Publications

Ideas tested in public.

Peer-reviewed work across medicinal chemistry, infectious diseases, cancer biology, natural products, and computational drug discovery.

2025

Contribution of prostaglandin E2-induced neuronal excitation to drug resistance in glioblastoma countered by a novel blood-brain barrier crossing celecoxib derivative

Shen CJ, Chen HC, Lin CL, Thakur A, Onuku R, et al. · Advanced Science

2024

Scaffold hopping approaches for dual-target antitumor drug discovery

Mishra A, Thakur A, Sharma R, Onuku RS, et al. · Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

2023

New sulphonamide-peptide hybrid molecules as potential PBP2a ligands and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus actives

Ibezim A, Onuku RS, Ottih C, et al. · Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

2023

The International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce and the power of Twitter networking exemplified through #INPST hashtag analysis

Singla RK, et al., including Onuku RS · Phytomedicine

2022

Chemical constituents of Combretum dolichopetalum, characterization, antitrypanosomal activities and molecular docking studies

Nnadi CO, Onuku RS, Ayoka TO, et al. · Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

2022

Incorporating cryopreservation evaluations into the design of cell-based drug delivery systems

Ekpo MD, Xie J, Liu X, Onuku RS, et al. · Frontiers in Immunology

2021

Structure-based virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation studies to discover new SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors

Ibezim A, Onuku RS, Ibezim A, et al. · Scientific African

2021

Computational Applications in Secondary Metabolite Discovery, an online workshop

Ntie-Kang F, et al., including Onuku RS · Journal of Cheminformatics