Contact

Email

jamesaa@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Education
PhD
University of Sydney
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Sydney
ORCID

0000-0002-0605-9682

Prof James Angus

Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
337 Scholarly works
4 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Identifying and Approaching Barriers to Environmental Flow Implementation Using Social–Ecological Systems Thinking
    DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1764
  • 2024

    Journal article

    The 8-hydroxyquinoline derivative, clioquinol, is an alpha-1 adrenoceptor antagonist
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116092
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Zinc drives vasorelaxation by acting in sensory nerves, endothelium and smooth muscle
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23198-6
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Pharmacological characterisation of the CB1 receptor antagonist activity of cannabidiol in the rat vas deferens bioassay
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174433
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Comparative bibliometric analysis of publications by past Royal Australasian College of Surgeons research scholarship recipients
    DOI: 10.1111/ans.16692
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Cannabidiol selectively inhibits the contraction of rat small resistance arteries: Possible role for CGRP and voltage-gated calcium channels
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173767
  • 2020

    Journal article

    The β2-adrenoceptor agonist bronchodilators terbutaline and orciprenaline are also weak α1-adrenoceptor antagonists
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173304
James Angus

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2015
FAHMS (Hon) - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Hon
2014
Professor Emeritus, University of Melbourne
2010
2004
Thomson ISI - Australian Citation Laureate in Pharmacology

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2020

    Journal article

    Estimation of the vascular resistance amplifier in the renal vascular bed in conscious hypertensive rabbits: comparison with the total peripheral vasculature
    DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03810
  • 2019

    Journal article

    The effects of varying Mg2 ion concentrations on contractions to the cotransmitters ATP and noradrenaline in the rat vas deferens
    DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2019.102588
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Role of endothelin-1 clearance in the haemodynamic responses to endothelin-1 in the pulmonary and hindquarter vasculature of anaesthetised rats.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.05.009

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2005

    Research Grant

    Centre for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology

  • Research Grant

    Australian Rotary Health Research Fund-9800 MS Awareness Committee MS Scholarship 2004 to 2006-Vilija Jokubaitis

  • Research Contracts

    Anti-Noviceptive Drug Discovery & Development

  • Research Contracts

    Pharmaxis Cannabinoid CB2 Agonists & Antagonists