Robert Leon Summers

Biography

Publications

• Systematic in vitro evolution in Plasmodium falciparum reveals key determinants of drug resistance.

  Luth MR, Godinez-Macias KP, Chen D, Okombo J, Thathy V, Cheng X, Daggupati S, Davies H, Dhingra SK, Economy JM, Edgar RCS, Gomez-Lorenzo MG, Istvan ES, Jado JC, LaMonte GM, Melillo B, Mok S, Narwal SK, Ndiaye T, Ottilie S, Palomo Diaz S, Park H, Peña S, Rocamora F, Sakata-Kato T, Small-Saunders JL, Summers RL, Tumwebaze PK, Vanaerschot M, Xia G, Yeo T, You A, Gamo FJ, Goldberg DE, Lee MCS, McNamara CW, Ndiaye D, Rosenthal PJ, Schreiber SL, Serra G, De Siqueira-Neto JL, Skinner-Adams TS, Uhlemann AC, Kato N, Lukens AK, Wirth DF, Fidock DA, Winzeler EA. Science 2024 Nov 29

  PMID: 39607932

• Revisiting the Plasmodium falciparum druggable genome using predicted structures and data mining.

  Godinez-Macias KP, Chen D, Wallis JL, Siegel MG, Adam A, Bopp S, Carolino K, Coulson LB, Durst G, Thathy V, Esherick L, Farringer MA, Flannery EL, Forte B, Liu T, Magalhaes LG, Gupta AK, Istvan ES, Jiang T, Kumpornsin K, Lobb K, McLean K, Moura IMR, Okombo J, Payne NC, Plater A, Rao SPS, Siqueira-Neto JL, Somsen BA, Summers RL, Zhang R, Gilson MK, Gamo FJ, Campo B, Baragaña B, Duffy J, Gilbert IH, Lukens AK, Dechering KJ, Niles JC, McNamara CW, Cheng X, Birkholtz LM, Bronkhorst AW, Fidock DA, Wirth DF, Goldberg DE, Lee MCS, Winzeler EA. Res Sq 2024 Nov 26

  PMID: 39649165

• Potent acyl-CoA synthetase 10 inhibitors kill Plasmodium falciparum by disrupting triglyceride formation.

  Bopp S, Pasaje CFA, Summers RL, Magistrado-Coxen P, Schindler KA, Corpas-Lopez V, Yeo T, Mok S, Dey S, Smick S, Nasamu AS, Demas AR, Milne R, Wiedemar N, Corey V, Gomez-Lorenzo MG, Franco V, Early AM, Lukens AK, Milner D, Furtado J, Gamo FJ, Winzeler EA, Volkman SK, Duffey M, Laleu B, Fidock DA, Wyllie S, Niles JC, Wirth DF. Nat Commun 2023 03 16

  PMID: 36927839

• Chemogenomics identifies acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase as a target for malaria treatment and prevention.

  Summers RL, Pasaje CFA, Pisco JP, Striepen J, Luth MR, Kumpornsin K, Carpenter EF, Munro JT, Plater A, Punekar AS, Shepherd AM, Shepherd SM, Vanaerschot M, Murithi JM, Rubiano K, Akidil A, Ottilie S, Mittal N, Dilmore AH, Won M, Mandt REK, McGowen K, Owen E, Walpole C, Llinás M, Lee MCS, Winzeler EA, Fidock DA, Gilbert IH, Wirth DF, Niles JC, Baragaña B, Lukens AK. Cell Chem Biol 2022 02 17

  PMID: 34348113

• Synthesis and biological evaluation of benzhydryl-based antiplasmodial agents possessing Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) inhibitory activity.

  Relitti N, Federico S, Pozzetti L, Butini S, Lamponi S, Taramelli D, D'Alessandro S, Martin RE, Shafik SH, Summers RL, Babij SK, Habluetzel A, Tapanelli S, Caldelari R, Gemma S, Campiani G. Eur J Med Chem 2021 Apr 05

  PMID: 33601312