Dr. Xue-Long Sun
•Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Kitasato University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan, 1997
•M.S., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Kitasato University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan, 1994
•B.S., Pharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China, 1988
recent grants
•Development of Location-specific Sialidase Inhibitors, NIH NIGMS, Role: PI, 08/2021 – 08/2024, $445,500.
•Engineered Organic Color Centers for Profiling Protein-Carbohydrate Recognition, NSF CBET, Role: Senior Personnel (PI; Geyou Ao), 7/2019-6/2023, $346,889
•Synthesis of Biomimetic Proteoglycan and Its Antithrombotic Activity, NIH NHLBI, Role: PI, 7/2017-6/2022, $445,500
Graduate students
Isaac Turan, PhD student, Clinical-Bioanalytical Chemistry
Majdi A Aljohani, PhD Student, Clinical-Bioanalytical Chemistry
Reza Sahebjam, PhD Student, Clinical-Bioanalytical Chemistry
Urvish Patel, MS Student, Chemistry
Praveen Mamidi, MS Student, Chemistry
selected recent publications
•Joseph M. Keila, Ka Keung Chana, Xue-Long Sun*. Synthesis and Characterization of Chain-End Orthogonally Functionalizable N-Glycan Polymers from Native Glycans. 2024, Polymer Chemistry, Accepted.
•Brandon Heppe, Nina Dzombic, Joseph Keil, Xue-Long Sun*, Geyou Ao*. Solvent Isotope Effects on the Creation of Fluorescent Quantum Defects in Carbon Nanotubes by Aryl Diazonium Chemistry, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 47, 25621-25631.
•Valentinas Gruzdys, Lin Wang, Dan Wang, Rachel Huang, and Xue-Long Sun*. Investigation of Cofactor Activities of Endothelial Microparticle-Thrombomodulin with Liposomal Surrogate. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2023, 651, 79-84.
•Darong Yang, Yin Wu, Isaac Turan, Joseph Keil, Kui Li, Michael H Chen, Runhua Liu, Lizhong Wang, Xue-Long Sun*, Guo-Yun Chen*. Targeting intracellular Neu1 for Coronavirus Infection Treatment. iScience, 2023, 26(2), 106037.
•Joseph M. Keil, Garrett R. Rafn, Isaac M. Turan, Majdi A. Aljohani, Reza Sahebjam-Atabaki, Xue-Long Sun*, Sialidase Inhibitors with Different Mechanisms, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (Perspective Review) 2022, 65, 13574-13593.
•Xue-Long Sun*, The Role of Cell Surface Sialic Acids for SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Glycobiology 2021, 31, 1245-1253.
•Sonia Tomar and Xue-Long Sun*, Carbohydrate Functionalized Liposomes and Applications, Comprehensive Glycoscience, 2nd edition, Editor Joseph J. Barchi, 2021, Page 370-379.