April 2024 – Diego (former lab member), got his manuscript entitled Exploring subsite selectivity within Plasmodium vivax N-myristoyltransferase using pyrazole-derived inhibitors accepted for publication in J. Med. Chem. Congratulations!
April 2024– Cassandra (former lab member), got her manuscript entitled All-Photonic Kinase Inhibitors: Light-Controlled Release-and-Report Inhibition accepted for publication in Chem. Sci. Congratulations!
March 2024 – Josipa (former lab member), got her manuscript entitled Sulfone-based human liver pyruvate kinase inhibitors – design, synthesis and in vitro bioactivity accepted for publication in Eur. J. Med. Chem. Congratulations!
January 2024 – Welcome to Hampus Nyström – new PhD student in the lab.
November 2023 – Welcome to Carlos Benitez-Martin – new postdoctoral fellow in the lab.
October 2023 – Welcome to Jinyoung Oh – new postdoctoral fellow in the lab.
October 2023 – We have a vacant scholarship on postdoctoral level in Medicinal Chemistry. see advertisement entitled: Scholarship at postdoctoral level in Medicinal Chemistry.
September 2023 – Carlos and Jean got their manuscript entitled Fluorescent Molecular Photoswitches for the Generation of All-Optical Encryption Keys accepted for publication in ChemPhotoChem. Congratulations!
September 2023 – Anna, Oscar, Antonios (former lab member), and Carlos were part of the University of Gothenburg team that won the Merck 4th Compound Challenge. Congratulations!
August 2023 – Diego (former lab member), got his manuscript entitled Identification of potent and Selective N-myristoyltransferase inhibitors of Plasmodium vivax liver stage hypnozoites and schizonts accepted for publication in Nat. Commun. Congratulations!
August 2023 – We are moving to Natrium, a new building for natural and life sciences with state of the art research and educational facilities.
May 2023 – We are looking for competitive candidates from all over the world willing to prepare an application for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (deadline: 13 September 2023) to work in the Grøtli Lab on one of the subjects listed under Research. If you are interested please contact Morten directly by e-mail.
May 2023 – Oscar got his “engineering” degree. Congratulations!
April 2023 – Umberto and Leticia (former lab members) got their manuscript entitled Exploration of novel Urolithin C derivatives as non-competitive inhibitors of Liver Pyruvate Kinase accepted for publication in Pharmaceuticals. Congratulations!
March 2023 – We are looking for one or two postdoctoral candidates who will join a project funded by a EIC Pathfinder grant (4for2). The project aims at developing novel probes for multiphoton microscopy. These probes will be designes, synthesized, and their performance will be critically validated using fluorescence spectroscopy and multiphoton microscopy, including the demonstration in application-relevant biological environments; ; see advertisement entitled: Postdoctoral fellow in Medicinal Chemistry, 1-2 positions
February 2023 – Amalyn (former lab member), Oscar and Sara got their manuscript entitled Tuning liver pyruvate kinase activity up or down with a new class of allosteric modulators accepted for publication in Eur. J. Med. Chem. Congratulations!
January 2023 – Umberto, Chunxia and Fady (former lab members) got their manuscript entitled Ellagic Acid and its metabolites as potent and selective allosteric inhibitors of liver pyruvate kinase accepted for publication in Nutrients. Congratulations!
November 2022 – We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow (collaboration with Pär Matsson); see advertisement entitled Postdoctor in molecular tools for oligonucleotide-protein interactions
November 2022 – Welcome to István Köteles – new postdoctoral fellow in the lab.
October 2022 – Umberto, Chunxia and Oscar got their manuscript entitled Serendipitous Identification of a Covalent Activator of Liver Pyruvate Kinase accepted for publication in ChemBioChem. Congratulations!
September 2022 – Welcome to Evelin Fornari – new postdoctoral fellow in the lab.
August 2022 – Catarina and Diego got their manuscript entitled Development of dicationic bisguanidine-arylfuran derivatives as potent agents against Gram-negative bacteria accepted for publication in Antibiotics. Congratulations!
August 2022 – Welcome to Hampus Nyström – new MSc student in the lab.
July 2022 – Welcome to Lisa-Catherine Rosenbaum – new postdoctoral fellow in the lab.
July 2022 – We are looking for postdoctoral fellows to join the lab; see advertisement in Nature Jobs.
