Dr Baker and BHCG have published across a variety of topics including; carbohydrates/glycans, organic chemistry, polymer science, ice recrystallisation, diagnostic design and research culture.
Alex has a total of 18 papers, of which 6 are first author, and 1 patent.
He has over 500 citations and an h-index of 11
Publications
2024
Sialic acids in infection and their potential use in detection and protection against pathogens.
Dedola S., Ahmadipour S., Andrade P., Baker A.N., Boshra A.N., Chessa S., Gibson M.I., Hernando P.J., Ivanova I.M., Lloyd J., Marin J.M., Munro-Clark A.J., Pergolizzi G., Richards SJ., Ttofi I., Wagstaff B., Field R., RSC Chemical Biology, 2024
2023
Discrimination between protein glycoforms using lectin- functionalised gold nanoparticles as signal enhancers
Neves M.P.S., Richards SJ., Baker A.N., Walker M., Georgiou P.G., Gibson M.I., Nanoscale Horizons, 2023, 8, 377-382
Achieved significant Altmetric score placing it as the number one output from the journal for articles of a similar age and number 3 in the Journal’s history (~20k articles)
Featured as front cover and included included in the ACS virtual issue - COVID-19: Challenges, Progress and Future Implications
Altmetric higher than 80% of papers in the journal
2022
Polymer-tethered Glyconanoparticle Colourimetric Biosensors for Lectin Binding: Structural and Experimental Parameters to Ensure a Robust Output
Micallef J., Baker A.N., Richards SJ., Soutar D.E., Georgiou P.G., Walker M., Gibson M.I., RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 33080
Poly(vinyl alcohol) molecular bottlebrushes nucleate ice
Georgiou P.G., Kinney N., Kontoupoulou I., Baker A.N., Hindmarsh S., Bissoyi A., Congdon T.R., Whale T.F., Gibson M.I., Biomacromolecules, 2022
Glycosylated gold nanoparticles in point of care diagnostics: from aggregation to lateral flow.
Baker A.N., Hawker-Bond G.W., Georgiou P.G., Dedola S., Field R.A., Gibson M.I., Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 7238
The impact of research culture on mental health & diversity in STEM
Limas C.J., Corcoran L.C., Baker A.N., Cartaya A.E., Ayres Z.J., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2022, e2021102957
Plasmonic Detection of SARS-CoV-2 with Polymer-Stabilised Glycosylated Gold Nanorods
Georgiou P.G., Guy C.S., Hasan M., Ahmad A., Richards SJ., Baker A.N., Thakkar N.V., Walker M., Pandey S., Anderson N.R., Grammatopoulos D., Gibson M.I., ACS Macro Letters, 2022, 11, 3, 317-322
End-Functionalized Poly(Vinyl Pyrrolidone) for Ligand Display in Lateral Flow Device Test Lines
Baker A.N., Congdon T. R., Richards SJ., Georgiou P.G., Walker M., Dedola S., Field R.A., Gibson M.I., ACS Polymers Au, 2022, 2, 2, 69-79
Lateral Flow Glyco-Assays for the Rapid and Low-Cost Detection of Lectins - Polymeric Linkers and Particle Engineering are Essential for Selectivity and Performance
Baker A.N., Muguruza A.R., Richards SJ., Georgiou P.G., Goetz S., Walker M., Dedola S., Field R.A., Gibson M.I., Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2022, 11, 2101784
Highlighted by the Medical Schools Council, ~2800 reads and top 5% of all research tracked by Altmetric
Higher Altmetric than 90% of papers in the journal (~60k articles) with over 7,300 reads
2021
A Glycan-based Flow-Through Device for the Detection of SARS-COV-2 from Patient Swabs
Baker A.N., Richards SJ., Pandey S., Guy C.S., Ahmad A., Hasan M., Biggs C.I., Georgiou P.G., Zwetsloot A.J., Straube A., Dedola S., Field R.A., Anderson N.R., Walker M., Grammatopoulos D., Gibson M.I., ACS Sensors, 2021, 6, 10, 3696-3705
The Nature of the Polymeric Glycolic-Linker Controls the Signal Outputs for Plasmonic Gold Nanorods Biosensors in Complex Media due to Biocorona Formation
Pancaro A., Szymonik M., Georgiou P.G., Baker A.N., Walker M., Adiaensens P., Hendrix J., Gibson M.I., Nelissen I., Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 10837-10848
Polymer Self-Assembly Induced Enhancement of Ice Recrystallization Inhibition
Georgiou P.G., Marton H.L., Baker A.N., Congdon T.R., Whale T.F., Gibson M.I., Journal of American Chemical Society, 2021
Top 20 "Most Read Articles" on ACS Central Science 1 year after publication - one of the top 10 most cited articles in 2021 for the journal (~1600 articles) and in the top 5% of all research tracked by Altmetric (~22.5 million pieces)
2020
Introducing affinity and selectivity into galectin-targeting nanoparticles with fluorinated glycan ligands
Richards SJ., Gibson M.I., Fasciae M.A., Linclau B., Galan M.C., Baker A.N., Ledru H., Webster C.S., Council C.E., Walker M., Chidwick H., Wheatley D.E., Vendeville J-B., Keenan T., Budhadev D., Chemical Science, 2020, 12, 905-910
The SARS-COV-2 Spike Protein Binds Sialic Acids and Enables Rapid Detection in a Lateral Flow Point of Care Diagnostic Device
Baker A.N., Richard, SJ., Guy C.S., Congdon T. R., Hasan M., Zwetsloot A.J., Gallo A., Lewandowski J. R., Stansfeld P. J., Straube A., Walker M., Chessa S., Pergolizzi G., Dedola S., Field R., Gibson M.I., ACS Central Science, 2020, 6, 2046-52
Protecting Group Free Synthesis of Glyconanoparticles Using Amino–Oxy-Terminated Polymer Ligands
Laezza A., Georgiou P.G., Richards SJ., Baker A.N., Walker M., Gibson M.I., Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2020, 31, 10, 2392-2403
Polymer-Stabilized Sialylated Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Optimization, and Differential Binding to Influenza Hemagglutinins
Richards SJ., Baker A.N., Walker M., Gibson M.I., Biomacromolecules, 2020, 21, 4, 1604-161
2019
Tuning Aggregative versus Non-Aggregative Lectin Binding with Glycosylated Nanoparticles by the Nature of the Polymer Ligand
Georgiou PG., Baker A.N., Richards SJ., Laezza A., Walker M., Gibson M.I., Journal of Materials Chemistry B., 2020, 8, 136-145
Pre-Prints
The pre-print paper can be found on ChemRxiv, Published online 15/6/20
2020
The SARS-COV-2 Spike Protein Binds Sialic Acids, and Enables Rapid Detection in a Lateral Flow Point of Care Diagnostic Device
Baker A.N., Richards SJ., Guy C.S., Congdon T. R., Hasan M., Zwetsloot A.J., Straube A., Walker M., Chessa S., Pergolizzi G., Dedola S., Field R., Gibson M.I., ChemRxiv
Patents
Lateral Flow Device
GB2007895.2