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Overview

Kent Kirshenbaum is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications, Digital Holography and Microscopy, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Kent Kirshenbaum has published extensively, with articles appearing frequently in these venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Their recent papers include:

  • Peptidomimetic Oligomers Targeting Membrane Phosphatidylserine Exhibit Broad Antiviral Activity, 2023, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Guidelines for designing peptoid structures: Insights from the Peptoid Data Bank, 2023, Peptide Science
  • Programmed Supramolecular Assemblies Using Orthogonal Pairs of Heterodimeric Coiled Coil Peptides, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Holographic immunoassays: direct detection of antibodies binding to colloidal spheres, 2020, Soft Matter
  • Evaluating the Conformations and Dynamics of Peptoid Macrocycles, 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Frequent co-authors in Kent Kirshenbaum's research collaborations are:

  • Linhai Jiang
  • James R. B. Eastwood
  • Rushna Quddus
  • David G. Grier
  • Richard Bonneau

Best Publications

  • Sequence-specific polypeptoids: a diverse family of heteropolymers with stable secondary structure.

    Kent Kirshenbaum;Annelise E. Barron;Annelise E. Barron;Richard A. Goldsmith;Philippe Armand

  • Tricks with clicks: modification of peptidomimetic oligomers via copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne [3 + 2] cycloaddition

    Justin M. Holub;Kent Kirshenbaum

  • Structural and Spectroscopic Studies of Peptoid Oligomers with α-Chiral Aliphatic Side Chains

    Cindy W. Wu;Kent Kirshenbaum;Tracy J. Sanborn;James A. Patch

  • NMR determination of the major solution conformation of a peptoid pentamer with chiral side chains

    Philippe Armand;Kent Kirshenbaum;Richard A. Goldsmith;Shauna Farr-Jones

  • Designing polymers that mimic biomolecules.

    Kent Kirshenbaum;Ronald N Zuckermann;Ken A Dill

  • Peptoid architectures: elaboration, actuation, and application.

    Barney Yoo;Kent Kirshenbaum

  • Viral Nanoparticles Donning a Paramagnetic Coat: Conjugation of MRI Contrast Agents to the MS2 Capsid

    Elizabeth A. Anderson;Steven Isaacman;David S. Peabody;Edwin Y. Wang

  • Biosynthesis of proteins incorporating a versatile set of phenylalanine analogues.

    Kent Kirshenbaum;Isaac S. Carrico;David A. Tirrell

  • Cyclic Peptoids

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  • Chiral N-substituted glycines can form stable helical conformations

    Philippe Armand;Kent Kirshenbaum;Alexis Falicov;Roland L Dunbrack

  • Oligo(N-aryl glycines): A New Twist on Structured Peptoids

    Neel H. Shah;Glenn L. Butterfoss;Khanh Nguyen;Barney Yoo

  • Folded biomimetic oligomers for enantioselective catalysis

    Galia Maayan;Michael D. Ward;Kent Kirshenbaum

  • Breaking the degeneracy of the genetic code.

    Inchan Kwon;Kent Kirshenbaum;David A. Tirrell

  • Peptide cyclization and cyclodimerization by Cu(I)-mediated azide-alkyne cycloaddition.

    Reshma Jagasia;Justin M. Holub;Markus Bollinger;Kent Kirshenbaum

  • A Comparison of Linear and Cyclic Peptoid Oligomers as Potent Antimicrobial Agents

    Mia Lace Huang;Sung Bin Y. Shin;Meredith A. Benson;Victor J. Torres

  • A Threaded Loop Conformation Adopted by a Family of Peptoid Nonamers

    Kai Huang;Cindy W. Wu;Tracy J. Sanborn;James A. Patch

  • A Preliminary Survey of the Peptoid Folding Landscape

    Glenn L. Butterfoss;P. Douglas Renfrew;Brian A Kuhlman;Kent Kirshenbaum

  • Peptoid macrocycles: making the rounds with peptidomimetic oligomers.

    Barney Yoo;Barney Yoo;Sung Bin Y. Shin;Sung Bin Y. Shin;Mia Lace Huang;Kent Kirshenbaum

  • Clickity-click: highly functionalized peptoid oligomers generated by sequential conjugation reactions on solid-phase support

    Justin M. Holub;Hangjun Jang;Kent Kirshenbaum

  • Click to fit: versatile polyvalent display on a peptidomimetic scaffold.

    Hangjun Jang;Aaron Fafarman;Justin M. Holub;Kent Kirshenbaum

  • De novo structure prediction and experimental characterization of folded peptoid oligomers

    Glenn L. Butterfoss;Barney Yoo;Jonathan N. Jaworski;Ilya Chorny

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Bonneau
Richard Bonneau New York University
Ronald N. Zuckermann
Ronald N. Zuckermann Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Annelise E. Barron
Annelise E. Barron Stanford University
Ken A. Dill
Ken A. Dill Stony Brook University
Eric Klann
Eric Klann New York University
Michael J. Garabedian
Michael J. Garabedian New York University
Thomas A. Neubert
Thomas A. Neubert New York University
Michael D. Ward
Michael D. Ward New York University
Moses V. Chao
Moses V. Chao New York University
Chunhua Hu
Chunhua Hu New York University

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