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Michael Lee

BSc Chemical Biology, University of California Berkeley

 

PhD Student in Chemistry (Chemical Biology)

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

 

Publications

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10. Swartchick CB, Dirak M, Wenger L, Tapia Hernandez R, Lee MC, and Chan J.* Activity-based bioluminescent logic-gate probe reveals crosstalk between the inflammatory tumor microenvironment and ALDH1A1 in cancer cells. JACS Au. 2024. Accepted.

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9. Lee MC, Landers K, Chan J. Activity-based photoacoustic probes for detection of disease biomarkers beyond oncology. ACS Bio Med Chem Au 2023, 3, 223–232.

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8. Lee MC,* Gardner SH,* Tapia Hernandez R, Chan J. Application of AlDeSense to stratify ovarian cancer cells based on aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 Activity. JoVE 2023, 193, e64713.

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7. East AK, Lee MC, Chang J, Sikander Q, Chan J. Biomimetic approach to promote cellular uptake and enhance photoacoustic properties of tumor-seeking dyes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 7313–7322.

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6. Xu JJ, Lucero MY, Herndon NL, Lee MC, Chan J. Comparison of a minimally invasive transthoracic approach and a surgical method for intrapleural injection of tumor cells in mice. Comp. Med. 2023, 73, 1-7.

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5. East AK, Lee MC, Smaga LP, Jiang C, Mallojjala SC, Hirschi JS, Chan J. Synthesis of silicon-substituted hemicyanines for multimodal SWIR imaging. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 8509–8513.

 

4. Tapia Hernandez R, Lee MC, Yadav AK, Chan J. Repurposing cyanine photo-instability to develop NIR light-activatable nanogels for in vivo cargo delivery. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18101–18108.

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3. Yadav AK,* Lee MC,* Lucero MY, Reinhardt, CJ, Su S, Chan J. NIR bioluminescence probe enables discovery of diet-induced modulation of tumor microenvironment via nitric oxide. ACS Cent. Sci. 2022, 8, 461.

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2. Lucero MY, East AK, Reinhardt CJ, Sedgwick AC, Su S, Lee MC, Chan J. Development of NIR-II photoacoustic probes tailored for deep-tissue sensing of nitric oxide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 7196–7202.

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1. Furst AL, Smith MJ, Lee MC, Francis MB. DNA Hybridization To Interface Current-Producing Cells with Electrode Surfaces. ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 880-884.

 

Select Awards

5. Drickamer Research Fellowship (2021)

4. G.L. Clark Fellowship (2018)

3. Dhannum Fellowship (2018)

2. UC Berkeley Senior Undergraduate Research Award (2018)

1. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2018)

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