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Education and Career Stages

• Full Professor of Marine Natural Products Chemistry at 91̽»¨, since August 2014
• Full Professor of Marine Biodiscovery, National University of Ireland Galway, School of Chemistry, Ireland, 2011
• Senior lecturer at London School of Pharmacy (now UCL School of Pharmacy), UK, 2006
• Dr. Helmut Legerlotz Fellow, University of Zurich, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Switzerland, 2002
• Post-doctoral fellow, University of Utah, College of Pharmacy, USA, 1998-2001
• PhD (Distinction) at ETH Zurich, Department of Pharmacy, Switzerland, 1997

Distinctions and Awards 

• Waters Award for Excellence in Natural Products Innovation, 2016
• Egon Stahl Silver Medal of Society for Medicinal Plant Research (GA), 2005
• Pierre Fabre Prize of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE), 2004
• ETH-Zurich Medal, Distinction for PhD Thesis, 1997

Editorial Functions

• Member of the Editorial Board of Marine Drugs
• Member of the Advisory Editorial Board of Planta Medica
• Member of the Editorial Board of Phytochemistry Letters

Functions in Learned Natural Product Societies

• Member of the Advisory Board of Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA). 2009 - 2015
• Member of the Permanent Committee of Young Researchers Workshop,
• Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA). 2009 - 2015
• Membership secretary of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE). 2008 - 2013

Selected Publications

Tasdemir, D. Scarpato, S., Utermann-Thüsing, C., Jensen, T., Blümel, M., Wenzel-Storjohann, A., Welsch., C., Echelmeyer, V.A. Epiphytic and endophytic microbiome of the seagrass Zostera marina: Do they contribute to pathogen reduction in seawater? Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 908, 168422. .

Vitale, G.A., January, G.G., Oppong-Danquah, E., Della Sala, G., Esposito, F.P., Tasdemir, D., de Pascale, D. A metabologenomics approach to unlock the metabolome of the novel Antarctic deep-sea isolate Lacinutrix shetlandiensis sp. nov. WUR7. PNAS Nexus, 2023, 2 (7): pgad221, doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad22.

Oppong-Danquah, E., Blümel, M., Scarpato, S., Mangoni, A., Tasdemir, D. Induction of isochromanones by co-cultivation of the marine fungus Cosmospora sp. and the phytopathogen Magnaporthe oryzae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(2), 782, doi: 10.3390/ijms23020782.

Sigwart, J., Blasiak, R., Jaspars, M., Jouffray J.-B., Tasdemir D. Unlocking the potential of marine biodiscovery. Natural Product Reports, 2021, 38, 1235-1242, doi: 10.1039/d0np00067a.

Li, F., Pandey, P., Janussen D., Chittiboyina A.G., Ferreira D., Tasdemir, D. Tridiscorhabdin and didiscorhabdin, the first discorhabdin oligomers linked with a direct C-N bridge from the Antarctic deep-sea sponge, Latrunculia biformis. Journal of Natural Products, 2020, 83, 706-713. doi: 

Parrot D., Blümel M., Utermann, C., Chianese G., Krause S., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., Tasdemir, D. . Scientific Reports, 2019, 9, 1061. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37914-8.

Papazian, S., Parrot, D., Buryskova, B., Weinberger, F., Tasdemir, D.  Scientific Reports 2019, 9, 3323. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39212-3.

Heavisides, E., Rouger, C., Reichel, A., Ulrich, C., Wenzel-Storjohann, A., Sebens, S., Tasdemir, D.  Marine Drugs, 2018, 16, 503. doi: 10.3390/md16120503.

Chianese G., Esposito, F.P., Parrot D., Ingham, C., de Pascale, D., Tasdemir, D. , Marine Drugs, 2018, 16, 187, doi: 10.3390/md16060187.

Utermann C., Parrot D., Breusing C., Stuckas H., Staufenberger T., Blümel M., Labes A., Tasdemir D.  Scientific Reports 2018, 8:7983, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26177-y.

