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  1. Optimizing multifunctional fluorescent ligands for intracellular labeling

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  2. 3D imaging of Sox2 enhancer clusters in embryonic stem cells

    Article • eLife, December 2014, eLife

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  3. Evolved differences in larval social behavior mediated by novel pheromones

    Article • eLife, December 2014, eLife

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  4. Integrated action of pheromone signals in promoting courtship behavior in male mice

    Article • eLife, July 2014, eLife

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Dr Ron Yu

  5. Bright Building Blocks for Chemical Biology

    Article • ACS Chemical Biology, March 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  6. Single-molecule tracking of the transcription cycle by sub-second RNA detection

    Article • eLife, January 2014, eLife

    Dr Zhengjian Zhang, Dr Luke D Lavis

  7. Decoupled Roles for the Atypical, Bifurcated Binding Pocket of the ybfF Hydrolase

    Article • ChemBioChem, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  8. Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Indazole Synthesis by C–H Bond Functionalization and Cyclative Capture

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  9. Carbofluoresceins and Carborhodamines as Scaffolds for High-Contrast Fluorogenic Probes

    Article • ACS Chemical Biology, April 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  10. The structural basis for the narrow substrate specificity of an acetyl esterase from Thermotoga maritima

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, September 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  11. Excitation Spectra and Brightness Optimization of Two-Photon Excited Probes

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  12. Advances in the chemistry of small molecule fluorescent probes

    Article • Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  13. Synthesis of Rhodamines from Fluoresceins Using Pd-Catalyzed C–N Cross-Coupling

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  14. Facile and General Synthesis of Photoactivatable Xanthene Dyes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  15. Cellular Uptake of Ribonuclease A Relies on Anionic Glycans

    Article • Biochemistry, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  16. Onconase cytotoxicity relies on the distribution of its positive charge

    Article • FEBS Journal, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  17. Fluorogenic affinity label for the facile, rapid imaging of proteins in live cells

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  18. A highly sensitive fluorogenic probe for cytochrome P450 activity in live cells

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  19. Ester Bonds in Prodrugs

    Article • ACS Chemical Biology, April 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis

  20. Bright Ideas for Chemical Biology

    Article • ACS Chemical Biology, March 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  21. Trimethyl Lock: A Stable Chromogenic Substrate for Esterases

    Article • Molecules, January 2008, MDPI AG

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  22. Intraspecies Regulation of Ribonucleolytic Activity

    Article • Biochemistry, October 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  23. Cytotoxic Ribonucleases:  The Dichotomy of Coulombic Forces

    Article • Biochemistry, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  24. Tuning the p K a of Fluorescein to Optimize Binding Assays

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  25. Latent Blue and Red Fluorophores Based on the Trimethyl Lock

    Article • ChemBioChem, July 2006, Wiley

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines

  26. Fluorogenic Label for Biomolecular Imaging

    Article • ACS Chemical Biology, May 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Luke D Lavis, Ronald Raines