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Publications

32. Stefan Crielaard, Casper F.M. Peters, Alexander Slivkov, Daphne A.L. van den Homberg and Willem A. Velema*

Chemotranscriptomic Profiling with a Thiamine Monophosphate Photoaffinity probe

Chemical Science, 2025,

29. Linglan Fang,  Willem A. Velema, Yujeong Lee, Lu Xiao, Michael G. Mohsen, Anna M. Kietrys and Eric T. Kool*

Pervasive Transcriptome Interactions of Protein-Targeted Drugs

Nature Chemistry, 2023, 15, 1374-1383

25. Stefan Crielaard, Rick Maassen, Tess Vosman, Ivy Rempkens and  Willem A. Velema*

Affinity-Based Profiling of the Flavin Mononucleotide Riboswitch

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 10462-10470

24. Ryan Van Damme, Kongpan Li, Minjie Zhang, Jianhui Bai, Wilson H. Lee, Joseph Yesselman, Zhipeng Lu* and Willem A. Velema*

Chemical reversible crosslinking enables measurement of RNA 3D distances and alternative conformations in cells

Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 911

23.  Minjie Zhang, Kongpan Li, Jianhui Bai, Willem A. Velema, Chengqing Yu, Ryan Van Damme, Wilson H. Lee, Maia L. Corpuz, Jian-Fu Chen and Zhipeng Lu*

Optimized photochemistry enables efficient analysis of dynamic RNA structuromes and interactomes in genetic and infectious diseases

Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 2344

20. Maryam Habibian,† Willem A. Velema,†Anna M. Kietrys, Yoshiyuki Ono and Eric T. Kool*†Equal contribution

Polyacetate and Polycarbonate RNA: Acylating Reagents and Properties

Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 14, 5413-5416

15. Tatiana Kent, Timur D. Rusanov, Trung M. Hoang, Willem A. Velema, Andrew T. Krueger, Eric T. Kool and Richard T. Pomerantz*

DNA Polymerase ÆŸ Specializes in Incorporating Synthetic Expanded-Size (xDNA) Nucleotides

Nucleic Acids Research, 2016, 44, 9381-9392

14. Michael M. Lerch, Mickel J. Hansen, Willem A. Velema, Wiktor Szymanski and Ben L. Feringa*

Orthogonal Photoswitching in a Multifunctional Molecular System

Nature Communications, 2016, 7, 12054

13. Willem A. Velema,† Mickel J. Hansen,† Michael M. Lerch, Arnold J. M. Driessen, Wiktor Szymanski and Ben L. Feringa*†Equal contribution

Ciprofloxacin–Photoswitch Conjugates: A Facile Strategy for Photopharmacology

Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2015, 26, 2592-2597

11. Jan Pieter van der Berg,† Willem A. Velema,† Wiktor Szymanski, Arnold J. M. Driessen* and Ben L. Feringa.*†Equal contribution

Controlling the activity of quorum sensing autoinducers with light

Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 3593-3598

9. Willem A. Velema, Jan Pieter van der Berg, Wiktor Szymanski, Arnold J.M. Driessen and Ben L. Feringa*

Bacterial patterning controlled by light exposure

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2015, 13, 1639–1642.

8. Mickel J. Hansen, Willem A. Velema, Gerjan de Bruin, Herman S. Overkleeft, Wiktor Szymanski and Ben L. Feringa*

Proteasome Inhibitors with Photocontrolled Activity

ChemBioChem, 2014, 15, 2053–2057

7. Willem A. Velema, Jan Pieter van der Berg, Wiktor Szymanski, Arnold J. M. Driessen and Ben L. Feringa*

Orthogonal control of antibacterial activity with light

ACS Chemical Biology, 2014, 9, 1969–1974

4. Willem A. Velema, Jan Pieter van der Berg, Mickel J. Hansen, Wiktor Szymanski, Arnold J. M. Driessen and Ben L. Feringa*

Optical control of antibacterial activity

Nature Chemistry, 2013, 5, 924–928

3. Willem A. Velema, Marc. C. A. Stuart, Wiktor Szymanski and Ben L. Feringa*

Light-triggered self-assembly of a dichromonyl compound in water

Chemical Communications, 2013, 49, 5001–5003

1. Wiktor Szymanski, John M. Beierle, Hans A. V. Kistemaker, Willem A. Velema and Ben L. Feringa*

Reversible photocontrol of biological systems by the incorporation of molecular photoswitches

Chemical Reviews, 2013, 113, 6114–6178

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