Monika Raj, PhD
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Biography
Monika Raj, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Emory University. Dr. Raj is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Education
Dr. Raj obtained her PhD in Organic Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at University of Pennsylvania and then at New York University.
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Associate Professor, Department of ChemistryEmory University
Research
Research in the Raj Group takes place at the interface between the fields of organic synthesis, bioorganic chemistry and catalysis. They are interested in utilizing organic chemistry tools to solve problems in the field of biology, leading to the development of new chemical reactions, catalysis and ligation methodologies for the synthesis of biological molecules.
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Grant Number Title 1R35GM133719-01 Molecular Imaging Agents for Monitoring Lysine Demethylases in Cells 3R35GM133719-05S1 Administrative Supplement UGSRE: Molecular Imaging Agents for Monitoring Lysine Demethylases in Cells 3R35GM133719-05S2 Molecular Imaging Agents for Monitoring Lysine Demethylases in Cell 3R35GM133719-06S1 Molecular Imaging Agents for Monitoring Lysine Demethylases in Cell 5R35GM133719-04 Molecular Imaging Agents for Monitoring Lysine Demethylases in Cell 5R35GM133719-05 Molecular Imaging Agents for Monitoring Lysine Demethylases in Cell 5R35GM133719-06 Molecular Imaging Agents for Monitoring Lysine Demethylases in Cell 7R35GM133719-03 Molecular Imaging Agents for Monitoring Lysine Demethylases in Cell Title/Journal Authors Publication Date Journal of the American Chemical Society
B Emenike, P Czabala, J Farhi, J Swaminathan, EV Anslyn, J Spangle, M Raj 17/04/2024 Tunable fluorescent probes for detecting aldehydes in living systems.
Chemical science
R Wills, R Shirke, H Hrncir, JM Talbott, K Sad, JM Spangle, AD Gracz, M Raj 27/03/2024 A Tag-Free Platform for Synthesis and Screening of Cyclic Peptide Libraries.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
A Bruce, V Adebomi, P Czabala, J Palmer, WM McFadden, ZC Lorson, RL Slack, G Bhardwaj, SG Sarafianos, M Raj 26/03/2024 Bioinspired Synthesis of Allysine for Late-Stage Functionalization of Peptides.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
B Emenike, S Shahin, M Raj 26/03/2024 Organic letters
LC Prosser, JM Talbott, RP Garrity, M Raj 13/10/2023 Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
H Shao, V Adebomi, A Bruce, M Raj, KN Houk 09/10/2023 Chemoselective Methods for Labeling and Modification of Peptides and Proteins.
Organic letters
MA Brimble, L Ackermann, YM Li, M Raj 15/09/2023 C-Terminal Arginine-Selective Cleavage of Peptides as a Method for Mimicking Carboxypeptidase B.
Organic letters
LC Prosser, JM Talbott, RP Garrity, M Raj 25/08/2023 Chemical sensors for imaging total cellular aliphatic aldehydes in live cells.
Chemical science
R Wills, J Farhi, P Czabala, S Shahin, J M Spangle, M Raj 09/08/2023 Journal of the American Chemical Society
B Emenike, J Donovan, M Raj 02/08/2023 Nature communications
Y Wang, P Czabala, M Raj 10/07/2023 Organic letters
V Adebomi, Y Wang, M Sriram, M Raj 16/09/2022 Introduction to 'Synthesis and chemical biology of macrocycles'.
RSC chemical biology
G Chen, M Raj, A Yudin 03/08/2022 Rapid Arene Triazene Chemistry for Macrocyclization.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
O Nwajiobi, AK Verma, M Raj 16/03/2022 Tunable Amine-Reactive Electrophiles for Selective Profiling of Lysine.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
KC Tang, J Cao, LM Boatner, L Li, J Farhi, KN Houk, J Spangle, KM Backus, M Raj 26/01/2022 Tunable heteroaromatic azoline thioethers (HATs) for cysteine profiling.
Chemical science
KC Tang, SM Maddox, KM Backus, M Raj 19/01/2022 Covalent Chemical Tools for Profiling Post-Translational Modifications.
Frontiers in chemistry
B Emenike, O Nwajiobi, M Raj 01/01/2022 Rotten to the core: antivirals targeting the HIV-1 capsid core.
Retrovirology
WM McFadden, AA Snyder, KA Kirby, PR Tedbury, M Raj, Z Wang, SG Sarafianos 22/12/2021 Organic letters
V Adebomi, M Sriram, X Streety, M Raj 20/08/2021 Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
O Nwajiobi, S Mahesh, X Streety, M Raj 22/03/2021 Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
KC Tang, M Raj 25/01/2021 Site-Selective Peptide Macrocyclization.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology
R Wills, V Adebomi, M Raj 05/01/2021