Dr Simon Wheeler

Job: Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: Leicester School of Pharmacy

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

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E: simon.wheeler@dmu.ac.uk

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Research group affiliations

Leicester Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation for Integrated Care (LIPIIC)

Publications and outputs

Selected publications:

Anion binding to a cationic europium(iii) probe enables the first real-time assay of heparan sulfotransferase activity http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ob02071d
Niemann‐Pick type C disease: cellular pathology and pharmacotherapy http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnc.14895
A Convenient Synthesis of HighlySubstituted 3-N,N-Dialkylamino-1,2,4-triazoles Thieme E-Journals - Synlett / Abstract (thieme-connect.de)

Research interests/expertise

My research interests are in fluorescent cation sensors (particularly as applied to lysosomal biology) and novel synthetic chemistry for fragment-based drug discovery.

Areas of teaching

Organic chemistry, acid-base chemistry, medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry

ORCID number

0000-0003-0215-8648