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Publications

2024

22) Bioactivity-driven fungal metabologenomics identifies antiproliferative stemphone analogs and their biosynthetic gene cluster

Navid J. Ayon, Cody E. EarpRaveena GuptaFatma A. ButunAshley E. ClementsAlexa G. LeeDavid DainkoMatthew T. RobeyManead KhinLina MardianaAlexandra LongcakeManuel Rangel-GrimaldoMichael J. HallMichael R. ProbertJoanna E. BurdetteNancy P. KellerHuzefa A. RajaNicholas H. OberliesNeil L. Kelleher, and Lindsay K. Caesar
Metabolomics 20(5): 90

doi: 10.1007/s11306-024-02153-8

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2023

21) Interaction Metabolomics to Discover Synergists in Natural Product Mixtures

Warren S. Vidar, Tim U.H. Baumeister, Lindsay K. Caesar, Joshua J. Kellogg, Daniel A. Todd, Roger G. Linington, Olav M. Kvalheim, Nadja B. Cech
Journal of Natural Products

doi: 10.1012/acs.jnatprod.2c00518

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20) Correlative metabologenomics of 110 fungi reveals metabolite-gene cluster pairs

Lindsay K. Caesar, Fatma A. Butun, Matthew T. Robey, Navid J. Ayon, Raveena Gupta, David Dainko, Jin Woo Bok, Grant Nickles, Robert J. Stankey, Don Johnson, David Mead, Kristof B. Cank, Cody E. Earp, Huzefa A. Raja, Nicholas H. Oberlies, Nancy P. Keller, Neil L. Kelleher

Nature Chemical Biology

doi: 10.1038/s41589-023-01276-8

2022

19) Chalcones from Angelica keiskei (ashitaba) inhibit key Zika virus replication proteins

Melina Mottin, Lindsay K. Caesar, David Brodsky, Nathalya C.M.R. Mesquita, Ketllyn Zagatode, Oliveira Gabriela, Dias Nosked, Bruna K.P. Sousa, Paulo R.P.S. Ramosa, Hannah Jarmer, Bonnie Loh, Kimberley Zorn, Daniel Foil, Pedro M. Torres, Rafael V.C. Guido, Glaucius Oliva, Frank Scholle, Sean Ekins, Nadja B. Cech, Carolina H. Andrade, Scott M. Laster

Bioorganic Chemistry 120: 105649

doi: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105649

2021

18) Metabolomics and Genomics in Natural Products Research: Complementary Tools for Targeting New Chemical Entities

Lindsay K. Caesar, Rana Montaser, Nancy P. Keller, Neil L. Kelleher

Natural Product Reports 38(11): 2041-2065

doi: 10.1039/d1np00036e

17) An Interpreted Atlas of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters from 1000 Fungal Genomes

Matthew T. Robey, Lindsay K. Caesar, Milton T. Drott, Nancy P. Keller, Neil L. Kelleher 

PNAS 118(19): e2020230118

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2020230118

2020

​16) In the fungus where it happens: History and future propelling Aspergillus nidulans as the archetype of natural products research

Lindsay K. Caesar, Neil L. Kelleher, Nancy P. Keller

Fungal Genetics and Biology 144: 103477

doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2020.103477

15) Heterologous expression of the unusual terreazepine biosynthetic gene cluster reveals a promising approach for identifying new chemical scaffolds

Lindsay K. Caesar, Matthew T. Robey, Michael Swyers, Md N. Islam, Rosa Y. Purav P. Vagadia, Gary Schiltz, Paul M. Thomas, Chengcang Wu, Neil L. Kelleher, Nancy P. Keller, Jin Woo Bok

mBio 11(4): e01691-20

doi: 10.1128/mBio.01691-20

14) Targeted and untargeted analysis of secondary metabolites to monitor growth and quorum sensing inhibition for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Derick D. Jones, Lindsay K. Caesar, Chantal V. Pelzer, William J. Crandall, Christian Jenul, Daniel A. Todd, Alexander R. Horswill, Nadja B. Cech

