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Steffen Jockusch is affiliated with Bowling Green State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Chemistry, and Materials Science, with substantial contributions particularly in Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Jockusch's work also extends into subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist has been involved in research focusing on topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, viral infections and immunology, luminescence and fluorescent materials, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, and photopolymerization techniques and applications.

Steffen Jockusch's five recent selected papers include:

  • "Nucleotide Analogues as Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Polymerase, a Key Drug Target for COVID-19" (2020), published in Journal of Proteome Research
  • "A library of nucleotide analogues terminate RNA synthesis catalyzed by polymerases of coronaviruses that cause SARS and COVID-19" (2020), published in Antiviral Research
  • "In vitro antiviral activity of the anti-HCV drugs daclatasvir and sofosbuvir against SARS-CoV-2, the aetiological agent of COVID-19" (2021), published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • "Nucleotide analogues as inhibitors of SARS-CoV Polymerase" (2020), published in Pharmacology Research & Perspectives
  • "Sofosbuvir terminated RNA is more resistant to SARS-CoV-2 proofreader than RNA terminated by Remdesivir" (2020), published in Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors include Jayaraman Sivaguru, James J. Russo, Jingyue Ju, Minchen Chien, and Chuanjuan Tao, with collaborations reflecting a focus on chemical, biological, and medical research.

Steffen Jockusch's research has been published repeatedly in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of the American Chemical Society, Photochemistry and Photobiology, and Biophysical Journal, indicating an active presence in both structural and biochemical scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • Photoinitiated Polymerization: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Yusuf Yagci;Steffen Jockusch;Nicholas J. Turro

  • Ultra-stable organic fluorophores for single-molecule research

    Qinsi Zheng;Manuel F. Juette;Steffen Jockusch;Michael R. Wasserman

  • Light-switching excimer probes for rapid protein monitoring in complex biological fluids

    Chaoyong James Yang;Steffen Jockusch;Marie Vicens;Nicholas J. Turro

  • Charge Transfer Chemical Doping of Few Layer Graphenes: Charge Distribution and Band Gap Formation

    Naeyoung Jung;Namdong Kim;Steffen Jockusch;Nicholas J. Turro

  • A2E-epoxides Damage DNA in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells VITAMIN E AND OTHER ANTIOXIDANTS INHIBIT A2E-EPOXIDE FORMATION

    Janet R. Sparrow;Heidi R. Vollmer-Snarr;Jilin Zhou;Young P. Jang

  • Pyrene excimer signaling molecular beacons for probing nucleic acids

    Patrick Conlon;Chaoyong James Yang;Yanrong Wu;Yan Chen

  • Reversible Surface Oxidation and Efficient Luminescence Quenching in Semiconductor Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

    Gordana Dukovic;Brian E. White;Zhiyong Zhou;Feng Wang

  • Synthesis and properties of an aggregating heterocyclic helicene.

    Karen E. S. Phillips;Thomas J. Katz;Steffen Jockusch;and Andrew J. Lovinger

  • Nucleotide Analogues as Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Polymerase, a Key Drug Target for COVID-19.

    Minchen Chien;Thomas K Anderson;Steffen Jockusch;Chuanjuan Tao

  • 2-Mercaptothioxanthone as a Novel Photoinitiator for Free Radical Polymerization

    Lerzan Cokbaglan;Nergis Arsu;Yusuf Yagci;Steffen Jockusch

  • Formation of a Nonaoxirane from A2E, a Lipofuscin Fluorophore related to Macular Degeneration, and Evidence of Singlet Oxygen Involvement

    Shimon Ben-Shabat;Yasuhiro Itagaki;Steffen Jockusch;Janet R. Sparrow

  • Energy Transfer from Quantum Dots to Graphene and MoS2: The Role of Absorption and Screening in Two-Dimensional Materials

    Archana Raja;Andrés Montoya−Castillo;Johanna Zultak;Xiao-Xiao Zhang

  • Thioxanthone-Anthracene: A New Photoinitiator for Free Radical Polymerization in the Presence of Oxygen

    Demet Karaca Balta;Nergis Arsu;Yusuf Yagci;Steffen Jockusch

  • The contribution of reactive oxygen species to the photobleaching of organic fluorophores.

    Qinsi Zheng;Steffen Jockusch;Zhou Zhou;Scott C. Blanchard

  • Mechanistic Study of Photoinitiated Free Radical Polymerization Using Thioxanthone Thioacetic Acid as One-Component Type II Photoinitiator

    Meral Aydin;Nergis Arsu;Yusuf Yagci;Steffen Jockusch

  • Controlling photoreactions with restricted spaces and weak intermolecular forces: exquisite selectivity during oxidation of olefins by singlet oxygen.

    Arunkumar Natarajan;Lakshmi S. Kaanumalle;Steffen Jockusch;Corinne L. D. Gibb

  • Fluorescent hybridization probes for sensitive and selective DNA and RNA detection.

    Angel A. Martí;Steffen Jockusch;Nathan Stevens;Jingyue Ju

  • Photochemistry and Photophysics of α-Hydroxy Ketones

    Steffen Jockusch;Margaret S. Landis;Beat Freiermuth;Nicholas J. Turro

  • The all-trans-retinal dimer series of lipofuscin pigments in retinal pigment epithelial cells in a recessive Stargardt disease model.

    So R. Kim;Young P. Jang;Steffen Jockusch;Nathan E. Fishkin

  • Enantioselective Organo‐Photocatalysis Mediated by Atropisomeric Thiourea Derivatives

    Nandini Vallavoju;Sermadurai Selvakumar;Steffen Jockusch;Mukund P. Sibi

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Turro
Nicholas J. Turro Columbia University
Jingyue Ju
Jingyue Ju Columbia University
Waldemar Adam
Waldemar Adam University of Würzburg
M. Francesca Ottaviani
M. Francesca Ottaviani University of Urbino
Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy
Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy University of Miami
Yusuf Yagci
Yusuf Yagci Istanbul Technical University
Bernhard Kräutler
Bernhard Kräutler University of Innsbruck
Scott C. Blanchard
Scott C. Blanchard St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Koji Nakanishi
Koji Nakanishi Columbia University
Yoshihisa Inoue
Yoshihisa Inoue Osaka University

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