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  • 2012 - Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Marina K. Kuimova is a researcher affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Biomedical Engineering, and Biophysics.

Their research topics include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Marina K. Kuimova cover a range of topics in fluorescence imaging and molecular sensing. Notable publications include:

  • Visualising G-quadruplex DNA dynamics in live cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Simultaneous Detection of Carbon Monoxide and Viscosity Changes in Cells (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Molecular Rotors: Fluorescent Sensors for Microviscosity and Conformation of Biomolecules (2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Selective Detection of Cu+ Ions in Live Cells via Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Rotaxanes as Cages to Control DNA Binding, Cytotoxicity, and Cellular Uptake of a Small Molecule (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Marina K. Kuimova has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Ramón Vilar
  • Peter A. Summers
  • Andrew J. P. White
  • Peter S. Sherin
  • Joshua B. Edel

The primary publication venues for this researcher are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Science
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Marina K. Kuimova was awarded the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Molecular Rotor Measures Viscosity of Live Cells via Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

    Marina K. Kuimova;Gokhan Yahioglu;James A. Levitt;Klaus Suhling

  • Imaging intracellular viscosity of a single cell during photoinduced cell death

    Marina K. Kuimova;Stanley W. Botchway;Anthony W. Parker;Milan Balaz

  • Mapping viscosity in cells using molecular rotors

    Marina K. Kuimova

  • Blood-vessel closure using photosensitizers engineered for two-photon excitation

    Hazel A. Collins;Mamta Khurana;Eduardo H. Moriyama;Eduardo H. Moriyama;Adrian Mariampillai

  • Fatty acid membrane assembly on coacervate microdroplets as a step towards a hybrid protocell model

    T-Y. Dora Tang;C. Rohaida Che Hak;Alexander J. Thompson;Marina K. Kuimova

  • A molecular rotor for measuring viscosity in plasma membranes of live cells

    Ismael López-Duarte;Thanh Truc Vu;M. Angeles Izquierdo;James A. Bull

  • Membrane-Bound Molecular Rotors Measure Viscosity in Live Cells via Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

    James A. Levitt;Marina K. Kuimova;Gokhan Yahioglu;Pei-Hua Chung

  • Singlet Oxygen in a Cell: Spatially Dependent Lifetimes and Quenching Rate Constants

    Marina K Kuimova;Gokhan Yahioglu;Peter R Ogilby

  • Molecular rheometry: direct determination of viscosity in Lo and Ld lipid phases via fluorescence lifetime imaging

    Yilei Wu;Martin Štefl;Martin Štefl;Agnieszka Olzyńska;Martin Hof

  • The interactions between a small molecule and G-quadruplexes are visualized by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

    Arun Shivalingam;M. Angeles Izquierdo;Alix Le Marois;Aurimas Vyšniauskas

  • Mapping microbubble viscosity using fluorescence lifetime imaging of molecular rotors

    Neveen A. Hosny;Graciela Mohamedi;Paul Rademeyer;Joshua Owen

  • An Optical Technique for Mapping Microviscosity Dynamics in Cellular Organelles

    Joseph E Chambers;Markéta Kubánková;Roland G Huber;Ismael López-Duarte

  • Visualising G-quadruplex DNA dynamics in live cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy.

    Peter A. Summers;Benjamin W. Lewis;Jorge Gonzalez-Garcia;Jorge Gonzalez-Garcia;Rosa M. Porreca;Rosa M. Porreca

  • Photophysical properties and intracellular imaging of water-soluble porphyrin dimers for two-photon excited photodynamic therapy

    Marina K. Kuimova;Hazel A. Collins;Milan Balaz;Emma Dahlstedt

  • Chemical Imaging of Live Cancer Cells in the Natural Aqueous Environment

    Marina K. Kuimova;K. L. Andrew Chan;Sergei G. Kazarian

  • Reactive oxygen species in photochemistry of the red fluorescent protein “Killer Red”

    Russell B Vegh;Kyril M Solntsev;Marina K Kuimova;Soohee Cho

  • Direct imaging of changes in aerosol particle viscosity upon hydration and chemical aging

    N. A. Hosny;C. Fitzgerald;A. Vysniauskas;A. Athanasiadis

  • Unravelling the effect of temperature on viscosity-sensitive fluorescent molecular rotors

    Aurimas Vyšniauskas;Maryam Qurashi;Nathaniel Gallop;Milan Balaz

  • Exploring viscosity, polarity and temperature sensitivity of BODIPY-based molecular rotors

    Aurimas Vyšniauskas;Ismael López-Duarte;Nicolas Duchemin;Thanh-Truc Vu

  • Fluorescence anisotropy of molecular rotors.

    James A. Levitt;Pei‐Hua Chung;Marina K. Kuimova;Gokhan Yahioglu

  • Imaging phase separation in model lipid membranes through the use of BODIPY based molecular rotors.

    Michael R. Dent;Ismael López-Duarte;Callum J. Dickson;Niall D. Geoghegan

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry L. Anderson
Harry L. Anderson University of Oxford
Ramon Vilar
Ramon Vilar Imperial College London
Michael W. George
Michael W. George University of Nottingham
Anthony W. Parker
Anthony W. Parker Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Pavel Matousek
Pavel Matousek Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Michael Towrie
Michael Towrie Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Alexander J. Thompson
Alexander J. Thompson Ascension Health
Markus Kalberer
Markus Kalberer University of Basel
David Phillips
David Phillips Imperial College London
Eleanor Stride
Eleanor Stride University of Oxford

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