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Hanadi F. Sleiman

Hanadi F. Sleiman

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
11662
World Ranking
10202
National Ranking
274

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Hanadi F. Sleiman is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple specialized subfields including molecular biology, biomaterials, ecology, biomedical engineering, and organic chemistry. They have published a significant number of works within these areas, reflecting a broad scientific interest and expertise.

Their work addresses various main topics, such as:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA interference and gene delivery
  • DNA and nucleic acid chemistry
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Supramolecular self-assembly in materials
  • Biosensors and analytical detection
  • Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications

Sleiman has published frequently in a number of high-impact scientific journals. These venues include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (9 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (6 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (6 publications)
  • Chemical Science (3 publications)
  • ACS Nano (2 publications)

Among their recent papers are notable contributions such as:

  • "DNA Nanostructures: Current Challenges and Opportunities for Cellular Delivery," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "A dissipative pathway for the structural evolution of DNA fibres," 2021, Nature Chemistry
  • "A poly(thymine)-melamine duplex for the assembly of DNA nanomaterials," 2020, Nature Materials
  • "Single-molecule methods in structural DNA nanotechnology," 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Small Molecule-Templated DNA Hydrogel with Record Stiffness Integrates and Releases DNA Nanostructures and Gene Silencing Nucleic Acids," 2023, Advanced Science

Frequent collaborators in Sleiman's research include Jathavan Asohan, Daniel Saliba, Xin Luo, Quentin Laurent, and Felix J. Rizzuto, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Hanadi F. Sleiman was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Assembling Materials with DNA as the Guide

    Faisal A. Aldaye;Alison L. Palmer;Hanadi F. Sleiman

  • Modular access to structurally switchable 3D discrete DNA assemblies.

    Faisal A Aldaye;Hanadi F Sleiman

  • Loading and selective release of cargo in DNA nanotubes with longitudinal variation

    Pik Kwan Lo;Pierre Karam;Faisal A. Aldaye;Christopher K. McLaughlin

  • Dynamic DNA Templates for Discrete Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies: Control of Geometry, Modularity, Write/Erase and Structural Switching

    Faisal A. Aldaye;Hanadi F. Sleiman

  • Supramolecular DNA assembly.

    Christopher K. McLaughlin;Graham D. Hamblin;Hanadi F. Sleiman

  • Sequential Self‐Assembly of a DNA Hexagon as a Template for the Organization of Gold Nanoparticles

    Faisal A. Aldaye;Hanadi F. Sleiman

  • Transfer of molecular recognition information from DNA nanostructures to gold nanoparticles

    Thomas G. W. Edwardson;Kai Lin Lau;Danny Bousmail;Christopher J. Serpell

  • A Platinum Supramolecular Square as an Effective G-Quadruplex Binder and Telomerase Inhibitor

    Roxanne Kieltyka;Pablo Englebienne;Johans Fakhoury;Chantal Autexier

  • DNA nanostructure serum stability: greater than the sum of its parts

    Justin W. Conway;Christopher K. McLaughlin;Katherine J. Castor;Hanadi Sleiman

  • Optimized DNA "Nanosuitcases" for Encapsulation and Conditional Release of siRNA.

    Katherine E. Bujold;John Chu Chia Hsu;Hanadi F. Sleiman

  • Rolling Circle Amplification-Templated DNA Nanotubes Show Increased Stability and Cell Penetration Ability

    Graham D. Hamblin;Karina M. M. Carneiro;Johans F. Fakhoury;Katherine E. Bujold

  • Site-specific positioning of dendritic alkyl chains on DNA cages enables their geometry-dependent self-assembly

    Thomas G. W. Edwardson;Karina M. M. Carneiro;Christopher K. McLaughlin;Christopher J. Serpell

  • DNA Nanostructures at the Interface with Biology

    Katherine E. Bujold;Katherine E. Bujold;Aurélie Lacroix;Hanadi F. Sleiman

  • Uptake and Fate of Fluorescently Labeled DNA Nanostructures in Cellular Environments: A Cautionary Tale

    Aurélie Lacroix;Empar Vengut-Climent;Donatien de Rochambeau;Hanadi F. Sleiman

  • Nucleobase-templated polymerization: copying the chain length and polydispersity of living polymers into conjugated polymers.

    Pik Kwan Lo;Hanadi F. Sleiman

  • An Efficient and Modular Route to Sequence-Defined Polymers Appended to DNA

    Thomas G. W. Edwardson;Karina M. M. Carneiro;Christopher J. Serpell;Hanadi F. Sleiman

  • Metal-nucleic acid cages

    Hua Yang;Christopher K McLaughlin;Faisal A Aldaye;Graham D Hamblin

  • Development of DNA Nanostructures for High-Affinity Binding to Human Serum Albumin

    Aurélie Lacroix;Thomas G. W. Edwardson;Mark A. Hancock;Michael D. Dore

  • Modular construction of DNA nanotubes of tunable geometry and single- or double-stranded character

    Faisal A. Aldaye;Pik Kwan Lo;Pierre Karam;Christopher K. McLaughlin

  • DNA Nanostructures: Current Challenges and Opportunities for Cellular Delivery.

    Aurélie Lacroix;Hanadi F Sleiman

  • Platinum Phenanthroimidazole Complexes as G-Quadruplex DNA Selective Binders

    Roxanne Kieltyka;Johans Fakhoury;Nicolas Moitessier;Hanadi F. Sleiman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn University of Strasbourg
Kari Rissanen
Kari Rissanen University of Jyväskylä
Bruce A. Arndtsen
Bruce A. Arndtsen McGill University
Juewen Liu
Juewen Liu University of Waterloo
Chengde Mao
Chengde Mao Purdue University West Lafayette
Shuhei Furukawa
Shuhei Furukawa Kyoto University
Xinliang Feng
Xinliang Feng TU Dresden
Aldo J. G. Zarbin
Aldo J. G. Zarbin Federal University of Paraná
Jackie Y. Ying
Jackie Y. Ying King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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