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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Eric Block is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York in the United States. Their research spans fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Chemistry, with a focus on subfields such as Plant Science, Organic Chemistry, Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's research topics primarily cover Garlic and Onion Studies, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety, and Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation.

Eric Block has authored several recent papers, including the following:

  • Semiochemical responsive olfactory sensory neurons are sexually dimorphic and plastic, 2020, eLife
  • Seeing the smell of garlic: Detection of gas phase volatiles from crushed garlic (Allium sativum), onion (Allium cepa), ramsons (Allium ursinum) and human garlic breath using SESI-Orbitrap MS, 2022, Food Chemistry
  • MO11-1 Phase I dose-finding study of the SIRPα inhibitor BI 765063 as monotherapy in Japanese patients with advanced cancer, 2023, Annals of Oncology
  • Re-examination of the Claimed Isolation of Stable Noncyclic 1,2-Disulfoxides, 2024, Organic Letters
  • Correction: Block et al. Fluorinated Analogs of Organosulfur Compounds from Garlic (Allium sativum): Synthesis, Chemistry and Anti-Angiogenesis and Antithrombotic Studies. Molecules 2017, 22, 2081, 2023, Molecules

The scientist frequently collaborates with co-authors such as Sivaji Gundala, Benjamin Bechand, Abith Vattekkatte, Kai Wang, and Shaymaa Mousa.

Eric Block has published multiple papers in venues including Molecules, eLife, Food Chemistry, Annals of Oncology, and Organic Letters, with Molecules being a primary publication venue.

Awards received by Eric Block include the Ernest Guenther Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2016, Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2014, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • The chemistry of garlic and onions

    Eric Block

  • The Organosulfur Chemistry of the Genus Allium – Implications for the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur

    Eric Block

  • The chemistry of alkyl thiosulfinate esters. 9. Antithrombotic organosulfur compounds from garlic: structural, mechanistic, and synthetic studies

    Eric. Block;Saleem. Ahmad;James L. Catalfamo;Mahendra K. Jain

  • Chemical speciation influences comparative activity of selenium-enriched garlic and yeast in mammary cancer prevention.

    Clement Ip;Marc Birringer;Eric Block;Mihály Kotrebai

  • Encoding social signals in the mouse main olfactory bulb.

    Da Yu Lin;Shao-Zhong Zhang;Eric Block;Lawrence C. Katz

  • THE CHEMISTRY OF ALKYL THIOSULFATE ESTERS. 8. (E,Z)-AJOENE: A POTENT ANTITHROMBOTIC AGENT FROM GARLIC

    E. Block;S. Ahmad;M. K. Jain;R. W. Crecely

  • Allium chemistry: HPLC analysis of thiosulfinates from onion, garlic, wild garlic (ramsoms), leek, scallion, shallot, elephant (great-headed) garlic, chive, and Chinese chive. Uniquely high allyl to methyl ratios in some garlic samples

    Eric. Block;Sriram. Naganathan;David. Putman;Shu Hai. Zhao

  • Selenium speciation in enriched and natural samples by HPLC-ICP-MS and HPLC-ESI-MS with perfluorinated carboxylic acid ion-pairing agents

    Mihály Kotrebai;Marc Birringer;Julian F. Tyson;Eric Block

  • Reactions of organosulfur compounds

    Eric Block

  • Garlic and Other Alliums: The Lore and the Science

    Eric Block

  • Effect of Raw Garlic vs Commercial Garlic Supplements on Plasma Lipid Concentrations in Adults With Moderate Hypercholesterolemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Christopher D. Gardner;Larry D. Lawson;Eric Block;Lorraine M. Chatterjee

  • Allium Chemistry: Identification of Selenoamino Acids in Ordinary and Selenium-Enriched Garlic, Onion, and Broccoli Using Gas Chromatography with Atomic Emission Detection

    Xiao-Jia Cai;Eric Block;Peter C. Uden;Xing Zhang

  • Allium chemistry: GC-MS analysis of thiosulfinates and related compounds from onion, leek, scallion, shallot, chive, and Chinese chive

    Eric. Block;David. Putman;Shu Hai. Zhao

  • Speciation of selenoamino acids and organoselenium compounds in selenium-enriched yeast using high-performance liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Susan M. Bird;Peter C. Uden;Julian F. Tyson;Eric Block

  • Drug absorption in vitro model: filter-immobilized artificial membranes: 2. Studies of the permeability properties of lactones in Piper methysticum Forst

    Alex Avdeef;Melissa Strafford;Eric Block;Michael P. Balogh

  • High-performance liquid chromatography of selenium compounds utilizing perfluorinated carboxylic acid ion-pairing agents and inductively coupled plasma and electrospray ionization mass spectrometric detection.

    Mihály Kotrebai;Julian F. Tyson;Eric Block;Peter C. Uden

  • Characterization of the biological activity of gamma-glutamyl-Se-methylselenocysteine: a novel, naturally occurring anticancer agent from garlic.

    Yan Dong;Donald Lisk;Eric Block;Clement Ip

  • 2-phosphino- and 2-phosphinylbenzenethiols: new ligand types

    Eric Block;Gabriel Ofori-Okai;Jon Zubieta

  • o-lithiothiophenol equivalents: Generation, reactions, and applications in synthesis of hindered thiolate ligands

    Eric Block;Venkatachalam Eswarakrishnan;Michael Gernon;Gabriel Ofori-Okai

  • Chemistry of alkyl thiosulfinate esters. VII. Mechanistic studies and synthetic applications

    Eric Block;John O'Connor

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Zubieta
Jon Zubieta Syracuse University
Peter C. Uden
Peter C. Uden University of Massachusetts Amherst
Richard S. Glass
Richard S. Glass University of Arizona
Julian F. Tyson
Julian F. Tyson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Hiroaki Matsunami
Hiroaki Matsunami Duke University
Victor S. Batista
Victor S. Batista Yale University
Graham N. George
Graham N. George University of Saskatchewan
Ingrid J. Pickering
Ingrid J. Pickering University of Saskatchewan
Hans Bock
Hans Bock Goethe University Frankfurt
Robert B. Cody
Robert B. Cody JEOL (Japan)

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