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Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Hot Off the Press [Recent research publications from our faculty]

  • Jang group: "Emission lineshapes of the B850 ..." (2013) J. Chem. Phys. , 138 , 135101
    "Resonance energy flow dynamics ..., " (2013) Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs): Computational Molecular Science 3: 84-103
    "Nonadiabatic quantum Liouville ..." (2012) J. Chem. Phys. 137 , 22A536

  • Samuni group: "The use of cyclic nitroxide radicals as HNO scavengers" (2013) Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry Special Issue on the Bioinorganic Chemistry of HNO, 118, 155-61

  • Engel group: "Antimicrobial Surfaces" (2013) (CA patent# 2481199 - Feb 5, 2013)
    "Quaternary Ammonium Functionalized Glycodendrimers, Methods for the Production and Use Thereof” (2012) (U.S. Patent No. 8,329,155 - Dec. 11, 2012)

  • Kumar group: "Development of Cell-Active Non-peptidyl Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsins" (2013) Bioorg. Med. Chem. 21: 2975-2987 
    "A Base-Controlled Regioselective Synthesis of Allyl and Vinyl ..." (2013) Tet. Lett. 54: 2717-21

  • Bittman Group: "Synthesis of selective inhibitors..."  (2013) Chem. Commun. 49, 2136
    “Ceramide 1-Phosphate Stimulates Glucose Uptake ....”  (2013) Cell. Signal. 25, 786-795
    “The Sphingosine Kinase Inhibitor ....”  (2013) Br. J. Pharmacol. 168, 1497-1505
    “Photouncaging of Ceramides ...”  (2013) Langmuir 29, 338-347
    “Lymphatic Vasculature Mediates ...”  (2013) J. Clin. Invest. 123, 1571-1579
    “The Roles of Sphingosine Kinase 1 and 2 in Regulating...”  (2013) Cell. Signal. 25, 1011-1017 

  • Chen group: "Synthesis of 1-Aminoisoquinolines by Gold(III)-Mediated Domino Reactions from 2-Alkynylbenzamides and Ammonium Acetate" (2013) J. Org. Chem.

  • Gafney group: "Ligand Initiated Self-Assembly of Pt and Ir Nanoparticles about Ru(II) Diimines in Room Temperature Fluid Solution" (2013) J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 1925–1934

  • Liu group: "Mass Spectrometry Study of Multiply Negatively Charged, Gas-Phase NaAOT Micelles: How Does Charge State Affect Micellar Structure and Encapsulation?" (2013) J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 24: 9-20.
    "Guided-Ion-Beam Scattering and Direct Dynamics Trajectory Study on the Reaction of Deprotonated Cysteine with Singlet Molecular Oxygen" (2013) J. Phys. Chem. B DOI: 10.1021/jp4002077

  • Subramaniam group: "Tandem ring-contraction/decarbonylation of 2,4-diphenyl-3H-benzazepine to 2,4-diphenylquinoline" (2013) Tetrahedron 69: 146-151  

  • Mirkin group: "Nanoelectrodes for determination of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species inside murine macrophages" (2012) PNAS 109: 11534-11539

  • Hersh Group:  "A Non-Karplus Effect: Evidence from Phosphorus Heterocycles and DFT Calculations of the Dependence of Vicinal Phosphorus-Hydrogen NMR Coupling Constants on Lone-Pair Conformation," (2012) J. Org. Chem.  77: 4968-4979

  • Rotenberg Group: “Analysis of substrates of protein kinase C isoforms in human breast cells by the traceable kinase method.”  (2012) Biochemistry 51: 7087-7097
Recent Awards:
QC President's Innovative Teaching Project awarded to Prof. Uri Samuni
NSF Career Grants to Dr. Jianbo Liu and Dr. Seogjoo Jang
QC Students Win Gold
FREE Tutoring for QC chemistry students: Intro and Organic Chem - schedule Spring2013
About the Department 
Queens College offers a number of options for pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemistry and biochemistry. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has Bachelor of Arts, Master's, and Doctoral programs. We also have a four year BA/MA option and a track for students who want to concentrate on chemistry education.

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Chair: Wilma Saffran
Dept. Office: Remsen 206
Phone: 718-997-4100, 4482 or 4191

General inquiries:
Ms. Linda Didomenick

PhD program in chemistry:
Prof. Uri Samuni
or
Prof. Michael Mirkin

Biochemistry:
Prof. Sanjai Kumar
PreRegistration Forms: GenChemFall   GenChemSummer

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Scanning Electron Microscopy by A.J. Bard and M. Mirkin    

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