Cinque Terre

Dr. Patrick Timmons, Ph.D., B.A.(Mod), MRSC

Structural Bioinformatician & AI Scientist

email: patrick.timmons@ucdconnect.ie

Web Servers

NEPTUNE

Peptide Antimicrobial Activity Prediction

HAPPENN

Peptide Hemolytic Activity Prediction

ENNAACT

Peptide Anticancer Activity Prediction

ENNAVIA

Peptide Antiviral Activity Prediction

APPTEST

Peptide Tertiary Structure Prediction

Publications

Timmons, P. B. & Hewage, C. M. Biophysical study of the structure and dynamics of the antimicrobial peptide maximin 1. Journal of Peptide Science 28 (2), e3370 (2022).
Timmons, P. B. & Hewage, C. M. Conformation and membrane interaction studies of the potent antimicrobial and anticancer peptide palustrin-Ca. Scientific Reports 11 (1), 1-13 (2021).
Timmons, P. B. & Hewage, C. M. APPTEST is a novel protocol for the automatic prediction of peptide tertiary structures. Briefings In Bioinformatics, bbab308 (2021).
Timmons, P. B. & Hewage, C. M. ENNAVIA is a novel method which employs neural networks for antiviral and anti-coronavirus activity prediction for therapeutic peptides. Briefings In Bioinformatics, bbab258 (2021).
Timmons, P. B. & Hewage, C. M. ENNAACT is a novel tool which employs neural networks for anticancer activity classification for therapeutic peptides. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 133, 111051 (2021).
Timmons, P. B. & Hewage, C. M. HAPPENN is a novel tool for hemolytic activity prediction for therapeutic peptides which employs neural networks. Scientific Reports 10, 10869 (2024).
Timmons, P. B., O’Flynn, D., Conlon, J. M. & Hewage, C. M. Insights into conformation and membrane interactions of the acyclic and dicarba-bridged brevinin-1BYa antimicrobial peptides. European Biophysics Journal 48, 701–710 (2019).
Timmons, P. B., O’Flynn, D., Conlon, J. M. & Hewage, C. M. Structural and positional studies of the antimicrobial peptide brevinin-1BYa in membrane-mimetic environments. Journal of Peptide Science 25, e3208 (2019).
Benetti, S., Timmons, P. B. & Hewage, C. M. NMR model structure of the antimicrobial peptide maximin 3. European Biophysics Journal 48, 203–212 (2019).
Timmons, P. B., Hewage, C. M. & Lebl, M. Proceedings of the 35th European Symposium (2018).