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Overview

Ramon Vilar is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and focuses on research within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular emphasis on Molecular Biology. Their scientific work spans various interdisciplinary subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, and Biophysics.

The main topics addressed in Ramon Vilar's publications include:

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vilar cover a range of subjects related to fluorescence microscopy, DNA dynamics, and chemical sensing. Notable publications include:

  • Visualising G-quadruplex DNA dynamics in live cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, 2021, Nature Communications
  • 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
  • An Electroactive Oligo-EDOT Platform for Neural Tissue Engineering, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Metal complexes as optical probes for DNA sensing and imaging, 2021, Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Vilar frequently publishes in the following scientific venues:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Collaborations form a key part of Vilar's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Marina K. Kuimova
  • Peter A. Summers
  • Dominik Weiß
  • Timothy Kench
  • Jenna Robinson

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of 11C, 18F, 15O, and 13N Radiolabels for Positron Emission Tomography

    Philip W. Miller;Nicholas J. Long;Ramon Vilar;Antony D. Gee

  • Monoligated palladium species as catalysts in cross-coupling reactions.

    Ute Christmann;Ramón Vilar

  • Interaction of Metal Complexes with G‐Quadruplex DNA

    Savvas N. Georgiades;Nurul Huda Abd Karim;Kogularamanan Suntharalingam;Ramon Vilar

  • Stabilization of G-quadruplex DNA and inhibition of telomerase activity by square-planar nickel(II) complexes.

    Julie E. Reed;Anna Arola Arnal;Stephen Neidle;Ramon Vilar

  • Anion-templated synthesis.

    Ramón Vilar

  • Reversible colorimetric probes for mercury sensing.

    Eugenio Coronado;† José R. Galán-Mascarós;† Carlos Martí-Gastaldo;Emilio Palomares

  • Bisperoxovanadium compounds are potent PTEN inhibitors

    Annette C. Schmid;Richard D. Byrne;Ramón Vilar;Rüdiger Woscholski

  • Anions as templates in coordination and supramolecular chemistry

    Nélida Gimeno;Ramón Vilar

  • Anion‐Templated Syntheses of Rhombohedral Silver–Alkynyl Cage Compounds

    Daniela Rais;John Yau;D. Michael P. Mingos;Ramón Vilar

  • Molecular basis of structure-activity relationships between salphen metal complexes and human telomeric DNA quadruplexes.

    Nancy H. Campbell;Nurul Huda Abd Karim;Gary N. Parkinson;Mekala Gunaratnam

  • 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

  • Heterogeneous colorimetric sensor for mercuric salts

    Emilio Palomares;Ramón Vilar;James R. Durrant

  • Cyanide sensing with organic dyes: studies in solution and on nanostructured Al2O3 surfaces.

    Nélida Gimeno;Xiaoe Li;James R. Durrant;Ramón Vilar

  • Anion Control in the Self-Assembly of a Cage Coordination Complex.

    Ramón Vilar;D. Michael P. Mingos;Andrew J. P. White;David J. Williams

  • Anion influence on the structures of a series of copper(II) metal-organic frameworks.

    Pilar Díaz;Jordi Benet-Buchholz;Ramón Vilar;Andrew J P White

  • Einfach koordinierte Palladiumspezies als Katalysatoren in Kreuzkupplungen

    Ute Christmann;Ramón Vilar

  • On-line analysis of CdSe nanoparticle formation in a continuous flow chip-based microreactor

    S. Krishnadasan;J. Tovilla;R. Vilar;A. J. deMello

  • A small molecule inhibitor for phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN).

    Erika Rosivatz;Jonathan G. Matthews;Neil Q. McDonald;Neil Q. McDonald;Xavier Mulet

  • Nanoscale tweezers for single-cell biopsies

    Binoy Paulose Nadappuram;Paolo Cadinu;Avijit Barik;Alexander J. Ainscough

  • Effects of Metal Coordination Geometry on Stabilization of Human Telomeric Quadruplex DNA by Square-Planar and Square-Pyramidal Metal Complexes

    Anna Arola-Arnal;Jordi Benet-Buchholz;Stephen Neidle;Ramón Vilar

  • Stabilisation of G-Quadruplex DNA by Small Molecules

    Anna Arola;Ramón Vilar

  • Anion Recognition and Templation in Coordination Chemistry

    Ramon Vilar

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. P. White
Andrew J. P. White Imperial College London
Antony D. Gee
Antony D. Gee King's College London
Nicholas J. Long
Nicholas J. Long Imperial College London
D. Michael P. Mingos
D. Michael P. Mingos University of Oxford
Marina K. Kuimova
Marina K. Kuimova Imperial College London
Dominik J. Weiss
Dominik J. Weiss Imperial College London
Stephen Neidle
Stephen Neidle University College London
Joshua B. Edel
Joshua B. Edel Imperial College London
James R. Durrant
James R. Durrant Imperial College London

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