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Secondary Title
Associate Professor
Phone
313-577-9043
Fax
313-577-8822
Office
Chem 261
Selected publications
- Li, A.; White, J. K.; Arora, K.; Herroon, M. K.; Martin, P. D.; Schlegel, H. B.; Podgorski, I.; Turro, C.; Kodanko, J. J. "Selective Release of Aromatic Heterocycles from Ruthenium Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine with Visible Light" Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 10
- Ramalho, S. D.; Sharma, R.; White, J. K.; Aggarwal, N.; Chalasani, A.; Sameni, M.; Moin, K.; Vieira, P. C.; Turro, C.; Kodanko, J. J.; Sloane, B. F. "Imaging sites of inhibition of proteolysis in pathomimetic human breast cancer cultures by light-activated ruthenium compound" PLoS One 2015, 10, e0142527/1
- Sharma, R.; Knoll, J. D.; Ancona, N.; Martin, P. D.; Turro, C.; Kodanko, J. J. "Solid-Phase Synthesis as a Platform for the Discovery of New Ruthenium Complexes for Efficient Release of Photocaged Ligands with Visible Light" Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 1901
- Respondek, T.; Sharma, R.; Herroon, M. K.; Garner, R. N.; Knoll, J. D.; Cueny, E.; Turro, C.; Podgorski, I.; Kodanko, J. J. "Inhibition of Cathepsin Activity in a Cell-Based Assay by a Light-Activated Ruthenium Compound" ChemMedChem 2014, 9, 1306
- Respondek, T.; Garner, R. N.; Herroon, M. K.; Podgorski, I.; Turro, C.; Kodanko, J. J. "Light Activation of a Cysteine Protease Inhibitor: Caging of a Peptidomimetic Nitrile with RuII(bpy)2" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 17164
Research Description
Research in the Kodanko laboratory is at the interface of organic, inorganic and medicinal chemistry. We develop new methods for protein targeting applications, including light-activated compounds.