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  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Rein V. Ulijn is affiliated with City University of New York in the United States. The scientist's research spans multiple fields, with primary focus on Materials Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work frequently engages with subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The research topics commonly explored by Ulijn include:

  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry

A selection of recent papers illustrates the scope of Ulijn's scientific contributions:

  • Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems Chemistry, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • Mechanistic insights of evaporation-induced actuation in supramolecular crystals, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Carbohydrate amphiphiles for supramolecular biomaterials: Design, self-assembly, and applications, 2021, Chem
  • Connected Peptide Modules Enable Controlled Co-Existence of Self-Assembled Fibers Inside Liquid Condensates, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Proton-Conductive Melanin-Like Fibers through Enzymatic Oxidation of a Self-Assembling Peptide, 2020, Advanced Materials

Ulijn has published frequently in certain scientific venues, indicating an active presence in these journals:

  • ChemSystemsChem
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science

Frequent co-authors contributing jointly with Ulijn include:

  • Deborah Sementa
  • Tong Wang
  • Tell Tuttle
  • Scott A. McPhee
  • Xi Chen

In 2014, Ulijn was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Best Publications

  • Designing peptide based nanomaterials

    Rein V. Ulijn;Andrew M. Smith

  • Nanostructured hydrogels for three-dimensional cell culture through self-assembly of fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-dipeptides

    Vineetha Jayawarna;Murtza Ali;Thomas A. Jowitt;Aline F. Miller

  • Fmoc-diphenylalanine self assembles to a hydrogel via a novel architecture based on π–π interlocked β-sheets

    Andrew M. Smith;Richard J. Williams;Claire Tang;Paolo Coppo

  • Design of nanostructures based on aromatic peptide amphiphiles

    Scott Fleming;Rein V. Ulijn;Rein V. Ulijn

  • Exploring the sequence space for (tri-)peptide self-assembly to design and discover new hydrogels

    Pim W. J. M. Frederix;Gary G. Scott;Yousef M. Abul-Haija;Daniela Kalafatovic

  • Self-assembled peptide-based hydrogels as scaffolds for anchorage-dependent cells

    Mi Zhou;Andrew M. Smith;Apurba K. Das;Apurba K. Das;Nigel W. Hodson

  • Peptide-based stimuli-responsive biomaterials

    Robert J. Mart;Rachel D. Osborne;Molly M. Stevens;Rein V. Ulijn

  • Enzyme-Triggered Self-Assembly of Peptide Hydrogels via Reversed Hydrolysis

    Sophie Toledano;Richard J. Williams;Vineetha Jayawarna;Rein V. Ulijn

  • Enzyme-assisted self-assembly under thermodynamic control.

    Richard J. Williams;Andrew M. Smith;Richard Collins;Nigel Hodson

  • Enzyme-responsive materials: a new class of smart biomaterials

    Rein V. Ulijn

  • Fmoc-Diphenylalanine Self-Assembly Mechanism Induces Apparent pKa Shifts

    Claire Tang;Andrew M. Smith;Richard F. Collins;Rein V. Ulijn;Rein V. Ulijn

  • Biocatalytic induction of supramolecular order

    Andrew R Hirst;Sangita Roy;Meenakshi Arora;Apurba K Das

  • Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems Chemistry.

    Fahmeed Sheehan;Deborah Sementa;Ankit Jain;Mohit Kumar

  • Introducing chemical functionality in Fmoc-peptide gels for cell culture.

    Vineetha Jayawarna;Stephen M. Richardson;Andrew R. Hirst;Nigel W. Hodson

  • Next-generation peptide nanomaterials: molecular networks, interfaces and supramolecular functionality.

    Mischa Zelzer;Rein V. Ulijn

  • Peptide Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Nonequilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly

    Sisir Debnath;Sangita Roy;Rein V. Ulijn

  • Enzyme responsive materials: design strategies and future developments

    Mischa Zelzer;Simon J. Todd;Andrew R. Hirst;Tom O. McDonald

  • Enzyme-responsive polymer hydrogel particles for controlled release

    Paul D. Thornton;Robert J. Mart;Rein V. Ulijn

  • Protease-triggered dispersion of nanoparticle assemblies

    Anna Laromaine;Liling Koh;Muthu Murugesan;Rein V. Ulijn

  • Polymeric peptide pigments with sequence-encoded properties

    Ayala Lampel;Scott A. McPhee;Hang-Ah Park;Gary G. Scott

  • Controlling Cancer Cell Fate Using Localized Biocatalytic Self-Assembly of an Aromatic Carbohydrate Amphiphile

    Ricardo A. Pires;Yousef M. Abul-Haija;Diana S. Costa;Ramon Novoa-Carballal

Frequent Co-Authors

Tell Tuttle
Tell Tuttle University of Strathclyde
Peter J. Halling
Peter J. Halling University of Strathclyde
Sabine L. Flitsch
Sabine L. Flitsch University of Manchester
Matthew J. Dalby
Matthew J. Dalby University of Glasgow
Morgan R. Alexander
Morgan R. Alexander University of Nottingham
Bruno Péault
Bruno Péault University of California, Los Angeles
Alberto Saiani
Alberto Saiani University of Manchester
Richard F. Collins
Richard F. Collins University of Manchester
Richard J. Williams
Richard J. Williams Deakin University
Rui L. Reis
Rui L. Reis University of Minho

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