May 2022 – Antonios has been accepted to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry (https://www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2022) this summer. Congratulations!
May 2022 – We are looking for postdoctoral fellows to join the lab; see advertisement in Nature Jobs.
March 2022 – Amalyn and Anders got their manuscript entitled Anthraquinone derivatives as ADP-competitive inhibitors of liver pyruvate kinase accepted for publication in Eur. J. Med. Chem. Congratulations!
February 2022 – Sara got her manuscript entitled Environmentally friendly catechol-based synthesis of dibenzosultams accepted for publication in New J. Chem. Congratulations!
February 2022 – Yongjin got his manuscript entitled Design and Development of Photoswitchable DFG-Out RET Kinase Inhibitors accepted for publication in Eur. J. Med. Chem. Congratulations!
November 2021 – We are looking for competitive candidates from all over the world willing to prepare an application for a EUTOPIA Science and Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship (deadline 10 January 2022, 13:00 CET.) to work in the Grøtli lab on one of the subjects listed under Research.
November 2021 – Paper accepted for publication in mSystems.
September 2021 – Welcome to Antonis Drakopoulos – new postdoctoral fellow in the lab.
September 2021 – Welcome to Mullah Muhaiminul Islam – new postdoctoral fellow in the lab.
September 2021 – Yongjin has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled Using Light to Regulate the Activity of RET Kinase. Congratulations!
September 2021 – A postdoctoral fellowship in medicinal chemistry is available for a period of twelve months. Only researchers from Brazil can apply.
September 2021 – Yongjin got his manuscript entitled Design and Development of a Photoswitchable DFG-Out Kinase Inhibitor accepted for publication in Chem. Commun. Congratulations!
August 2021 – Welcome to Inge Snijders – new project student in the lab.
August 2021 – Oscar successfully presented and defended his Master thesis. Congratulations!
June 2021 – Interview with Antonis Drakopoulos in GUJournalen
June 2021 – Welcome to Anna-Paraskevi Valaka and Oscar Nilsson – new PhD students in the lab.
May 2021 – We are looking for competitive candidates from all over the world willing to prepare an application for the EU Horizon2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellowships program (MSCA PF; preliminary deadline: October 2021) to work in the Grøtli lab on one of the subjects listed under Research.
April 2021 – Antonis Drakopoulos was granted a EUTOPIA-SIF postdoctoral fellowship and will join the Grøtli Lab in September. Congratulations!
April 2021 – Mattias got his manuscript entitled Interbase-FRET Binding Assay for pre-microRNAs accepted for publication in Sci. Rep. Congratulations!
March 2021 – Paper accepted for publication in Life.
February 2021 – Mullah Muhaiminul Islam was granted a MSCA-Individual Fellowship and will join the Grøtli Lab in June. Congratulations!
January 2021 – Paper accepted for publication in Cancers.
December 2020 – We are looking for two PhD students to join the lab; see advertisement PhD1 and PhD2.
November 2020 – Welcome to Sara Liljenberg – new project student in the lab.
September 2020 – Welcome to Oscar Nilsson – new project student in the lab.
July 2020 – Paper accepted for publication in eLife.
June 2020 – Paper accepted for publication in Nucleic Acids Res.
May 2020 – We are looking for competitive candidates from all over the world willing to prepare an application for the EU Horizon2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships program (MSCA IF; deadline: 9th of September 2020) to work in the Grøtli lab on one of the subjects listed under Research.
January 2020 – Together with collaborators Anders got his manuscript entitled Lighting up DNA with the pH responsive bright adenine analogue qAN4 accepted for publication in ChemPlusChem. Congratulations!
December 2019 – Paper accepted for publication in Mol. Cell. Biol.
November 2019 – Diego Rodriguez-Hernández joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome!
October 2019 – Yongjin was awarded an Adlerbertska Stipendiestiftelsen traveling grant for attending the ACS National Meeting & Expo, March 2020. Congratulations!
September 2019 – Mattias has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled Development of Fluorescent Nucleobase Analogues – Intrinsically labelled nucleic acids for molecular binding investigations. Congratulations!
September 2019 – Anders got his manuscript entitled Interbase FRET in RNA – From A to Z accepted for publication in Nucleic Acids Res. Congratulations!
