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Bruno Therrien is affiliated with the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Their research spans several intersecting fields including Chemistry and Materials Science, with a significant emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Their contributions also relate to Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Spectroscopy.

Their research concentrates on several main topics including:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Therrien has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Inorganics
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Molecules
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Dyes and Pigments

Their recent papers cover topics relevant to chemotherapeutic strategies and fluorescence materials, including the following titles:

  • "Conjugated Photosensitizers for Imaging and PDT in Cancer Research" (2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry)
  • "Dimethyl Sulfoxide: A Bio-Friendly or Bio-Hazard Chemical? The Effect of DMSO in Human Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes" (2022, Molecules)
  • "Ruthenium-based assemblies incorporating tetrapyridylporphyrin panels: a photosensitizer delivery strategy for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by photodynamic therapy" (2022, Dalton Transactions)
  • "Evaluation of Ruthenium-Based Assemblies as Carriers of Photosensitizers to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis by Photodynamic Therapy" (2021, Pharmaceutics)
  • "Boron difluoride functionalized (tetrahydroimidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-yl)phenols: Highly fluorescent blue emissive materials" (2020, Dyes and Pigments)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a set of coauthors, including:

  • Gioele Colombo
  • Stefano Brenna
  • G. Attilio Ardizzoia
  • Bertrand Liagre
  • Manuel Gallardo-Villagrán

Best Publications

  • Coordination assemblies from a Pd(II)-cornered square complex.

    Makoto Fujita;Masahide Tominaga;and Akiko Hori;Bruno Therrien

  • The “Complex-in-a-Complex” Cations [(acac)2M⊂Ru6(p-iPrC6H4Me)6(tpt)2(dhbq)3]6+: A Trojan Horse for Cancer Cells

    Bruno Therrien;Georg Süss-Fink;Padavattan Govindaswamy;Anna K. Renfrew

  • Ruthenium porphyrin compounds for photodynamic therapy of cancer.

    Frédéric Schmitt;Padavattan Govindaswamy;Georg Süss-Fink;Wee Han Ang

  • Arene Ruthenium Cages: Boxes Full of Surprises

    Bruno Therrien

  • Organometallic cages as vehicles for intracellular release of photosensitizers.

    Frédéric Schmitt;Julien Freudenreich;Nicolas P E Barry;Lucienne Juillerat-Jeanneret

  • Targeted and multifunctional arene ruthenium chemotherapeutics

    Gregory S. Smith;Bruno Therrien

  • Functionalised η6-arene ruthenium complexes

    Bruno Therrien

  • Energy-Funneling-Based Broadband Visible-Light-Absorbing Bodipy–C60 Triads and Tetrads as Dual Functional Heavy-Atom-Free Organic Triplet Photosensitizers for Photocatalytic Organic Reactions

    Ling Huang;Xiaoneng Cui;Bruno Therrien;Jianzhang Zhao

  • Sequence-selective recognition of peptides within the single binding pocket of a self-assembled coordination cage.

    Shohei Tashiro;Masahide Tominaga;Masaki Kawano;Bruno Therrien

  • Antiproliferative activity of chelating N,O- and N,N-ruthenium(II) arene functionalised poly(propyleneimine) dendrimer scaffolds

    Preshendren Govender;Anna K. Renfrew;Catherine M. Clavel;Paul J. Dyson

  • Ferrocenoyl pyridine arene ruthenium complexes with anticancer properties: synthesis, structure, electrochemistry, and cytotoxicity.

    Mathieu Auzias;Bruno Therrien;Georg Süss-Fink;Petr Stepnicka

  • Drug Delivery by Water-Soluble Organometallic Cages

    Bruno Therrien

  • Anticancer activity of new organo-ruthenium, rhodium and iridium complexes containing the 2-(pyridine-2-yl)thiazole N,N -chelating ligand

    Michaël Gras;Bruno Therrien;Georg Süss-Fink;Angela Casini

  • Conjugated Photosensitizers for Imaging and PDT in Cancer Research.

    João C S Simões;Sophia Sarpaki;Panagiotis Papadimitroulas;Bruno Therrien

  • Self-assembled hexanuclear arene ruthenium metallo-prisms with unexpected double helical chirality.

    Padavattan Govindaswamy;David Linder;Jérôme Lacour;Georg Süss-Fink

  • Evidence for Drug Release from a Metalla-Cage Delivery Vector Following Cellular Internalisation

    Olivier Zava;Johan Mattsson;Bruno Therrien;Paul J. Dyson

  • Synthesis, Molecular Structure, and Anticancer Activity of Cationic Arene Ruthenium Metallarectangles

    Johan Mattsson;Padavattan Govindaswamy;Anna K. Renfrew;Paul J. Dyson

  • Host–Guest Chemistry in the Hexanuclear (Arene)ruthenium Metalla‐Prismatic Cage [Ru6(p‐cymene)6(tpt)2(dhnq)3]6+

    Nicolas P. E. Barry;Bruno Therrien

  • Transporting and Shielding Photosensitisers by Using Water‐Soluble Organometallic Cages: A New Strategy in Drug Delivery and Photodynamic Therapy

    Bruno Therrien

  • Assembly State of Catalytic Modules as Chiral Switches in Asymmetric Strecker Amino Acid Synthesis

    Nobuki Kato;Tsuyoshi Mita;Motomu Kanai;Bruno Therrien

  • Combined arene ruthenium porphyrins as chemotherapeutics and photosensitizers for cancer therapy.

    Frédéric Schmitt;Padavattan Govindaswamy;Olivier Zava;Georg Süss-Fink

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Süss-Fink
Georg Süss-Fink University of Neuchâtel
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Thomas R. Ward
Thomas R. Ward University of Basel
Kentaro Yamaguchi
Kentaro Yamaguchi Tokushima Bunri University
Helen Stoeckli-Evans
Helen Stoeckli-Evans University of Neuchâtel
Robert Deschenaux
Robert Deschenaux University of Neuchâtel
Georgiy B. Shul'pin
Georgiy B. Shul'pin Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Ingo Ott
Ingo Ott Technische Universität Braunschweig
Claudio Pettinari
Claudio Pettinari University of Camerino
Wee Han Ang
Wee Han Ang National University of Singapore

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