Journal of Microbiological Methods 176: 106000

doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2020.106000

13) Chemical Evaluation of the Effects of Storage Conditions on the Botanical Goldenseal using Marker-based and Metabolomics Approaches

Manead Khin, Nadja B. Cech, Joshua J. Kellogg, Lindsay K. Caesar

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 93(2): 265-275

PMCID: PMC7309669

12) A novel biosynthetic pathway for linear peptide processing and export in Staphylococcus aureus

Katrin Schilcher, Lindsay K. Caesar, Nadja B. Cech, Alexander R. Horswill

mBio 11(2): e00112-20

doi: 10.1128/mBio.00112-20

2019

11) Simplify: A Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Approach to Identify Additives and Synergists from Complex Mixtures

Lindsay K. Caesar, Sabina Nogo, Cassandra N. Naphen, Nadja B. Cech

Analytical Chemistry 91(17): 11297-11305

doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02377

10) Synergy and antagonism in natural product extracts: when 1 + 1 does not equal 2

Lindsay K. Caesar, Nadja B. Cech

Natural Product Reports 36: 869-888

doi: 10.1039/c9np00011a

9) Opportunities and Limitations for Untargeted Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics to Identify Biologically Active Constituents in Complex Natural Product Mixtures

Lindsay K. Caesar, Joshua J. Kellogg, Olav M. Kvalheim, Nadja B. Cech

Journal of Natural Products 82(3): 469-484

doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00176

8) Mapping the Fungal Battlefield: Using in situ Chemistry and Deletion Mutants to Monitor Interspecific Chemical Interactions Between Fungi

Sonja L. Knowles, Huzefa A. Raja, Allison J. Wright, Ann Marie L. Lee, Lindsay K. Caesar, Nadja B. Cech, Matthew E. Mead, Jacob L. Steenwyk, Lauren A. Ries, Gustavo H. Goldman, Antonis Rokas, Nicholas H. Oberlies

Frontiers in Microbiology 

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00285

7) Mycopyranone: A 8,8'-binaphthopyranone with potent anti-MRSA activity from the fungus Phialemoniopsis sp.

José Rivera-Chávez, Lindsay K. Caesar, Juan J. Garcia-Salazar, Huzefa A. Raja, Nadja B. Cech, Cedric J. Pearce, Nicholas H. Oberlies

Tetrahedron Letters 60(8): 594-597

doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.01.029

2018

6) Phytochemical Analysis and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Macleaya cordata against Extensively Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 

Manead Khin, Alan M. Jones, Nadja B. Cech, Lindsay K. Caesar

Natural Product Communications 13(11): 1479-1783

doi: 10.1177/1934578X1801301117

5) Analytical methods for the study of bioactive compounds from medicinally used Echinacea species

Renato Bruni, Virginia Brighenti, Lindsay K. Caesar, Davide Bertelli, Nadja B. Cech, Federica Pellati

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 160: 443-477

doi: 10.1016/j/jpba.2018.07.044

4) Integration of Biochemometrics and Molecular Networking to Identify Antimicrobials in Angelica keiskei 

Lindsay K. Caesar, Joshua J. Kellogg, Olav M. Kvalheim, Richard A. Cech, Nadja B. Cech

Planta medica, 84(9): 721-728

doi: 10.1055/a-590-5223

3) Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of Technical Replicates to Identify Interferents in Untargeted Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics

Lindsay K. Caesar, Olav M. Kvalheim, Nadja B. Cech

Analytica Chimica Acta, 1021: 69-77

doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.03.013

2016

2) A Review of the Medicinal Uses and Pharmacology of Ashitaba

Lindsay K. Caesar, Nadja B. Cech

Planta Medica. 82(14): 1236-1245. 

doi: 10.1055/s-0042-110496

2015

1) Using a multifactor approach for improving stage II responses of Helleborus
hybrids in micropropagation

Lindsay K. Caesar, Jeffrey Adelberg

Propagation of Ornamental Plants. 15(4):125-135.

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