Parrot, D., Papazian, S., Foil, D., Tasdemir D. . Planta Medica, 2018, doi: 10.1055/s-0044-100188.

Smyrniotopoulos, V., Merten, C., Kaiser, M., Tasdemir, D. . Marine Drugs, 2017, 15, 245, doi:10.3390/md15080245.

Silber, J., Kramer, A., Labes, A., Tasdemir, D.  Marine Drugs, 2016, 14(7), 137. doi:10.3390/md14070137.

Merten, C., Smyrniotopoulos, V., Tasdemir, D. Assignment of absolute configurations of highly flexible linear diterpenes from the brown alga Bifurcaria bifurcata by VCD spectroscopy. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 16217-16220.

Fernández, A., Grienke, U., Soler-Vila, A., Guihéneuf, F., Stengel, D., Tasdemir, D. Seasonal and geographical variations in the biochemical composition of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) from Ireland. Food Chemistry, 2015, 177, 43-52.

Grienke, U., Silke, J., Tasdemir, D. Bioactive compounds from marine mussels and their effects on human health. Food Chemistry, 2014, 142, 48-60.

Chianese, G., Fattorusso, E., Scala, F., Teta, R., Calcinai, B., Bavestrello, G., Dien, H.A., Kaiser, M., Tasdemir, D., Taglialatela-Scafati, O. Manadoperoxides, a new class of potent antitrypanosomal agents of marine origin. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2012, 10, 7197-7207.

Fitzgerald, C., Gallagher, E., Tasdemir, D., Hayes, M. Heart health peptides from macroalgae and their potential use in functional foods. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2011, 59, 6829-6836.

Sertan, A.A., Predicala, R.Z., Bernardo, E.B., Neilan, B.A., Elardo, S.P., Mangalindan, G.C., Tasdemir, D., Ireland, C.M., Barraquio, W.L., Concepcion, G.P. Pseudovibrio denitrificans strain Z143-1, a heptyl prodigiosin-producing bacterium isolated from a Philippine tunicate. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2007, 277, 188-196.

Tasdemir, D., Topaloglu, B., Perozzo, R., Brun, R., O’Neill, R., Carballeira, N.M., Zhang, X., Tonge, P.J., Linden, A., Rüedi, P. Marine natural products from the Turkish sponge Agelas oroides that inhibit the enoyl reductases from Plasmodium falciparum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Escherichia coli. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2007, 15, 6834-6845.

Davis, R.A., Mangalindan, G.C., Bojo, Z.P., Antemano, R.R., Rodriguez, N.O., Concepción, G.P., Samson, S.C., de Guzman, D., Cruz, L.J., Tasdemir, D., Harper, M.K., Feng, X., Carter, G.T., Ireland C.M. Microcionamides A and B, bioactive peptides from the Philippine sponge Clathria (Thalysias) abietina. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004, 69, 4170-4176.

Marshall, K.M., Matsumoto, S.S., Holden, J.A., Concepcion, G.P., Tasdemir, D., Ireland, C.M., Barrows, L.R. The anti-neoplastic and novel topoisomerase II mediated cytotoxicity of Neoamphimedine, a marine pyridoacridine. Biochemical Pharmacology, 2003, 66, 447-458.

Tasdemir, D., Mallon, R., Greenstein, M., Feldberg, L.R., Kim, S.C., Collins, K., Wojciechowicz, D., Mangalindan, G.C., Concepción, G.P., Harper, M.K., Ireland, C.M. Aldisine alkaloids from the Philippine sponge Stylissa massa are Potent Inhibitors of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase-1 (MEK-1). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2002, 45, 529-532.

Tasdemir, D., Marshall, K.M., Mangalindan, G.C., Concepción, G.P., Barrows, L.R., Harper, M.K., Ireland, C.M. Deoxyamphimedine, a new pyridoacridine alkaloid from two tropical Xestospongia sponges. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2001, 66, 3246-3248.