Dr. Sun's Research Group

Cell Surface Mimicry

Welcome to Dr. Sun's Molecular Engineering Group

The long term goal of our research program is to contribute to biomedical science and technology through basic research. Specifically, we are applying organic, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry, polymer chemistry and chemical biology knowledge and approaches to pharmaceutical and biomedical research. The main research interests are in the following three areas:

1. Functional glyco-affinity ligand engineering: For proteomics and glycomics, pathogen and biomarker identification, antiviral drug and targeted drug delivery application.

2. Cytomimetic antithrombotics: To explore vascular pathological and surgical interventional sites-local/targeted antithrombotics.

3. Biological and cellular chemistry: To develop site-specific/chemo- and bio-orthogonal and live cell compatible approaches for biomolecules, biomaterials and cell modification and functionalization.

Most Recent Group News

One of our recent invited review articles (H. Zhang, Y. Ma, Xue-Long Sun*, Recent Carbohydrate Recognition Based Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery.Medicinal Research Review, 2010, 30, 270-289) has been the 10 Most-Cited Articles (No. 2) published in 2010 in the Medicinal Research Reviews (Impact Factor: 10.228), cheers!

Dr. Sun has been awarded for a NSF MRI grant for NMR spectrometer acquisition.

Dr. Sun has been invited as Organizing Committee Member for the 2012 International Conference on Metabolomics & Systems Biology (February 20-22, 2012, San Francisco, USA)

Valentinas Gruzdys has been awarded for 2011 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Foundation Outstanding Senior Award, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, May 6, 2011. Congratulations!

Graduate student Satya Narla was awarded for Doctoral Dissertation Research Expense Award from Cleveland State University Research Council ($5,000, 07/01/2011-06/30/2011). Congratulations!

Dr. Yong Ma was awarded for the 2011 Best Postdoctoral Research Award at College of Sciences and Health Professions, Cleveland State University. Congratulations!

Graduate student Satya Narla was awarded for the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award (first place) at the 2011 American Chemical Society Cleveland Section Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, March 16, 2011. Congratulations!

Dr. Sun has been invited to contribute a Book Chapter on glyco-functionalized quantum dots to an ACS Symposium Series Book titled as Glyco-Nanotechnology as a Bridge to New Medicines. The manuscript has been accepted.

Dr. Sun has beenelected as Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Organic Chemistry (a peer reviewed journal, Scientific Research Publishing Group).