Ross Wang

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Ross Wang

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Chemistry

      • Associate Professor

Biography

Chemical Biology, Organic Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Cancer Biology, Immunology, Chemical Proteomics, Protein Engineering, Chemical/Protein Sensor, Drug Delivery, Molecular Imaging

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

CHEM 5402

Chemical Biology

Graduate

CHEM 8200

Special Topics in Organic Chemistry

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Zhao, Y., Lyu, Z., Prather, B., Lewis, T.R., Kang, J., & Wang, R.E. (2025). Metabolic Probing of Sialylated Glycoconjugates with Fluorine-Selenol Displacement Reaction (FSeDR). ACS Bio Med Chem Au, 5(1), 119-130. United States. 10.1021/acsbiomedchemau.4c00084

  • Mittal, S., Wang, R.E., Ros, R., Ondrus, A.E., & Singharoy, A. (2025). Molecular dynamics model of mechanophore sensors for biological force measurement. Heliyon, 11(1), e41178. England. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41178

  • Maloney, R., Junod, S.L., Hagen, K.M., Lewis, T., Cheng, C., Shajan, F.J., Zhao, M., Moore, T.W., Truong, T.H., Yang, W., & Wang, R.E. (2024). Flexible fluorine-thiol displacement stapled peptides with enhanced membrane penetration for the estrogen receptor/coactivator interaction. J Biol Chem, 300(12), 107991. United States. 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107991

  • Lightle, H.E., Kafley, P., Lewis, T.R., & Wang, R.E. (2023). Site-specific protein conjugates incorporating Para-Azido-L-Phenylalanine for cellular and in vivo imaging. Methods, 219, 95-101. United States. 10.1016/j.ymeth.2023.10.001

  • Syphers, J.L., Xue, L., Yi, X., Wang, R.E., & Haubrich, B.A. (2023). Meeting Proceedings from ICBS 2022 - Uncovering Solutions for Diseases. ACS Chem Biol, 18(7), 1447-1459. United States. 10.1021/acschembio.3c00205

  • Prather, B.L., Ji, S., Zhao, Y., Shajan, F.J., Zhao, M., Buuh, Z.Y., Maloney, R., Zhang, R., Cohen, C., & Wang, R.E. (2023). Fluorine-thiol displacement probes for acetaminophen's hepatotoxicity. Acta Pharm Sin B, 13(1), 204-212. Netherlands. 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.08.003

  • Zhao, Y., Zhao, M., Lyu, Z., Gorman, N., Lewis, T.R., Goldman, A.R., Tang, H., & Wang, R.E. (2022). Steric-free bioorthogonal profiling of cellular acetylation and glycosylation via a fluorine-selenol displacement reaction (FSeDR). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2022.09.13.507737.

  • Kang, J., Lewis, T.R., Gardner, A., Andrade, R.B., & Wang, R.E. (2022). Semi-syntheses and interrogation of indole-substituted Aspidosperma terpenoid alkaloids. Org Biomol Chem, 20(19), 3988-3997. England. 10.1039/d2ob00610c

  • Islam, M.S., Junod, S.L., Zhang, S., Buuh, Z.Y., Guan, Y., Zhao, M., Kaneria, K.H., Kafley, P., Cohen, C., Maloney, R., Lyu, Z., Voelz, V.A., Yang, W., & Wang, R.E. (2022). Unprotected peptide macrocyclization and stapling via a fluorine-thiol displacement reaction. Nat Commun, 13(1), 350. England. 10.1038/s41467-022-27995-5

  • Lyu, Z., Zhao, Y., Buuh, Z.Y., Gorman, N., Goldman, A.R., Islam, M.S., Tang, H., & Wang, R.E. (2021). Steric-Free Bioorthogonal Labeling of Acetylation Substrates Based on a Fluorine-Thiol Displacement Reaction. J Am Chem Soc, 143(3), 1341-1347. United States. 10.1021/jacs.0c05605

  • Lyu, Z., Zhao, Y., Buuh, Z.Y., Gorman, N., Goldman, A.R., Islam, M.S., Tang, H., & Wang, R.E. (2020). Steric-Free Bioorthogonal Labeling of Acetylation Substrates Based on a Fluorine-Thiol Displacement Reaction (FTDR). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2020.09.09.290221.

  • Islam, M.S., Junod, S.L., Zhang, S., Buuh, Z.Y., Guan, Y., Kaneria, K.H., Lyu, Z., Voelz, V., Yang, W., & Wang, R.E. (2020). Unprotected Peptide Macrocyclization and Stapling via A Fluorine-Thiol Displacement Reaction. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2020.09.09.290379.

  • Maloney, R., Buuh, Z.Y., Zhao, Y., & Wang, R.E. (2020). Site-specific antibody fragment conjugates for targeted imaging. In 10.1016/bs.mie.2020.02.023