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 One2015, 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" ChemMedChem2014, 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.