Selected Publications

Katherine Ortmeyer Welch, Kelly Anne McGovern, Lydia Chen, Ryan Krouse, Kevin Guo, Jeffrey Huang, Michael Brown, Jake Mlakar, Venu Bandi, David Holt, Paul Zhang, Sunil Singhal: Preclinical Evaluation of Novel SGLT2‑Targeted Near‑Infrared Optical Imaging Agent for Early‑Stage Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma. Molecular Imaging and Biology Molecular Imaging and Biology July 2025 Notes: Ortmeyer Welch, Katherine, et al. "Preclinical Evaluation of Novel SGLT2-Targeted Near-Infrared Optical Imaging Agent for Early-Stage Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma." Molecular Imaging and Biology (2025): 1-12.

David Baker, Chunfu Xu, Yulai Liu, Bernardo Arús, Kanuj Mishra, Michael Luciano, Venu Bandi, Akaash Kumar, Ziyu Guo, Matthew Bick, Miaomiao Xu, Kun Zhang, Jakob Lingg, Jessica Bae, Alex Kang, Stacey Gerben, Asim Bera, Joshua Vaughan, James Manton, Emmanuel Derivery, Martin Schnermann, Andre Stiel, Oliver Bruns, Yun Guan: De novo Design of Near Infrared Fluorescent Proteins. researchsquare.com. researchsquare.com, July 2024 Notes: Baker, David, et al. "De novo Design of Near Infrared Fluorescent Proteins." (2024).

Bandi VG, Luciano MP, Saccomano M, Patel NL, Bischof TS, Lingg JGP, Tsrunchev PT, Nix MN, Ruehle B, Sanders C, Riffle L, Robinson CM, Difilippantonio S, Kalen JD, Resch-Genger U, Ivanic J, Bruns OT, Schnermann MJ: Targeted multicolor in vivo imaging over 1,000 nm enabled by nonamethine cyanines. Nature Methods 19(3): 353-358, Mar. 2022 Notes: Epub Feb. 28, 2022.

Eiring P, McLaughlin R, Matikonda SS, Han Z, Grabenhorst L, Helmerich DA, Meub M, Beliu G, Luciano M, Bandi V, Zijlstra N, Shi ZD, Tarasov SG, Swenson R, Tinnefeld P, Glembockyte V, Cordes T, Sauer M, Schnermann MJ: Targetable conformationally restricted cyanines enable photon-count-limited applications* Angewandie Chemie International Edition 60(51): 26685-26693, Dec. 13 2021 Notes: Epub Nov. 17, 2021.

Shao S, Gobeze HB, Bandi V, Funk C, Heine B, Duffy MJ, Nesterov V, Karr PA, D'Souza F: Triplet BODIPY and AzaBODIPY derived donor-acceptor dyads: Competitive electron transfer versus intersystem crossing upon photoexcitation. ChemPhotoChem 4(1): 68-81, Jan. 2020.

Collini MA, Thomas MB, Bandi V, Karr PA, D'Souza F: Directly attached bisdonor-BF2 chelated azadipyrromethene-fullerene tetrads for promoting ground and excited state charge transfer. Chemistry Europe Journal 23(18): 4450–4461, Mar. 28 2017 Notes: Epub Mar. 3, 2017.

Kandukuri J, Yu S, Cheng B, Bandi V, D'Souza F, Nguyen KT, Hong Y, Yuan B: A dual-modality system for both multi-color ultrasound-switchable fluorescence and ultrasound imaging. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18(2): 323, Feb. 4 2017.

Cheng B, Bandi V, Yu S, D'Souza F, Nguyen KT, Hong Y, Tang L, Yuan B: The mechanisms and biomedical applications of an NIR BODIPY-based switchable fluorescent probe. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18(2): 384, Feb. 11 2017.

Iskierko Z, Checinska A, Sharma PS, Golebiewska K, Noworyta K, Borowicz P, Fronc K, Bandi V, D'Souza F, Kutner W: Molecularly imprinted polymer based extended-gate field-effect transistor chemosensors for phenylalanine enantioselective sensing. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 5(4): 969–977, Jan. 28 2017.

Bandi V, D’Souza FP, Gobeze HB, D’Souza F: Competitive electron transfer in a novel, broad-band capturing, subphthalocyanine-azabodipy-c60 supramolecular triad. Chemical Communications 52(3): 579-581, Jan. 11 2016 Notes: Epub Nov. 9, 2015.