Onur Alpturk

Istanbul, Turkey Turkey

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education

During my postdoc, we have focused on drug-resistance emerging during anti-HIV treatment and chemistry of novel agents. Under the guidance of Dr. Robert M. Strongin, we have designed and prepared fluorogenic sensors to detect biomarkers crucial in the diagnosis of numerous metabolic diseases. Herein, we have reported first fluorogenic sensors operating under physiological conditions to quantify carbohydrates (biomarker for diabetes), LPA (lysophosphaditic acid), a biomarker for ovarian cancer, and gangliosides (biomarkers for lysosomal storage diseases). In collaboration with Dr. Laurent Brard from Brown University, School of Medicine, we have prepared novel salophene-complex for the...