Dr Makhdoom Sarwar (Mak)

2024

Journal - Research Article

Aguilar, C. J., Sarwar, M., Brimble, M. A., & Kavianinia, I. (2024). N-Substituted Iminothiolane (NIT): A promising strategy for protecting lysine side chains for solid-phase peptide chemistry. Organic Letters, 26, 8922-8927. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03389

Tong, J. T. W., Sarwar, M., Ahangarpour, M., Hume, P. A., Williams, G. M., Brimble, M. A., & Kavianinia, I. (2024). Use of a cyclic α-alkylidene-β-diketone as a cleavable linker strategy for antibody-drug conjugates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c04567

2023

Journal - Research Article

Aguilar, C. J., Sarwar, M., Prabakar, S., Zhang, W., Harris, P. W. R., Brimble, M. A., & Kavianinia, I. (2023). Harnessing the power of a photoinitiated thiol-ene "click" reaction for the efficient synthesis of S-lipidated collagen model peptide amphiphiles. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1039/d3ob01469j

Evans, G. E., Mahajan, V., Wakeman, S., Slatter, T., Ponnampalam, A. P., Anderson, T. P., Sarwar, M., & Evans, J. J. (2023). A pilot study using unique targeted testing of the urogenital microbiome has potential as a predictive test during IVF for implantation outcome. Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 307, 1957-1967. doi: 10.1007/s00404-023-06987-w

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sarwar, M. (2023, February). Ovarian cancer SNPs and current ovarian cancer research projects. Verbal presentation at the Maurice Wilkins Centre (MWC) for Molecular Biodiversity Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2022

Journal - Research Article

Sarwar, M., Sykes, P. H., Chitcholtan, K., & Evans, J. J. (2022). Collagen I dysregulation is pivotal for ovarian cancer progression. Tissue & Cell, 74, 101704. doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2021.101704

2021

Journal - Research Article

Sarwar, M., Sykes, P. H., Chitcholtan, K., & Evans, J. J. (2021). Deciphering biophysical modulation in ovarian cancer cells. Cell Biochemistry & Biophysics, 79, 375-386. doi: 10.1007/s12013-020-00964-9

Journal - Research Other

Sarwar, M., & Evans, J. J. (2021). Bioimprinting: Bringing together 2D and 3D in dissecting cancer biology [Expert opinion]. Biotechniques, 71(5), 543-546. doi: 10.2144/btn-2021-0058

2020

Journal - Research Other

Sarwar, M., Sykes, P., & Evans, J. J. (2020). A doctrine of ovarian cancer translational research needs revisiting. International Journal of Cancer Management, 13(8), e105436. doi: 10.5812/ijcm.105436

Sarwar, M., Sykes, P. H., Chitcholtan, K., & Evans, J. J. (2020). Extracellular biophysical environment: Guilty of being a modulator of drug sensitivity in ovarian cancer cells. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications, 527(1), 180-186. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.04.107

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Sarwar, M. M. (2020). The influence of aspects of the biophysical environment on ovarian cancer cell behaviour (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9887

2019

Journal - Research Article

Sarwar, M., Sykes, P. H., Chitcholtan, K., Alkaisi, M. M., & Evans, J. J. (2019). The extracellular topographical environment influences ovarian cancer cell behaviour. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications, 508, 1188-1194. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.12.067

2018

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sarwar, M., Chitcholtan, K., Sykes, P. H., & Evans, J. J. (2018). Microenvironment biophysics: It is vital to tumour cell behaviour including resistance to chemotherapy. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Oncology (NZSO) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nzsoncology.org.nz/

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Sarwar, M., Chitcholtan, K., Sykes, P. H., & Evans, J. J. (2018, August). Unseen to be seen: A hidden microenvironment regulates ovarian cancer cell behaviour. Poster session presented at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2017

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Eccles, M. R., Chatterjee, A., Rodger, E. J., Ahn, A., Leichter, A., Motwani, J., Stockwell, P., Parry, M., … Gardner, J., … Sarwar, M., … multiple other members of The Maurice Wilkins Centre. (2017, September). Can research involving NZ melanoma patient participation and extensive networking by researchers help reduce the melanoma burden in NZ? Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Sarwar, M., Chitcholtan, K., Alkaisi, M. M., Sykes, P. H., & Evans, J. J. (2017, September). The cell-environment handshake: An interaction that regulates gene expression. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2016

Journal - Research Article

Jones, A. M., Ferguson, P., Gardner, J., Rooker, S., Sutton, T., Ahn, A., Chatterjee, A., … Sarwar, M., Emanuel, P., Kenwright, D., … Eccles, M. R. (2016). NRAS and EPHB6 mutation rates differ in metastatic melanomas of patients in the North Island versus South Island of New Zealand. Oncotarget, 7(27), 41017-41030. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.9351