Anna Bertram

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  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
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• anna.bertram@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr. Anna Bertram obtained a BSc Hons degree in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham in 1997. She then stayed in Nottingham to study for a PhD degree under the supervision of Professor Gerry Pattenden FRS. Dr Bertram investigated the synthesis of a range of biologically important natural cyclic peptides via a novel self-assembly approach, also involving metal-templation. She was awarded a PhD in 2000 and then carried out postdoctoral research in Nottingham for a further two years, researching in the areas of steroid synthesis and telomerase inhibitors based on the natural product telomestatin found in Stretomyces anulatus 3533-SV4. In 2002 Dr Bertram was appointed to a Fixed Term Lectureship in Organic Chemistry at Nottingham where she continued researching in the aforementioned areas.

Dr Bertram was appointed to her present position of Manager of Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories in the School of Chemistry at Nottingham in 2005. Her prime responsibilities include the development of a coherent strategy and dynamic management for the teaching of modern undergraduate laboratory courses across the School. She works in close collaboration with colleagues responsible for interweaving teaching and practical work in undergraduate chemistry, and is a member of the School's Teaching Committee.

Recent Publications

• BERTRAM, A. and PATTENDEN, G., 2007. Marine metabolites: metal binding and metal complexes of azole-based cyclic peptides of marine origin NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS. VOL 24(NUMBER 1), 18-30
• BERTRAM, A., BLAKE, A. J., TURISO, F. G., HANNAM, J. S., JOLLIFFE, K. A., PATTENDEN, G. and SKAE, M., 2003. Concise synthesis of stereodefined, thiazole-containing cyclic hexa- and octapeptide relatives of the Lissoclinums, via cyclooligomerisation reactions Tetrahedron. VOL 59(NUMBER 35), 6979-6990
• BERTRAM, A. and PATTENDEN, G., 2002. DENDROAMIDE A, NOSTOCYCLAMIDE AND RELATED CYCLOPEPTIDES FROM CYANOBACTERIA. TOTAL SYNTHESIS, TOGETHER WITH ORGANISED AND METAL-TEMPLATED ASSEMBLY FROM OXAZOLE AND THIAZOLE-BASED AMINO ACIDS Heterocycles. VOL 58, 521-562
• BERTRAM, A. and PATTENDEN, G., 2001. Synthesis and Metal-templated Assembly of Oxazole and Thiazole-based Amino Acids. Total Synthesis of Nostocyclamide and Related Cyclic Peptides Synlett. PART 12, 1873-1874

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• BERTRAM, A. and PATTENDEN, G., 2007. Marine metabolites: metal binding and metal complexes of azole-based cyclic peptides of marine origin NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS. VOL 24(NUMBER 1), 18-30
• BERTRAM, A., BLAKE, A. J., TURISO, F. G., HANNAM, J. S., JOLLIFFE, K. A., PATTENDEN, G. and SKAE, M., 2003. Concise synthesis of stereodefined, thiazole-containing cyclic hexa- and octapeptide relatives of the Lissoclinums, via cyclooligomerisation reactions Tetrahedron. VOL 59(NUMBER 35), 6979-6990
• BERTRAM, A. and PATTENDEN, G., 2002. DENDROAMIDE A, NOSTOCYCLAMIDE AND RELATED CYCLOPEPTIDES FROM CYANOBACTERIA. TOTAL SYNTHESIS, TOGETHER WITH ORGANISED AND METAL-TEMPLATED ASSEMBLY FROM OXAZOLE AND THIAZOLE-BASED AMINO ACIDS Heterocycles. VOL 58, 521-562
• BERTRAM, A. and PATTENDEN, G., 2001. Synthesis and Metal-templated Assembly of Oxazole and Thiazole-based Amino Acids. Total Synthesis of Nostocyclamide and Related Cyclic Peptides Synlett. PART 12, 1873-1874
• BERTRAM, A. and PATTENDEN, G., 2000. Self-Assembly of Amino Acid-based Thiazoles and Oxazoles. Total Synthesis of Dendroamide A, a Cyclic Hexapeptide from the Cyanobacterium Stigonema dedroideum Synlett. PART 10, 1519-1521
• BERTRAM, A., HANNAM, J. S., JOLLIFFE, K. A., GONZALEZ-LOPEZ DE TURISO, F. and PATTENDEN, G., 1999. The Synthesis of Novel Thiazole Containing Cyclic Peptides via Cyclooligomerisation Reactions Synlett. NUMBER 11, 1723-1726