Dr Veronique Seidel
Senior Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Personal statement
Research within my lab (Natural Products Research Laboratory) is focused on the discovery of small molecules from natural sources with pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical applications. The natural sources investigated include plants and products from the beehive such as honey/ propolis originating from various geographical locations worldwide. My interests are centered on the discovery of natural molecules with antitubercular, anti-inflammatory, antibiofilm, and antivirulence activity.
I am a member of the Scientific Committee of the Francophone Apitherapy Association and of the European Science Foundation College of Expert Reviewers. I am a Scientific Advisor for the Natural Products and the Food Science & Nutrition programmes of the International Foundation for Science. I am a recipient of the Life Sciences Prize and the Parke-Davis Natural Products Chemistry Prize from the French Academy of Pharmacy.
I serve on the editorial board of Journal of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Phytochemistry Letters, Scientific Reports, Journal of Alternative Medicine & Complementary Therapies Plants, Records in Agriculture & Food Chemistry, and Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. I am the Associate Editor of Archives of Natural Biological Research. I am the lead Guest Editor for two special issues in Plants, one special issue in JoVE, and two research topics in Frontiers in Pharmacology. I have served as the Honorary Treasurer of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (2014-2019).
I am the Coordinator of a Year 3 module on the Management of Infection and Infectious Diseases (MPharm programme) where I deliver lectures/workshops/labs on microorganisms, antibiotic drug discovery, and antimicrobial drug resistance. I am an external examiner for the MSc in Microbiology and the MRes in Global Infectious Diseases programmes at Birkbeck University of London.
From 2017-2021, I was a member of the University Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) committee. I also founded and chaired the SIPBS-WIDE (Wellbeing, Inclusion, Diversity & Equality) committee, responsible for the submission of an Athena SWAN application in 2020, which resulted in a Silver Award (First Silver Award in the Faculty of Science).
Area of Expertise
- Natural Products Chemistry
- Pharmacognosy
- Drug discovery from natural sources
- Purification & structure elucidation of bioactive natural products
- Ethnopharmacological investigation of natural remedies
- Discovery of new antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory products of natural origin
- In silico studies of natural products
Prize And Awards
- Strathclyde Women + in Leadership Network #CelebrateHER Neogen Science Award
- Recipient
- 2023
- Royal Society Partnership Award
- Recipient
- 2022
- Scottish Funding Council (SFC) - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Interface Award
- Recipient
- 2018
- International Medical University (IMU) Research Award
- Recipient
- 2014
- Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR) Award
- Recipient
- 2013
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) Award
- Recipient
- 2011
Publications
- Antimicrobial and cytotoxic naphthoquinones from microbial origin : an updated review
- Kashi Marziyeh Esmaeilzadeh, Ghanbari Mahdiyeh, Badibostan Hasan, Seidel Veronique, Hosseini Seyed Hamzeh, Asili Javad, Shakeri Abolfazl, Sahebkar Amirhossein
- Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry Vol 23 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.2174/1389557523666230911141331
- Editorial : Re-emergence of neglected tropical diseases amid the COVID-19 pandemic: epidemiology, transmission, mitigation strategies, and recent advances in chemotherapy and vaccines
- Mohapatra Ranjan K, Kandi Venkataramana, Seidel Veronique, Rabaan Ali A
- Frontiers in Pharmacology Vol 14 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1265803
- Protective effects of medicinal plant-based foods against diabetes : a review on pharmacology, phytochemistry, and molecular mechanisms
- Ansari Prawej, Samia Jannatul F, Khan Joyeeta T, Rafi Musfiqur R, Rahman Md Sifat, Rahman Akib B, Abdel-Wahab Yasser H A, Seidel Veronique
- Nutrients Vol 15 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15143266
- Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of lipids from Ficus carica L. fruits
- Naoui Hadjira, Benalia Mohamed, Hachani Soumaya, Djeridane Amar, Ben Ahmed Ziyad, Seidel Veronique, Yousfi Mohamed
- Chemistry Journal of Moldova Vol 18, pp. 92-101 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.19261/cjm.2022.1029
- Synthesis, characterization, biological applications, and molecular docking studies of amino-phenol-derived mixed-ligand complexes with Fe(III), Cr(III), and La(III) ions
- Al-Resayes Saud I, Laria Fatima Y, Miloud Miloud M, El-ajaily Marei M, El-Barasi Najla M, Sarangi Ashish K, Verma Sarika, Azam Mohammad, Seidel Veronique, Mohapatra Ranjan K
- Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Vol 27 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2023.101622
- Phenolic compounds as Nrf2 inhibitors : potential applications in cancer therapy
- Sharifi-Rad Javad, Seidel Veronique, Izabela Michalak, Monserrat-Mequida Margalida, Sureda Antoni, Ormazabal Valeska, Zuniga Felipe A, Mangalpady Shivaprasad Shetty, Pezzani Raffaele, Ydyrys Alibek, Tussupbekova Gulmira, Martorell Miquel, Calina Daniela, Cho William C
- Cell Communication and Signalling Vol 21 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-023-01109-0
Teaching
Dr Seidel teaches on the MPharm programme.
- Teaching coordination
Class coordinator for the Management of Infection and Infectious Diseases class (MP321)
- Undergraduate teaching
Research Projects (MP507)
Management of Infection and Infectious Diseases class (MP321)
Being a Pharmacist 2 (MP320)
Herbal Medicines, Past, Present and Future (57102)
Research Interests
- Purification and structure elucidation of bioactive natural products
- Ethnopharmacological investigation of natural remedies
- Screening of natural products for antimicrobial/anti-inflammatory activity
- In silico studies of natural products
Professional Activities
- Invited author of a review article on ‘Pesticides in European honeys’ in the French magazine Abeilles et Fleurs (Bees and Flowers)
- Contributor
- 2023
- Frontiers in Pharmacology (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2023
- Author of slides on ‘Plants and their uses’, ‘Thin Layer Chromatography’ and ‘Literature search & Poster design’ produced as part of the Royal Society-funded partnership project ‘What’s cool about mint?’
- Contributor
- 2023
- Heliyon (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2023
- Qeios (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2023
- Host for an external visitor from the Nigeria Police Academy, Nigeria
- Host
- 2023
Projects
- Purification and identification of bioactive natural products from plants
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator)
- £6,000 (Tertiary Education Trust (TET) Fund, Federal Government of Nigeria)
- 30-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- What’s cool about mint?
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator) Kielty, Therese (Principal Investigator)
- £2965 (Royal Society Partnership Award )
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
- Anti-UV and anti-acne properties of extracts and constituents from medicinal plants (Student - Natalia Blicharska)
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2024
- Evaluating the antimicrobial and antibiofilm potential of heather honey produced by the Scottish Bee company
- Seidel, Veronique (Co-investigator) Efthimiou, Georgios (Principal Investigator)
- £4,935 (Scottish Funding Council (SFC)-European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Interface Award)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2018
- Phytochemical, biological, and molecular docking studies on Fraxinus excelsior, Stachys arabica, Pelargonium sidoides, and Pelargonium reniforme
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator)
- International tuition fees, stipend, and £26,000 bench fees sponsored by the Jordanian University of Science & Technology
- 01-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2021
- Terpenoid inhibition of DsbA: a periplasmic protein from the dysentery-causing bacterium, Shigella sonnei
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator)
- International tuition fees, stipend, and £27,000 bench fees sponsored by the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research
- 01-Jan-2015 - 30-Jan-2019
Contact
Dr
Veronique
Seidel
Senior Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Email: veronique.seidel@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2751