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Dec 03/20 Welcome to Kaelas Munger, our new graduate student. Nov 07/20 Tendai Mafireyi won the prize for Oral Presentations in the graduate student category for his work on "Detection of the melanoma biomarker thioredoxin reductase using diselenide-based fluorescent probes" at the 2020 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting & Student Research Conference. Oct 09/20 Congratulations to Tendai Mafireyi after been awarded second place in the NOBCChE 2020 ConneXions poster competition in the organic chemistry category sponsored by Pfizer. Aug 26/20 New accepted article: "A simple predictive model for estimating relative e-cigarette toxic carbonyl levels," published in PLoS ONE. May 24/20 New accepted article: "A Diselenide Turn-On Fluorescent Probe for the Detection of Thioredoxin Reductase," published in Angew. Chemie. April 14/20 Congratulations to Ian Munhenzva on successfully defending his thesis entitled "Optimized Xanthene-based Probes for Pancreatic Cancer Imaging" and earning his Ph. D. March 02/20 Congratulations to Tendai Mafireyi after been awarded first place in the Chemistry Graduate division of the Oregon Academy of Science and Sigma Xi Columbia-Willamette Chapter 2020 Student Research Symposium for his poster entitled "Diselenide based probes for thioredoxin reductase detection." January 24/20 New article preprint entitled "Pine rosin as a toxic cannabis extract adulterant" is online. December 06/19 We welcome our new graduate student Nicole Javaly. October 28/19 Congratulations to Shawna Vreeke on successfully defending her thesis entitled "Investigating the Origins of Toxins Present in Electronic Cigarette Aerosol" and earning her doctoral degree. September 25/19 Watch Professor Robert M. Strongin in an interview by KPTV Fox12 Portland (Multnomah County commissioners plan to ban flavoring for e-cigarettes). September 16/19 Watch Professor Robert M. Strongin and Jiries Meehan-Atrash in an interview by the Associated Press (Counterfeit pot vapes flood market amid illnesses). New accepted article: "Aerosol Gas-Phase Components from Cannabis E-Cigarettes and Dabbing: Mechanistic Insight and Quantitative Risk Analysis," published in ACS Omega. July 29/19 Congratulations to Jiries Meehan-Atrash for earning the El Sohly Award for Excellence in the Field of Cannabis Chemistry. He will receive the award at the Spring ACS meeting in Philadelphia. June 17/19 New accepted review article: "Functional synthetic probes for selective targeting and multi-analyte detection and imaging," published in Chemical Society Reviews. June 10/19 New accepted article: "Assessment of human pancreas cancer tissue and precursor lesions via a fluorophore with inherent PDAC selectivity," published in Methods. June 06/19 Shawna Vreeke will receive the Paul Emmett Award at the 60th Annual Commencement and Awards Ceremony. April 03/19 Congratulations to Ian Munhenzva for winning the PSU Outstanding International Student Award. March 12/19 New accepted publication: "E-Cigarette Chemistry and Analytical Detection," published in Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry. February 05/19 New accepted article: "Altering Fundamental Trends in the Emission of Xanthene Dyes," published in The Journal of Organic Chemistry. August 23/18 New accepted article: "Synthetic food dyes in electronic cigarettes," published in Dyes & Pigments. July 02/18 New accepted article: "Triacetin Enhances Levels of Acrolein, Formaldehyde Hemiacetals, and Acetaldehyde in Electronic Cigarette Aerosols," published in ACS Omega. May 22/18 New accepted article: "In Situ Lysosomal Cysteine-Specific Targeting and Imaging during Dexamethasone-Induced Apoptosis," published in Analytical Chemistry. May 15/18 New accepted article: "E-cigarettes can emit formaldehyde at high levels under conditions that have been reported to be non-averse to users," published in Scientific Reports. March 15/18 New accepted article: "Varied Length Stokes Shift BODIPY-Based Fluorophores for Multicolor Microscopy," published in Scientific Reports. January 10/18 We welcome our new graduate student Megha Gupta. January 05/18 New accepted article: "E-Cigarette Airflow Rate Modulates Toxicant Profiles