Karges Group
@kargesgroup.bsky.social
Liebig Fellow Group Leader at Ruhr University Bochum, Laboratory for Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry
https://www.kargesgroup.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/
https://www.kargesgroup.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/
🎥 Honored to be featured in a TV interview with WDR! We talked about our research and its impact — full interview (in German) here 👉 at 14:55 min: www.ardmediathek.de/video/lokalz...
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🎥 Honored to be featured in a TV interview with WDR! We talked about our research and its impact — full interview (in German) here 👉 at 14:55 min: www.ardmediathek.de/video/lokalz...
Proud to share our new @ChemRxiv preprint. We report on a novel Metal-to-Metal Electron Transfer Mechanism enabling Hydroxyl Radical Photoredox Catalysis in Hypoxic and Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells, addressing bottlenecks in photodynamic therapy. Please RT! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
October 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Proud to share our new @ChemRxiv preprint. We report on a novel Metal-to-Metal Electron Transfer Mechanism enabling Hydroxyl Radical Photoredox Catalysis in Hypoxic and Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells, addressing bottlenecks in photodynamic therapy. Please RT! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Check out our paper in @chemcomm.rsc.org about the Red-Light Excitation of Ru(II)-Pt(II) Tetranuclear Complex for Combined Photoactivated Chemotherapy and Photodynamic Therapy. Congrats to Pia, Eleni, Julia, and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5CC...
October 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Check out our paper in @chemcomm.rsc.org about the Red-Light Excitation of Ru(II)-Pt(II) Tetranuclear Complex for Combined Photoactivated Chemotherapy and Photodynamic Therapy. Congrats to Pia, Eleni, Julia, and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5CC...
🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨
Join our group in Bioinorganic Chemistry to work on the synthesis & biological evaluation of metal complexes for anticancer therapy.
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/8...
Join our group in Bioinorganic Chemistry to work on the synthesis & biological evaluation of metal complexes for anticancer therapy.
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/8...
October 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨
Join our group in Bioinorganic Chemistry to work on the synthesis & biological evaluation of metal complexes for anticancer therapy.
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/8...
Join our group in Bioinorganic Chemistry to work on the synthesis & biological evaluation of metal complexes for anticancer therapy.
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/8...
Check out our paper in @inorgchemfront.rsc.org about the Induction of Oncosis by Light Activation with an Ir(III) complex conjugated to Albumin. Congrats to Antonio, Zisis, and Lisa. Fantastic collaboration with @joseruizlab.bsky.social ! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @um.es dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5QI...
July 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Check out our paper in @inorgchemfront.rsc.org about the Induction of Oncosis by Light Activation with an Ir(III) complex conjugated to Albumin. Congrats to Antonio, Zisis, and Lisa. Fantastic collaboration with @joseruizlab.bsky.social ! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @um.es dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5QI...
Check out our paper in J. Med. Chem. @acsbiol.bsky.social @acsmedi.bsky.social about the induction of immunogenic cell death by a gallium complex for chemoimmunotherapy. Congrats to Zisis and Yassin! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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July 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Check out our paper in J. Med. Chem. @acsbiol.bsky.social @acsmedi.bsky.social about the induction of immunogenic cell death by a gallium complex for chemoimmunotherapy. Congrats to Zisis and Yassin! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Wonderful presenting some of our research at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora @ufjfoficial.bsky.social Thanks to Luiz for the kind invitation! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
June 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Wonderful presenting some of our research at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora @ufjfoficial.bsky.social Thanks to Luiz for the kind invitation! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Check out our study in @acsmedi.bsky.social about the "Induction of Cuproptosis with a Highly Cytotoxic Tripodal Cu(II) Complex". Congrats to Ricarda and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
June 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Check out our study in @acsmedi.bsky.social about the "Induction of Cuproptosis with a Highly Cytotoxic Tripodal Cu(II) Complex". Congrats to Ricarda and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Wonderful presenting some of our studies at the BioOpen Conference in beautiful Łódź as part of the UNIC network. @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
May 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Wonderful presenting some of our studies at the BioOpen Conference in beautiful Łódź as part of the UNIC network. @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Check out our paper in @inorgchemfront.rsc.org about Utilizing Metal-Metal Electron Transfer in Dinuclear Photosensitizers for Exceptionally High ROS Production. Congrats to @juansanzvi.bsky.social @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! Wonderful collaboration with Gustavo Espino! dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5QI...
