Dr Aimee Boyle
PhD, Masters
Current positions
Research Fellow
School of Chemistry
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Research interests
My primary research interests are in rational peptide and protein design, that is, creating new peptides and proteins from scratch in an explainable fashion.
I am particularly interested in creating peptide and protein scaffolds that can bind metal ions, and using these scaffolds for sensing and catalysis.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Targeting C-reactive protein using structure-guided drug design for therapeutic gain
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/08/2024 to 31/07/2027
Publications
Recent publications
18/07/2025A De Novo Designed Metalloprotein Displays Variable Thermal Stability and Binding Stoichiometry with Transition Metal Ions
ChemBioChem
A glycine at position 105 leads to clavulanic acid and avibactam resistance in class A β-lactamases
Journal of Biological Chemistry
A Photo-Switchable Peptide Fibril Esterase
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Directed evolution of a beta‐lactamase samples a wide variety of conformational states
Protein Science
Phosphate ions modulate enzyme activity and epistatic effects in two clavulanic acid‐resistant β‐lactamase mutants
Protein Science
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