and Can Lead to Concerning Levels of Solvent Consumption," published in ACS Omega. New accepted article: "Dihydroxyacetone Levels in Electronic Cigarettes: Wick Temperature and Toxin Formation," published in Aerosol Sci. Technol. September 22/17 New accepted article: "Toxicant Formation in Dabbing: The Terpene Story," published in ACS Omega. September 11/17 New accepted article: "Formaldehyde Hemiacetal Sampling, Recovery, and Quantification from Electronic Cigarette Aerosols," published in Scientific Reports. January 20/17 New accepted article: "Far-red and near-infrared seminaphthofluorophores for targeted pancreatic cancer imaging," published in ACS Omega. January 18/17 We welcome our new graduate students Tendai Mafireyi and Jiries Meehan-Atrash. June 16/16 New accepted article: "Systemic delivery and biodistribution of cisplatin in vivo," published in Molecular Pharmaceutics. February 11/16 New accepted critical review: "Recent progress in chromogenic and fluorogenic chemosensors for hypochlorous acid," published in Analyst. January 16/16 New accepted article: "Fluorescein tri-aldehyde promotes the selective detection of homocysteine," published in The Journal of Fluorescence. January 04/16 We welcome our new graduate students Shawna Vreeke and Ian Munhenzva. December 02/15 New accepted article: "Rhodamine analogues for molecular ruler applications," published in Dyes and Pigments. November 06/15 New ASAP article: "Templated polymers enable selective capture and release of lysophosphatidic acid in human plasma via optimization of non-covalent binding to functional monomers," published in Analyst. April 17/15 New ASAP article: "A simple assay for glutathione in whole blood," published in Analyst. January 22/15 PSU researchers find hidden formaldehyde in E-cigarette aerosols. The findings were published by the New England Journal of Medicine. December 08/14 New ASAP communication: "Spiroguanidine rhodamines as fluorogenic probes for lysophosphatidic acid," published in Chemical Communications. June 10/14 New ASAP communication: "Differences in heterocycle basicity distinguish homocysteine from cysteine using aldehyde-bearing fluorophores," published in Chemical Communications. June 02/14 Professor Strongin is the recipient of the 2014 John Eliot Allen Teaching Award for the Department of Chemistry. The awards ceremony will be on Friday, June 6 at the Smith Center Ballroom from 3-5 pm. February 28/14 New ASAP edge article: "A dual emission fluorescent
probe enables simultaneous detection of glutathione
and February 10/14 New ASAP communication: "A photochemical method for determining plasma homocysteine with limited sample processing" published in Chemical Communications. October 02/13 New ASAP article: "Simple enrichment and analysis of plasma lysophosphatidic acids" published in Analyst. June 14/13 Dr. Strongin met with Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley. June 10/13 Read a letter from Dr. Strongin addressing the need for science funding and the impact of the federal budget sequester on sicentific research. The letter is featured in the latest issue of Chemical and Engineering News. June 05/12 New ASAP article: "Field Effects Induce Bathochromic Shifts in Xanthene Dyes" published in The Journal of the American Chemical Society . May 08/12 New ASAP article: "A fast response highly selective probe for the detection of glutathione in human blood plasma" published in Sensors. May 01/12 New ASAP article: "Progress toward red and near-infrared (NIR) emitting saccharide sensors " published in Pure and Applied Chemistry . March 27/12 Congratulations to Yixing Guo for getting his degree. Our research has just been featured in "Chemistry World", a Royal Society trade publication, see here. Jan 03/12 Happy New Year 2012! Congratulations to Soojin Lim for obtaining her Ph.D. degree. Sep 26/11 Prof. Xiaofeng Yang published a paper entitled "Conjugate Addition/Cyclization Sequence Enables Selective and Simultaneous Fluorescence Detection of Cysteine and Homocysteine" in Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed . July 04/11 Our research is highlighted in the American
Chemical Society (ACS) Noteworthy Chemistry Section
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