Andy Sutherland
andysuth14.bsky.social
Andy Sutherland
@andysuth14.bsky.social
Professor of Organic Chemistry, University Of Glasgow
https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/staff/andrews/
Anyone interest in doing a molecular imaging PhD in my group via a James McCune Smith Scholarship, please get in touch: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
University of Glasgow - Scholarships & funding - James McCune Smith PhD Scholarships
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November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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🔥Be sure to read the latest Hot Off the Press article by Robert Hill &
@andysuth14.bsky.social from @uofgchem.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #naturalproducts

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Hot off the Press
A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as hypbeaone A from Hypericum beanii.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A perspective is published today in Chemical Science from the group that describes the design, synthesis and applications of fluorescent amino acids. Well done to Olivia Marshall (@uofgchem.bsky.social): pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Expanding the fluorescence toolkit: molecular design, synthesis and biological application of unnatural amino acids
Fluorescence imaging has become an indispensable tool in modern biology, enabling the visualisation of dynamic molecular processes with spatial and temporal precision. Traditional strategies rely heav...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis group is looking for committee members!
I did this for 6 years and it was awesome. You should be an RSC HSG member (you can join right now), and it's best if you're planning on attending some events in person, typically in UK. #chemsky
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Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group - Call for Committee - August 2025
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
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August 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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New from @andysuth14.bsky.social and first author @isovaleral.bsky.social

'Environment-sensitive fluorescent tryptophan analogues via indole C-2 alkenylation reactions'

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Environment-sensitive fluorescent tryptophan analogues via indole C-2 alkenylation reactions
A modular synthetic strategy for the preparation of intrinsically fluorescent unnatural α-amino acids by C-2 oxidation and alkenylation of a tryptophan-derived tetrahydro-β-carboline is described.…
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July 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Congratulations to Olivia Marshall who published her fifth paper today from her PhD and third in Organic Letters (@pubs.acs.org). The paper describes a one-pot method for the synthesis of fluorescent environment-sensitive alkynyl phenylalanines: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
One-Pot Synthesis of Alkynyl-Conjugated Phenylalanine Analogues for Peptide-Based Fluorescent Imaging
A series of unnatural amino acids featuring conjugated aryl–alkyne side chains was synthesized from tyrosine via a one-pot hydroxyl group activation and copper-free Sonogashira cross-coupling. This ef...
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July 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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🔥Don't miss the latest Hot off the Press article by Robert A. Hill & @andysuth14.bsky.social‬ at @uofgchem.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #natprod

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Hot off the Press
A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products, such as shimianolide A from Chloranthus…
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July 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A great end to the week by @isovaleral.bsky.social who gave a great talk at PET is wonderful meeting 2025 in Edinburgh on SV2A imaging.
July 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Congratulations to @isovaleral.bsky.social for her recent publication in @chemcomm.rsc.org of a new tryptophan-derived lipid-sensitive fluorophore. In collaboration with the @stevenmagennis.bsky.social group, we also show this is amenable to two-photon excitation: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Environment-sensitive fluorescent tryptophan analogues via indole C-2 alkenylation reactions
A modular synthetic strategy for the preparation of intrinsically fluorescent unnatural α-amino acids by C-2 oxidation and alkenylation of a tryptophan-derived tetrahydro-β-carboline is described. Thi...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New review article published today in Pharmacological Reviews on Total-Body PET Imaging for Tracer Development: doi.org/10.1016/j.ph...
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June 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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🔥Be sure to read the latest Hot Off the Press article by Bob Hill & @andysuth14.bsky.social at @uofgchem.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #natprod

Find it below🔽
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Hot off the Press
A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as melichuniione A from Melicope chunii.
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May 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Fantastic support from EPSRC IAA to allow us to translate a PET imaging agent to first in human studies…. @uofgchem.bsky.social
Supported by two IAA projects, Prof. @andysuth14.bsky.social, the Sutherland group and the Tavares Group (UofE) have developed a new PET #radiotracer to diagnose inflammation-associated diseases incl. #Alzheimer's and #Parkinson's, and myocardial infarction.

Read more: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
March 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Congratulations to Olivia Marshall, Rochelle McGrory and Sineenard Songsri for the new paper today in Chemical Science on new biaryl fluorescent amino acids for chemical biology applications. Another great collaboration with Drew Thomson (@uofgchem.bsky.social).
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Expedient discovery of fluorogenic amino acid-based probes via one-pot palladium-catalysed arylation of tyrosine
To overcome the limitations of using large extrinsic chromophores for biological imaging, fluorescent unnatural α-amino acids have been widely adopted as intrinsic peptidic probes. Although various cl...
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January 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Another great collaborative project with the Tavares group at the University of Edinburgh on the development of a new 18F-imaging agent for the S1P5 receptor. Congrats to all group members past and present who worked on this: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Synthesis and evaluation of 6-arylaminobenzamides as positron emission tomography imaging ligands for the sphingosine-1-phosphate-5 receptor
The sphingosine-1-phosphate-5 (S1P5) receptor is one of the five membrane G protein-coupled receptors that are activated by the lysophospholipid, sphingosine-1-phosphate, resulting in regulation of ma...
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January 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We have a 3.5 year PhD studentship available in the group for an October 2025 start. If you are interested in organic synthesis and developing new imaging agents, see: findaphd.com/phds/project...
Closing date for applications is the 1st February
PhD in Chemistry - Development of Organic Synthetic Methods for the Discovery of Novel Fluorescent- and Radionuclide-Based Imaging Agents at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry - Development of Organic Synthetic Methods for the Discovery of Novel Fluorescent- and Radionuclide-Based Imaging Agents at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
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January 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Happy to announce I will be guest editing a special issue highlight PUI research! Please share

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Call For Papers: Undergraduate Research as the Stimulus for Scientific Progress in the USA | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog
This Special Issue will highlight the significant research activities at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) in the United States and their unique focus on fostering student engagement in STEM...
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January 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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By contrast, the UK as a whole has a Nobel Index of just 132.8, and the US has a paultry 85.2. Not bad for a wee country!

The Nobel Index is calculated as Scientific Nobel Prizes per million head of population times 100. See this link for more information: stats.areppim.com/stats/stats_...
Science Nobel Prizes Per Capita
areppim X-Y scatter chart and statistics of the number of science Nobel prize winners (chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine) per capita, 1901 to 2024, the per capita index calculated as the n...
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January 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Very happy to see this paper out after many years in the making. Collaboration with Prof. Marshall Stark. First author is Dr. Gill Cadden. @gillcadden.bsky.social
@uofgchem.bsky.social @naturecomms.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Direct observation of subunit rotation during DNA strand exchange by serine recombinases - Nature Communications
Serine recombinases are proposed to catalyse DNA site-specific recombination by a unique mechanism called subunit rotation. Here, the authors use single molecule FRET to provide direct structural and ...
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December 3, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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Fully funded 3.5-year PhD position in my group (wijnne.com) at @uofgchem.bsky.social, to start on 1 October 2024 (or 2025 by now...). Come help us understand the role of amorphous aggregates in non-classical crystal nucleation tinyurl.com/2p9mbp3x
December 4, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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Mount Allison University: Synthetic Organic Chemistry with applications to Bioorganic or Medicinal Chemistry https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2024/11/mount-allison-university-synthetic.html
November 27, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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OK #chemsky do your thing. I have an immediate PhD vacancy working on a MOF / crystallography / electron diffraction project with Syngenta. Home fees and stipend are covered. Spread the word!
November 27, 2024 at 6:46 PM