Meet the Group
From left to right: (back row) Hunter Blosser, Jerimiah Moore, Alikhan Nurkhaidarov, Finn Davis, Harry Shield, Benjamin Faulkner, Daniel Sitrin, Cliff Stains, and Indraneel Ghosh (Prof. Emeritus Univ. of AZ, a.k.a. Science Grandpa); (front row) Gabriella Amina Watson, Jake Cherkis, Miranda Wood, Rachel Weatherford, Reilly O'Brien, Abby Bowe, Julia McAfee, Megan Garris, Yuan Fang, & Linda Ziamanesh. Not pictured: George Danes, Emily Hocutt, & Madeline Loht.
Research
We seek to improve human health by developing new probes for disease processes as well as targeted therapeutics:
Selected Publications
- Fang, Y.; Good, G.N.; Zhou, X. & Stains, C.I. Phosphinate-Containing Rhodol and Fluorescein Scaffolds for the Development of Bioprobes. Chem. Commun. 55, 5962-5965 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C9CC02492A.
- Zhou, X; Fang, Y.; Lesiak, L. & Stains, C.I. A Phosphinate‐Containing Fluorophore Capable of Selectively Inducing Apoptosis in Cancer Cells. ChemBioChem 20, 1712-1716 (2019). DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800811.
- Zhou, X.; Lesiak, L.; Lai, R.; Beck, J.R.; Zhao, J.; Elowsky, C.G.; Li, H. & Stains, C.I. Chemoselective Alteration of Fluorophore Scaffolds as a Strategy for the Development of Ratiometric Chemodosimeters. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 4197-4200 (2017). DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612628