Group Activities
Binghamton University Department of Chemistry
May 8, 2024
Ilze receives Fellowship: Ilze receives Provost Dissertation Fellowship. Congrats Ilze!
March 20, 2024
Invited Lecture: Eriks delivered an invited talk "Amide-Modified Oligonucleotides for Chemical Control of Functional RNAs" at Oligonucleotide & Peptide Therapeutics Conference (TIDES Asia), Kyoto, Japan
March 11, 2024
Invited Lecture: Eriks delivered an invited talk "Sequence Selective Recognition of Double-Stranded RNA by Cationic Nucleobase and Backbone-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids" at Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
February 29, 2024
Invited Lecture: Eriks delivered an invited talk "Amide-Modified RNA: Using Protein Backbone to Modulate Function of RNA" at Special FIBER International Summit for Nucleic Acids (S-FISNA), Konan University, Kobe, Japan
February 5, 2024
Paper published: Chandan and Michael published a paper
Synthesis and Properties of RNA Modified with Cationic Amine Internucleoside Linkage
in ACS Chemical Biology. Congrats Chandan and Michael!
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February 3, 2024
Paper published: Ilze and Mohammed published an invited paper
Comparison of 2-Aminopyridine and 4-Thiopseudisocytosine PNA Nucleobases for Hoogsteen Recognition of Guanosine in RNA
in ACS Omega. Congrats Ilze and Mohammed!
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January 22, 2024
New Project funded! Our group has renewed the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA R35 GM130207, $2,109,000 for 5 years) from the
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to support our entire research portfolio on Chemical Approaches
to Control the Function of Regulatory RNAs.
January 12, 2024
Paper published: Martins (Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis), James (Elizabethtown College) and Eriks published a Feature Article
Triplex-forming peptide nucleic acids as emerging ligands to modulate structure and function of complex RNAs
in Chemical Communications.
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November 17, 2023
Paper published: Our group in collaboration with colleagues from Elizabethtown College and Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, published an invited paper
Synthesis of 2-Aminopyridine-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids
in Synlett. Congrats Ilze, Brandon, Sara, and Chris!
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October 19, 2023
Invited Lecture: Eriks delivered an invited talk "Amide-Modified Oligonucleotides for Chemical Control of Functional RNAs" at Advances in Noncanonical Nucleic Acids, (ANNA 2023) Maribor, Slovenia
August 30, 2023
Paper published: Brandon, in collaboration with colleagues from Elizabethtown College and Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, published a paper
Improved Triplex-Forming Isoorotamide PNA Nucleobases for A-U Recognition of RNA Duplexes
in Chemistry – A European Journal. Congrats Brandon!
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July 24, 2023
Invited Lecture: Eriks delivered an invited talk "Sequence Selective Recognition of Double-Stranded RNA by Cationic Nucleobase and Backbone-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids" at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
June 25-30, 2023
Conference particiation: Ilze, Michael, Sara, Brandon, Jayamini, and Motiar presented posters at the Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Oligonucleotides Gordon Research Conference in Newport. Sara and Brandon won the Best Poster Awards. Congrats Sara and Brandon!
June 15, 2023
Paper published: Ilze, in collaboration with colleagues from Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, published a paper
Nucleobase and Linker Modification for Triple-Helical Recognition of Pyrimidines in RNA Using Peptide Nucleic Acids
in ChemBioChem. Congrats Ilze!
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May 10, 2023
Chris graduates with PhD: Chris defended his thesis and graduated with PhD degree from Binghamton University. Congrats Chris!
May 8, 2023
Paper published: Chris, Motiar and Vipin published a paper
Triplex-Forming Peptide Nucleic Acid Controls Dynamic Conformations of RNA Bulges
in Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Chris, Motiar and Vipin!
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March 22, 2023
Chris receives Graduate Student Excellence Award: Chris received the 2023 Binghamton University Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research. Congrats Chris!
March 9, 2023
Invited Lecture: Eriks delivered an invited talk "Amide-Modified Oligonucleotides for Chemical Control of Functional RNAs" at Eli Lilly and Company
December 29, 2022
Paper published: Michael, Julien, Venu, Praveen, Lamorna and Chandan published a paper
Amide Modifications in the Seed Region of the Guide Strand Improve the On-Target Specificity of Short Interfering RNA
in ACS Chemical Biology. Congrats Michael, Julien, Venu, Praveen, Lamorna and Chandan!
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May 31, 2022
Paper published: Chris, in collaboration with colleagues from Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, published a paper
Extended 2-Guanidyl Pyridine PNA Nucleobase for Triple-Helical Hoogsteen Recognition of Cytosine in Double Stranded RNA
in Chemical Communications. Congrats Chris!
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May 31, 2022
Paper published: Julien and Chandan published a paper
Optimization of Automated Synthesis of Amide-Linked RNA
in ACS Omega. Congrats Julien and Chandan!
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