Faculty
4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thuwal 23955-6900
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kenneth Minneman
Dean, Chemical and Life Sciences and Engineering Division
Named Professor, Bioscience
Computational Bioscience Research Center
Ph.D. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1977
B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, 1974
Research Interests
Professor Minneman's research interests are in the Isolation and pharmacological characterization of novel bioactive molecules from marine organisms in the Red Sea.
His research also covers studies on G protein coupled receptor signaling in plants and invertebrates.
Selected Publications
- Chen, Z.J., Hague, C., Hall, R.A. and Minneman, K.P. "Syntrophins regulate a1D-adrenergic receptors through a PDZ-domain-mediated interaction". J. Biol. Chem. 281: 12414-12420, 2006.
- Minneman, K.P. "Heterodimerization and Surface Localization of G Protein Coupled Receptors". Biochemical Pharmacology 73: 1043-1050, 2007.
- Bush, C.F., Jones, S.V., Lyle, A.N., Minneman, K.P., Ressler, K.J. and Hall, R.A. "Specificity of olfactory receptor interactions with other G protein coupled receptors". J. Biol. Chem 282: 19042-19051, 2007.
- Sagar, S, Kaur, M., Minneman, K.P., and Bajic, V. "Anti-cancer activities of diospyrin, its derivatives and analogues". Eur. J. Medicinal Chemistry (e-pub June 22, 2010).
- Sagar, S, Kaur, M., and Minneman, K.P. "Antiviral compounds from marine sponges". Marine Drugs under revision.