Hannon research group
The Hannon research group. Bioinorganic and Supramolecular Chemistry. Uni Birmingham. New agents that recognise DNA and RNA junctions and unusual structures.
- Love this photo...non-canonical I-Motif, G-Quadruplex and Junctions DNA-binding evangelists all together! Congrats to Rob Yuan on his fab thesis, thanks to brilliant co-examiner David Shorthouse; great to catch up with Rob's super-talented supervisors @drzoewaller.bsky.social and Stephen Neidle.
- I'm teaching lego MO diagrams today! Exciting initiative developed by Dr Schnepp and PhD student Isabelle - tactile teaching for different learning styles and visually impaired students. Our talented year 1 students @uobchemistry.bsky.social had lots of fun playing... here they've set up N2 minus.
- We bind supramolecular helicates to DNA junctions as lock-and-key and now induced-fit too! Exploring how a helicate's size, shape and symmetry affect structures of #DNAjunctions @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Congratulations Sam, Hugo and Sumit @uobchemistry.bsky.social
- What happens when a DNA-junction binding compound is lengthened? Intriguingly, the larger pi surfaces widen the range of junctions targeted! Just out in JBIC -congratulations to authors Sam and Hannah -first paper from her MSc by research studies @uobchemistry.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s007...
- Really exciting talks today at the Mechanical Bonds in Biology symposium - great to meet old and make new friends! Thanks to @sgoldup.bsky.social @uobchemistry.bsky.social @charliemcternan.bsky.social @fschaufelberger.bsky.social for organising! Looking forward to the next meeting!
- Well done Steve!
Honored to receive the #RSCPrizes Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry. Credit has to go to the hard work and creativity of many outstanding researchers over 10 years at 3 institutions (@qmul.bsky.social, @unisouthampton.bsky.social, @unibirmingham.bsky.social). Short🧵
- congratulations Lauren and @pikramenougroup.bsky.social Very well deserved!
- Congratulations Lauren @lozthechemist.bsky.social @uobchemistry.bsky.social for winning a poster prize on your first conference @rsc-photochem.bsky.social #proudsupervisor moment
- A thoroughly deserved award winner! Fantastic science, Zoë.
- Proud supervisor moment: PhD student Sam Dettmer from @hannongroup.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social gives a wonderful lecture at #Bioinorganic 17th ISABC in Sweden (www.isabc2025.com), AND wins a prize for his excellent talk too...Congratulations Sam!
- Calling all coordination chemists! ICCC 2026 (Denmark /Sweden) - in Odense next year. Propose sessions on your favourite topics NOW... but be quick! iccc2026.com Great planning meeting last week... Lots to look forward to… See you there!
- Great postdoc opportunity at the chemistry-biology interface working with our team and those of Nik Hodges and @pikramenougroup.bsky.social on metallo-drug nanoparticles against cancer. Come and join us in Birmingham and do some exciting interdisciplinary research!
- New postdoc position in #interdisciplinary project with biological studies /synthesis of metal-modifield nanoparticles for head-neck cancer with @Nik Hodges and @hannongroup.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ141/r...
- Board of Trustees @ias-tum.bsky.social met today. TUM-IAS now 20 years old! 266 Fellows, > 4000 publications, great science and a growing diversity. Congratulations all! So happy to help this fabulous Institute for Advanced Study continue to develop. @tumuenchen.bsky.social
- Vive les jonctions d'ADN! Fabulous scientific discussions in Paris with @biometalusc.bsky.social @sebastien-britton.bsky.social @christinecardin.bsky.social @dmonchaud.bsky.social @jlmergny.bsky.social @granzhan.bsky.social and Mark Searcey. Join us next year in UK for Edition 2 of this meeting!
- Great success at the first IRN on Nucleic Acid Junctions meeting — inspiring science, engaging discussions, and exciting prospects. Thanks to all, especially @dmonchaud.bsky.social for the leadership! @cnrs.fr @akellett.bsky.social @granzhan.bsky.social #IMAJ1 #ChemSky #DNAjunctions
- great work from @pikramenougroup.bsky.social with @dammo.bsky.social on using dental ultrasound to release antibiotics from nanoparticles. Exciting stuff!
- Just out! Importance of silica structure for ultrasound activated antibiotic delivery. Great work Grace Ball @uobchemistry.bsky.social and @dammo.bsky.social Dental School with Physics at Glasgow Uni www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Congrats to lead author @anabecaballero.bsky.social on our new paper about Folate receptor-targeted gold nanoparticles bearing a DNA-binding anthraquinone, just published at www.mdpi.com/2304-6740/13/3/87
- An enzyme overexpressed in cancer cells, transforms an inert large supramolecular complex into a DNA Junction Binder! With NAND logic control, and a fascinating role for entropy in controlling binding, read it at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202503683 @uobchemistry.bsky.social
- check out this comprehensive and insightful review of lanthanide luminescent complexes in biomedical research from @pikramenougroup.bsky.social and colleagues!
- Interested in luminescent lanthanides for bio-related applications? Check out our review pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @uobchemistry.bsky.social
