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CuAAC in Protein Conjugation

24 January 2022

Check out our chapter about the application of CuAAC reaction for peptide and protein modification written by Agustina, Anna, and Milan and published now within the Science of Synthesis series.

  • La Venia, A.; Kovalová, A.; Vrabel, M. 2.3 CuAAC in Protein Conjugation. In Click Chemistry, 1st edition ed.; Georg Thieme Verlag KG: Stuttgart, 2022; Vol. 2021/4. https://doi.org/10.1055/sos-SD-235-00062
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Glycans, the key to immunity-boosting therapies? Results of our ERC-funded SWEETOOLS project

21 January 2022
Glycans, the key to immunity-boosting therapies? Results of our ERC-funded SWEETOOLS project

Read the main achievements of our work within the ERC-funded project SWEETOOLS which are now highlighted on the CORDIS website.

Our SWEETOOLS articles

An Optimized Protocol for the Synthesis of Peptides Containing trans-Cyclooctene and Bicyclononyne Dienophiles as Useful Multifunctional Bioorthogonal Probes
Chemistry - A European Journal 27 (54): 13632-13641 (2021)
Structurally Redesigned Bioorthogonal Reagents for Mitochondria-Specific Prodrug Activation
JACS Au 1 (1): 23-30 (2021)
Stepwise triple-click functionalization of synthetic peptides
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 16 (33): 5960-5964 (2018)
Design and Synthesis of Aza-Bicyclononene Dienophiles for Rapid Fluorogenic Ligations
Chemistry - A European Journal 24 (10): 2426-2432 (2018)
An Extended Approach for the Development of Fluorogenic trans-Cyclooctene-Tetrazine Cycloadditions
ChemBioChem 20 (7): 886-890 (2019)
Mechanism-Based Fluorogenic trans-Cyclooctene-Tetrazine Cycloaddition
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56 (5): 1334-1337 (2017)
A Systematic Study of Coumarin‐Tetrazine Light‐Up Probes for Bioorthogonal Fluorescence Imaging
Chemistry - A European Journal 26 (44): 9945-9953 (2020)
Bioorthogonal Fluorescence Turn-On Labeling Based on Bicyclononyne-Tetrazine Cycloaddition Reactions that Form Pyridazine Products
ChemPlusChem 84 (5): 493-497 (2019)
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Liblice 2021

8 November 2021

Milan and Michal attended the 55th Advances in Organic, Bioorganic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Conference (Liblice 2021), where Michal presented his work on a poster.

Great food, great location, great science and everything finally in person! 

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Veronika received IOCB postdoctoral fellowship

2 November 2021

Veronika Šlachtová received the prestigious IOCB postdoctoral fellowship to work on cycloadditions of triazinium salts.

Congratulation!

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New paper in ChemMedChem

28 September 2021
New paper in ChemMedChem

In collaboration with our ex-visiting student Francesca Mancuso and the group of Rosaria Gitto at the University of Messina, Italy we published new work on Vibrio cholerae carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.

  • Mancuso, F., De Luca, L., Bucolo, F., Vrabel, M., Angeli, A., Capasso, C., Supuran, C.T. and Gitto, R. (2021), 4-Sulfamoylphenylalkylamides as Inhibitors of Carbonic Anhydrases Expressed in Vibrio cholerae. ChemMedChem. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202100510

Congratulation!

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Marek joins the group

8 September 2021

New PhD student Marek Chovanec joins the group to work on organelle-targeted bioorthogonal reactions.

Welcome and good luck!

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Veronika joins the group

1 September 2021

Veronika Šlachtová, a new student from Olomouc joins the group as a postdoc.

Welcome!

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Jáchym joins the group

19 July 2021

Jáchym Hrušák, a student from the Charles University joins our group to work on his Bachelor thesis.

Welcome and good luck!

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Klára joins the group for an internship

12 July 2021

High school student Klára Wildmannová from Brno joins the group for a 6-week internship to get her first hands-on experience in laboratory work.

Welcome! 

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New paper from the group

9 July 2021
New paper from the group

Our new work on the synthesis of TCO and BCN containing peptides and their application in bioorthogonal labeling was just accepted in Chemistry—A European Journal.

  • La-Venia, A., Dzijak, R., Rampmaier, R. and Vrabel, M. (2021), An Optimized Protocol for the Synthesis of Peptides Containing trans-cyclooctene and Bicyclononyne Dienophiles as Useful Multifunctional Bioorthogonal Probes. Chem. Eur. J. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202102042

Congratulation to all authors and big thanks to Agustina who made the great job during her postdoctoral stay in the group!

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