May 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Check out our paper in @inorgchemfront.rsc.org about Utilizing Metal-Metal Electron Transfer in Dinuclear Photosensitizers for Exceptionally High ROS Production. Congrats to @juansanzvi.bsky.social @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! Wonderful collaboration with Gustavo Espino! dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5QI...
Time for a new group picture 😉
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Time for a new group picture 😉
Check out our article in ACS Med. Chem. Lett. @acsmedi.bsky.social about the Induction of Ferroptosis with Au(I) NHC Complexes. Congrats to @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social . Great collaboration with Thomas Scattolin! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsm...
April 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Check out our article in ACS Med. Chem. Lett. @acsmedi.bsky.social about the Induction of Ferroptosis with Au(I) NHC Complexes. Congrats to @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social . Great collaboration with Thomas Scattolin! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsm...
Check out our Article in @daltontrans.rsc.org about the Synthesis and Photophysical Evaluation of an Aldehyde Bearing Ru(II) Complex as a Synthetic Precursor for Photodynamic Therapy. Congrats to Lisa, Hung, Nicolas, Zisis, and Eun! dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5DT...
April 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Check out our Article in @daltontrans.rsc.org about the Synthesis and Photophysical Evaluation of an Aldehyde Bearing Ru(II) Complex as a Synthetic Precursor for Photodynamic Therapy. Congrats to Lisa, Hung, Nicolas, Zisis, and Eun! dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5DT...
Congrats to Pia @psiekierski.bsky.social for receiving the Poster Award of the 19th Ferrocene Colloquium! 🎉
April 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Congrats to Pia @psiekierski.bsky.social for receiving the Poster Award of the 19th Ferrocene Colloquium! 🎉
Check out our article in J. Med. Chem. @acsmedi.bsky.social about the Rational Design of an Ir(III) Complex with Exceptionally Strong Human Serum Albumin Binding for Photodynamic Therapy. Congrats to Antonio & Lisa! Wonderful collaboration with @joseruizlab.bsky.social ! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
March 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Check out our article in J. Med. Chem. @acsmedi.bsky.social about the Rational Design of an Ir(III) Complex with Exceptionally Strong Human Serum Albumin Binding for Photodynamic Therapy. Congrats to Antonio & Lisa! Wonderful collaboration with @joseruizlab.bsky.social ! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Wonderful seeing our cover on the recent issue of @daltontrans.bsky.social ! Check out the full article here: dx.doi.org/10.1039/D4DT...
January 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Wonderful seeing our cover on the recent issue of @daltontrans.bsky.social ! Check out the full article here: dx.doi.org/10.1039/D4DT...
Check out our paper in Small about utilizing the Excited Intramolecular Proton‐Coupled Electron Transfer in a Dinuclear Ir(III) Complex for Photodynamic Therapy. Congrats to Maniklal, Julia, Nishith, Gourav and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 26, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Check out our paper in Small about utilizing the Excited Intramolecular Proton‐Coupled Electron Transfer in a Dinuclear Ir(III) Complex for Photodynamic Therapy. Congrats to Maniklal, Julia, Nishith, Gourav and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Check out our article in Dalton Trans. about a Necrosis Inducing Tetranuclear Ru(II)-Re(I) complex for Anticancer Therapy. Congrats to Julia, Eleni, Stephan, and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de dx.doi.org/10.1039/D4DT...
December 18, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Check out our article in Dalton Trans. about a Necrosis Inducing Tetranuclear Ru(II)-Re(I) complex for Anticancer Therapy. Congrats to Julia, Eleni, Stephan, and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de dx.doi.org/10.1039/D4DT...
Check out our article in J. Med. Chem. @acsmedi.bsky.social about the Combinatorial Synthesis toward the Discovery of Highly Cytotoxic Fe(III) Complexes. Congrats to Felix, Lisa, Zisis, and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
December 17, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Check out our article in J. Med. Chem. @acsmedi.bsky.social about the Combinatorial Synthesis toward the Discovery of Highly Cytotoxic Fe(III) Complexes. Congrats to Felix, Lisa, Zisis, and @nmontesdeocas.bsky.social ! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Check out our paper in J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. @springer1842.bsky.social about the shift of cell death mechanism in primary human neutrophils upon treatment with a Ru(II) polypyridine complex. Great collaboration with the Kruss Group! Congrats Nicolas and Jennifer! dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007...
December 14, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Check out our paper in J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. @springer1842.bsky.social about the shift of cell death mechanism in primary human neutrophils upon treatment with a Ru(II) polypyridine complex. Great collaboration with the Kruss Group! Congrats Nicolas and Jennifer! dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007...