Welcome to the Chudasama Group website
Based in University College London, our group is primarily focused on answering important biological questions through the application of Organic Chemistry. We do this by designing and tuning a variety of chemical tools (from chemoselective reagents with orthogonal “click” handles to photoswitchable azobenzenes) for the particular system we are studying.
We also work on novel methodologies based on aerobic C-H activation for the functionalisation of aldehydes, azo-dicarboxylates and various alkenes in a controlled manner.
News
| 03/03/22 | Best of luck to Fabien as he finishes up his fellowship in the lab – been a pleasure to work with, and I am very glad he has secured the next step in his career |
| 22/02/22 | After working with one another for ca. 10 years, Calise will be moving to new adventures – what a fanstastic future he has in front of him! |
| 27/09/21 | Really looking forward to working with new PhD student Cliona – after working together in her Master’s project, I am really excited to work with her on her PhD |
| 28/09/20 | Really looking forward to working with new PhD students Lea, Ioanna, Chapman and Mikesh – a strange time to start but confident they will all do great |
| 01/08/20 | After 8 years of working together, I am sad (both personally and academically) to no longer be working alongside the fantastic Antoine Maruani BUT I am very happy that he is now setting up his own lab! – he is going to do awesome! |
| 01/04/20 | Best of luck to graduating PhD students Andre and Marcos – both fantastic scientists and people |
| 24/09/19 | Great to have Nehaal Ahmed start his PhD with us today. Also a nice way to start a new collaboration Prof. Tom Sheppard |
| 29/07/19 | Mixed emotions – very proud of Joao on passing his viva today but gutted to see him leave; promise to help as best I can with the next steps |
| 17/01/19 | It was an absolute pleasure to give the Judith Howard Lecture at the University of Durham |
| 24/09/18 | Welcome to our new PhD student Alex Furby, and Master’s students Isaline Castan, Nehaal Ahmed and Fang Lan |
| 11/09/18 | Congratulations to PhD student André Shamsabadi on publishing his latest work in Chemical Communications |
| 07/06/18 | Very pleased that Peter Szijj will be joining our group on a Wellcome Trust studentship from September 2018 |
| 07/12/17 | Very pleased to have published our latest work on point-of-care diagnostics in ACS Nano |
| 06/10/17 | Congratulations to Max Lee on obtaining his PhD!! – well deserved, great scientist |
| 25/09/17 | Huge welcome to Faiza Javaid who has joined the group on a Wellcome Trust studentship |
| 23/05/17 | Congratulations to PhD student André Shamsabadi on being awarded the Tuffnell Prize |
| 06/05/17 | Been a real pleasure to share our recent work in Leiden and Boston at ATDC and PEGS Boston |
| 25/03/17 | Our key translation works have now been accepted in RSC Advances and OBC – optimised ADCS, in vivo validated |
| 07/12/16 | PhD students from the Chudasama Group scoop two 1st prizes at national-level poster competitions in two days |
| 30/11/16 | My favourite paper of the year thus far published in my favourite journal (Chemical Science); “springy” PD is here |
| 16/09/16 | New papers published in Chemical Science and Oncotarget |
| 08/09/16 | Great trip to Lisbon for the 1st ITN workshop |
| 16/08/16 | Dual modification leading to applications in photodynamic therapy – published in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences |
| 15/06/16 | Very pleased to have our review on the dual modification of biomolecules accepted in OBC and highlighted as a hot article |
| 22/04/16 | Very pleased to have accepted André on a Graduate Research Scholarship, Calise on an EPSRC CASE award with MRCT, Marcos on a DTA Studentship, and João on an ITN grant as PhD students – look forward to working with you all in the near future |
| 01/04/16 | Congratulation to Max on winning the Bader Prize and to Antoine on winning another poster prize (!) |
| 21/03/16 | Very pleased to have papers accepted in OBC (2) – well done Eifion, a paper in ACS MacroLetters with the Battaglia Research Group, and an article in J Chem Res – well done Max & Antoine |
| 04/01/16 | Very pleased to start 2016 with papers accepted in OBC and RSC Advances, and a review published in Nature Chemistry |
| 01/01/16 | Welcome to our two new post-docs: Dan and Ben |
| 30/09/15 | Welcome to our new group members: Emma (PhD); Ihaab, Noyonika, Calise and André (Masters) |
| 15/09/15 | Delighted to see our two-in-one reagent published in Chemical Science – Congratulations Max and Antoine |
| 09/09/15 | Fantastic to have the support of UCL through an UCL Excellence Fellowship |
| 25/08/15 | Our antibody-based photodynamic therapeutic work has been published in Chemical Communications – Congratulations Antoine |
| 22/06/15 | Great to see that our latest Albumin work in OBC – Congratulations Mark, Eifion et al. |
| 01/06/15 | Great to see that our latest ADC work in Chemical Communications – Congratulations João, Mauricio et al. |
Latest Publications
Post-translational site-selective protein backbone α-deuteration – Nature Chemical Biology
Forming next-generation antibody–nanoparticle conjugates through the oriented installation of non-engineered antibody fragments – Chemical Science
Enabling the controlled assembly of antibody conjugates with a loading of two modules without antibody engineering – Chemical Science
A plug-and-play approach to antibody-based therapeutics via a chemoselective dual click strategy – Nature Communications
Recent advances in the construction of antibody–drug conjugates – Nature Chemistry
Next-generation disulfide stapling: Reduction and functional re-bridging all in one – Chemical Science