August 2019 – Cassandra got her manuscript entitled A Fluorescent LCK Inhibitor that Exhibits Diagnostic Changes in Emission Upon Binding the Kinase Enzyme accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations!
June 2019 – Welcome to Julia Fagerlund – new project student in the lab
June 2019 – Malin and Eric successfully presented and defended their Bachelor’s thesis. Congratulations!
June 2019 – Alexandra Rodriguez Rivero joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome!
May 2019 – Amalyn Nain joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome!
January 2019 – Welcome to Malin Hagkvist and Eric Andresen – new project students in the lab.
January 2019 – Cassandra got her manuscript entitled On-Command Regulation of Kinase Activity using Photonic Stimuli accepted in ChemPhotoChem. Congratulations!
November 2018 – We are looking for postdoctoral fellows to join the lab; se advertisment in Nature Jobs.
November 2018 – Josipa Matić joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome!
October 2018 – Paper accepted for publication in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
October 2018 – Cassandra got her manuscript entitled Shining New Light on the Spiropyran Photoswitch: A Photocage Decides Between cis-trans or Spiro-Merocyanine Isomerization accepted in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations!
September 2018 – Cassandra gave an oral presentation at the 5th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemist Symposium entitled Development of Release-and-Report Kinase Inhibitors as Molecular Tools for Investigating Neurodegenerative Disorders and won the presentation prize. Congratulations!
August 2018 – Cassandra and Yongjin gave poster presentations at the EMBO Chemical Biology 2018 Conference entitled Development of Release-and-Report Kinase Inhibitors as Molecular Tools for Investigating Neurodegenerative Disorders and Towards Photoswitchable Kinase Inhibitors: Synthesis and Characterisation of Azoheteroarenes, respectively.
August 2018 – Mattias gave an oral presentation at the 23rd International Roundtable Meeting on Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids entitled Emissive Quadra- and Pentacyclic Adenine Derivative.
August 2018 – Anders got his manuscript entitled Synthesis, oligonucleotide incorporation and fluorescence properties in DNA of a bicyclic thymine analogue accepted in Sci. Rep. Congratulations!
August 2018 – Yongjin got his manuscript entitled Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Azoheteroarenes accepted in Org. Lett. Congratulations!
June 2018 – Welcome to Eric Andresen – new project student in the lab.
June 2018 – Anders Foller Füchtbauer joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome!
May 2018 – Leticia Monjas Gomez joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome!
April 2018 – Cassandra wins a poster prize at the Science and Technology Day arranged by Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers departments; and Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Gothenburg. Congratulations!
April 2018 – Paper accepted for publication in Front. Physiol.
Mars 2018 – Yongjin was awarded a IF traveling grant for attending the EMBO Chemical Biology Conference 2018. Congratulations!
Mars 2018 – Mattias got his manuscript entitled Pentacyclic adenine: an exceptionally bright fluorescent DNA base analog accepted in Chem. Sci. Congratulations!
February 2018 – Prabhakar Cherkupally was granted a MSCA-Individual Fellowship and will join the Grøtli Lab in October. Congratulations!
January 2018 – Måns successfully presented and defended his chemistry project (KET930) . Congratulations!
January 2018 – Shno successfully presented and defended her Master’s thesis. Congratulations!
December 2017 – Eric Wise (former Master’s student in the Grøtli Lab) wins AstraZeneca prize for the Best Master Thesis. Congratulation!
December 2017 – Paper accepted for publication in Sci. Rep.
December 2017 – Paper accepted for publication in Beilstein J. Org. Chem.
October 2017 – Shno successfully presented and defended her Bachelor thesis. Congratulations!
September 2017 – Cassandra wins the poster prize at the 1st Swedish Medicinal Chemistry Symposium. Congratulations!
September 2017 –Welcome to Måns Andreasson – new project student in the lab.
August 2017 – Welcome to Bas van de Velde – new project student in the lab.
August 2017 – Paper accepted for publication in Mol. Sys. Biol.
July 2017 – Paper accepted for publication in Drug. Disc. Today.
June 2017 – Paper accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
June 2017 – Welcome to Shno Asad – new project student in the lab.
June 2017 – Erik Weis successfully presented and defended his master thesis-congratulations! He will start as industrial PhD student at AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden.
May 2017 – New website.