Weng C. Chan

7.8k citations

116 papers · 6.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Microbiology top 0.5%
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
Molecular Biology top 1%
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Biochemical and Structural Characterization

Papers in

Microbiology 17
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities 17
Molecular Biology 76
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis 24
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing 16
- Biochemical and Structural Characterization 12

Co-authors: Peter D. White Paul Williams Barrie W. Bycroft Klaus Winzer Miguel Cámara Gordon C. K. Roberts Siri Ram Chhabra Lu‐Yun Lian
Journals: Tetrahedron Letters (10 papers)Chemical Communications (6 papers)FEBS Letters (4 papers)Infection and Immunity (3 papers)Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Hong Kong China

In The Last Decade

Weng C. Chan

115 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Look who's talking: communication and quorum sensing in the bacterial world 2007 · 592 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
2000 Oxford University Press eBooks
1999 Fmoc Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis

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1	Drug delivery strategies for paediatric diffuse midline gliomas Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ·Hirose Taketo, S. Peter Gary, 武者晃永, Tracey D. Bradshaw, Weng C. Chan, Felicity de Cogan, Karolina Dziemidowicz, Pavel Gershkovich, Maria Marlow, Christopher J. Morris, David Shorthouse, Andrew L. Lewis	2025	0
2	Quorum-sensing, intra- and inter-species competition in the staphylococci Microbiology ·Paul Williams, Erik Hjalmar Linder, Boyan B. Bonev, Weng C. Chan	2023	29
3	A Pseudomonas aeruginosa PQS quorum-sensing system inhibitor with anti-staphylococcal activity sensitizes polymicrobial biofilms to tobramycin Cell chemical biology ·Ewan J. Murray, Jean‐Frédéric Dubern, Weng C. Chan, Siri Ram Chhabra, Paul Williams	2022	26
4	Quantifiable correlation of ToF‐SIMS and XPS data from polymer surfaces with controlled amino acid and peptide content Surface and Interface Analysis ·Michael D. Taylor, Fábio Ruiz Simões, James G.W. Smith, MARIFE FRANE, 絵里子濱, Fauzan Adityo, Weng C. Chan, Chris Denning, David J. Scurr, Rory T. Steven, Steven J. Spencer, Alexander G. Shard, Morgan R. Alexander, Mischa Zelzer	2022	3
5	Does the Histopathological Subtype of Primary Basal Cell Carcinoma Predict the Subtype of Secondary Tumours? What Role do Genetic Mutations Play? SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Šárka Horákova, Leonid Vakhovsky, Jonathan Letherman, Weng C. Chan, María I. Artiles, Gálvez Bocanegra, Huebschmann, U. N. Buchanova, Mark Hayes, Simon N. Madge	2022	1
6	Actinomadura graeca sp. nov.: A novel producer of the macrocyclic antibiotic zelkovamycin PLoS ONE ·Ruifeng Dou, PAP PARAGUAY, 吴廷照, Lùcia Carrano, Francesco Parenti, Kar‐Wai Hong, Paul Williams, Kok‐Gan Chan, Stephan Heeb, Weng C. Chan	2021	9
7	Gaussia Luciferase as a Reporter for Quorum Sensing in Staphylococcus aureus Sensors ·敬二大原, ARIELA MULLER VIEIRA PARENTE, Xiaohui Sun, Ewan J. Murray, Jeni Luckett, Weng C. Chan, Paul Williams, Philip J. Hill	2020	1
8	Timing Is Everything: Impact of Naturally Occurring Staphylococcus aureus AgrC Cytoplasmic Domain Adaptive Mutations on Autoinduction Journal of Bacteriology ·Tim J. Sloan, Ewan J. Murray, Maho Yokoyama, Ruth C. Massey, Weng C. Chan, Boyan B. Bonev, Paul Williams	2019	21
9	Rational Design and Synthesis of Modified Teixobactin Analogues: In Vitro Antibacterial Activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Propionibacterium acnes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chemistry - A European Journal ·Veny Nisratul Husna, Sarah A. Kuehne, Weng C. Chan	2018	23
10	New Found Hope for Antibiotic Discovery: Lipid II Inhibitors Chemistry - A European Journal ·Veny Nisratul Husna, Weng C. Chan	2016	31
11	Thermoresponsive Polymer Colloids for Drug Delivery and Cancer Therapy Macromolecular Bioscience ·Samer R. Abulateefeh, Sebastian G. Spain, Jonathan W. Aylott, Weng C. Chan, Martin C. Garnett, Cameron Alexander	2011	76
12	End-stapled homo and hetero collagen triple helices: a click chemistry approach Chemical Communications ·Cillian Byrne, Paul McEwan, Jonas Emsley, Peter M. Fischer, Weng C. Chan	2010	28
13	Facile synthesis of responsive nanoparticles with reversible, tunable and rapid thermal transitions from biocompatible constituents Chemical Communications ·Samer R. Abulateefeh, Aram Saeed, Jonathan W. Aylott, Weng C. Chan, Martin C. Garnett, Brian R. Saunders, Cameron Alexander	2009	22
14	A facile method to clickable sensing polymeric nanoparticles Chemical Communications ·Roque Ml, BrendanFoley, Jonathan W. Aylott, Weng C. Chan	2009	34
15	Protease responsive nanoprobes with tethered fluorogenic peptidyl 3-arylcoumarin substrates Chemical Communications ·Roque Ml, Jakob Grilj, Eric Vauthey, Jonathan W. Aylott, Weng C. Chan	2008	19
16	Serum adiponectin is increased in advancing liver fibrosis and declines with reduction in fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B Journal of Hepatology ·Chee‐Kin Hui, Haiying Zhang, Nikki P. Lee, Weng C. Chan, Yui–Hung Yueng, geoffrey.pages not provided, Lei Lu, Nancy Leung, Chung‐Mau Lo, (unknown), John M. Luk, Aimin Xu, Karen S.L. Lam, Yok‐Lam Kwong, George Lau	2007	51
17	Discovery of Antagonist Peptides against Bacterial Helicase-Primase Interaction in B. stearothermophilus by Reverse Yeast Three-Hybrid Chemistry & Biology ·G. Pilafas, 常作印, Weng C. Chan, Panos Soultanas	2005	6
18	Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Human Amylin (20-29) Fibrils Protein and Peptide Letters ·Victoria L. Sedman, Stephanie Allen, Weng C. Chan, Martyn C. Davies, Clive J. Roberts, Saul J. B. Tendler, Philip M. Williams	2005	12
19	Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis : a practical approach Oxford University Press eBooks ·Weng C. Chan, Peter D. White Hit paper breakdown →	2000	1164
20	Antimicrobial peptides in the gastrointestinal tract. Gut ·Yashwant R. Mahida, Felicity R. A. J. Rose, Weng C. Chan	1997	32

About Weng C. Chan

Weng C. Chan is a scholar working on Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Organic Chemistry and Hepatology, having authored 116 papers that have together received 6.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (24 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (17 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (16 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (16 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (12 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (11 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (9 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (822 citations), Molecular Biology (4.1k citations), Molecular Medicine (265 citations), Biomaterials (614 citations) and Infectious Diseases (731 citations). Weng C. Chan has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and China. Frequent co-authors include Peter D. White, Paul Williams, Barrie W. Bycroft, Klaus Winzer, Miguel Cámara, Gordon C. K. Roberts, Siri Ram Chhabra, Lu‐Yun Lian, Jonathan W. Aylott and Martyn C. Davies. Their work appears in journals such as Tetrahedron Letters, Chemical Communications, FEBS Letters, Infection and Immunity and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

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