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Emmanuel Theodorakis

Education

B.S. - University of Athens (1987)

M.S. - Paris XI University (1989)

Ph.D. - Paris XI University (1993)

Awards and Academic Honors

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Primary Research Area

  • Organic Chemistry
  • SMCB
  • Chemical Biology

Interdisciplinary Interests

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Selected Publications

  1. Haidekker, M. A.; Brady, T. P.; Lichlyter, D.; Theodorakis, E. A. "A Ratiometric Fluorescent Viscosity Sensor" J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2006), 128, 398-399. (2006)

  2. Guizzunti, G.; Brady, T. P.; Malhotra, V. Theodorakis E. A. "Chemical Analysis of Norrisolide-Induced Golgi Vesiculation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2006), 128, 4190-4191. (2006)

  3. Haidekker, M. A.; Theodorakis, E. A. "Molecular rotors; Fluorescent biosensors for viscosity and flow" Org. & Biomol. Chem. (2007), 5, 1669-1678. (2007)

  4. Chantarasriwong, O.; Cho, W. C.; Batova, A.; Chavasiri, W.; Moore, C.; Rheingold, A. L.; Theodorakis, E. A. Evaluation of the pharmacophoric motif of the caged Garcinia xanthones Org. & Biomol. Chem. (2009), 7, 4886-4894. (2009)

  5. Sutharsan J.; Dakanali, M.; Capule, C. C.; Haidekker, M. A.; Yang, J.; Theodorakis, E. A. Rational design of amyloid binding agents based on the molecular rotor motif ChemMedChem (2010), 5, 56-60. (2010)

  6. Chantarasriwong, O.; Batova, A.; Chavasiri, W.; Theodorakis, E. A. Chemistry and Biology of Caged Garcinia Xanthones Chem. Eur. J. (2010), 16, 9944-9962. (2010)

  7. Batova, A.; Altomare, D.; Chantarasriwong, O.; Ohlsen, K. L.; Creek, K. E.; Lin, Y.-C.; Messersmith, A.; Yu, A. L. Yu, J.; Theodorakis, E. A. The synthetic caged Garcinia xanthone cluvenone induces cell stress and apoptosis and has immune modulatory activities Mol. Cancer Ther. (2010), 9, 2869-2878. (2010)

  8. Xu, J.; Caro-Diaz, E. J. E.; Theodorakis, E. A. Enantioselective Formal Synthesis of Englerin A via a Rh-catalyzed [4+3] Cycloaddition Reaction Org. Lett. (2010), 12, 3708-3711. (2010)

  9. Xu, J.; Trzoss, L.; Chang, W. K.; Theodorakis, E. A. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Jiadifenolide Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2011), 50, 3672-3676. (2011)

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Contact Information

Titles:
  • Professor of Chemistry

Office: N/A

Phone: 858-822-0456

Email: etheodorakis@ucsd.edu

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