Yahya Jad

I completed my PhD in 2017 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa) under the mentorship of Professor Fernando Albericio, focusing on peptide synthesis with an emphasis on sustainable chemistry and antimicrobial peptides. In 2019, I joined the multidisciplinary team of Professor Matthew Wood at the University of Oxford, investigating the development of RNA-based medicines for neuromuscular diseases, with a focus on advanced generation antisense oligonucleotides.

Publications:    

1. Peptide-conjugated PMOs for the treatment of Myotonic Dystrophy. Stoodley, J., et al. (2023). Methods in Molecular Biology
2. Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis, the State of the Art: Challenges and Opportunities. Jad Y., et al. (2017) in Peptide-based Drug Discovery: Challenges and New Therapeutics, ed. V. Srivastava, The Royal Society of Chemistry
3. Lysine Scanning of Arg10–Teixobactin: Deciphering the Role of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Residues. Abdel Monaim, S. A. H., et al. (2016). ACS Omega
4. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Teixobactin Analogue. Jad, Y., et al. (2015) ACS Organic Letters