis of chemotherapy 1
- Mechanistic basis of chemotherapy 2
- Mechanistic basis of chemotherapy 3
- PARP inhibitors
- Chemotherapy chemistry seminar
- Development of TKIs
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Articles
- Al Musaimi O, Morse SV, Lombardi L, Serban S, Basso A, Williams DR. Successful synthesis of a glial-specific blood–brain barrier shuttle peptide following a fragment condensation approach on a solid-phase resin. Peptide Science 2023, 29(2), e3448.
- Gavva V, Al Musaimi O, Bent C, Williams DR. Determining the Hydrophobicity Index of Protected Amino Acids and Common Protecting Groups. Separations 2023, 10(8), 456.
- Al Musaimi, O. Greening Fmoc/tBu solid-phase peptide synthesis. Green Chemistry 2020, 22, 996-1018.
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Patent
- Al Musaimi, O. Methods of Chemical Synthesis of Peptides. UK, GB2312735.0, 2023. Submitted.