Publications

  1. Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy and Tracking with a Fluorescent Mechanosensitive Probe
    Jimmy Maillard, Ewa Grassin, Ekaterina Bestsennaia, Melinda Silaghi, Karolina Straková, José García-Calvo, Naomi Sakai, Stefan Matile, and Alexandre Fürstenberg
    J. Phys. Chem. B 2024, 128(33), 7997-8006
  1. Local Water Content in Polymer Gels Measured With Super-Resolved Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
    Sankar Jana, Oleksii Nevskyi, Hannah Höche, Leon Trottenberg, Eric Siemes, Jörg Enderlein, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Dominik Wöll
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63(10), e202318421
  1. Symmetry and Rigidity for Boosting Erbium-Based Molecular Light-Upconversion in Solution
    Soroush Naseri, Inès Taarit, Hélène Bolvin, Jean-Claude Bünzli, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Laure Guénée, Giau Le-Hoang, Mohsen Mirzakhani, Homayoun Nozary, Arnulf Rosspeintner, and Claude Piguet
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62(50), e202314503
  1. Seeking Brightness in Molecular Erbium-Based Light Upconversion
    Inès Taarit, Filipe Alves, Amina Benchohra, Laure Guénée, Bahman Golesorkhi, Arnulf Rosspeintner, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Claude Piguet
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145(15), 8621-8633
  1. Circularly polarized luminescence from Tb(III) interacting with chiral polyether macrocycles
    Alexandre Homberg, Federica Navazio, Antoine Le Tellier, Francesco Zinna, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Céline Besnard, Lorenzo Di Bari, and Jérôme Lacour
    Dalton Trans. 2022, 51(43), 16479-16485
  1. 30th International Conference on Photochemistry (ICP2021): an Introduction by the Guest Editors
    Alexandre Fürstenberg and Tatu Kumpulainen
    Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2022, 21(9), 1557-1558
  1. HydroFlipper membrane tension probes: Imaging membrane hydration and mechanical compression simultaneously in living cells
    José García-Calvo, Javier López-Andarias, Jimmy Maillard, Vincent Mercier, Chloé Roffay, Aurélien Roux, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Naomi Sakai, and Stefan Matile
    Chem. Sci. 2022, 13(7), 2086-2093
  1. Metal-Based Linear Light-Upconversion Implemented in Molecular Complexes: Challenges and Perspectives
    Hélène Bolvin, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Bahman Golesorkhi, Homayoun Nozary, Inès Taarit, and Claude Piguet
    Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55(1), 442-456
  1. Flipper Probes for the Community
    Lea Assies, José García-Calvo, Francesca Piazzolla, Samantha Sanchez, Takehiro Kato, Luc Reymond, Antoine Goujon, Adai Colom, Javier López-Andarias, Karolína Straková, Dora Mahecic, Vincent Mercier, Margot Riggi, Noemi Jiménez-Rojo, Chloé Roffay, Giuseppe Licari, Maria Tsemperouli, Frederik Neuhaus, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Eric Vauthey, Sascha Hoogendoorn, Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan, Andreas Zumbuehl, Kaori Sugihara, Jean Gruenberg, Howard Riezman, Robbie Loewith, Suliana Manley, Aurelien Roux, Nicolas Winssinger, Naomi Sakai, Stefan Pitsch, and Stefan Matile
    Chimia 2021, 75(12), 1004-1011
  1. Red-Emitting Fluorophores as Local Water-Sensing Probes
    Jimmy Maillard, Christopher Rumble, and Alexandre Fürstenberg
    J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125(34), 9727-9737
  1. Molecular light-upconversion: we have had a problem! When excited state absorption (ESA) overcomes energy transfer upconversion (ETU) in Cr(III)/Er(III) complexes
    Bahman Golesorkhi, Inès Taarit, Helène Bolvin, Homayoun Nozary, Juan-Ramon Jimenez, Céline Besnard, Laure Guénée, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Claude Piguet
    Dalton Trans. 2021, 50(23), 7955-7968
  1. Universal quenching of common fluorescent probes by water and alcohols
    Jimmy Maillard, Kathrin Klehs, Christopher Rumble, Eric Vauthey, Mike Heilemann, and Alexandre Fürstenberg
    Chem. Sci. 2021, 12(4), 1352-1362
  1. Chiral Functionalization of an Atomically Precise Noble Metal Cluster: Insights into the Origin of Chirality and Photoluminescence
    Kumaranchira Krishnadas, Luca Sementa, Marco Medves, Alessandro Fortunelli, Mauro Stener, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Giovanna Longhi, and Thomas Bürgi
    ACS Nano 2020, 14(8), 9687-9700
  1. Fluorescent Membrane Tension Probes for Super-Resolution Microscopy: Combining Mechanosensitive Cascade Switching with Dynamic-Covalent Ketone Chemistry
    José García-Calvo, Jimmy Maillard, Ina Fureraj, Karolina Strakova, Adai Colom, Vincent Mercier, Aurélien Roux, Eric Vauthey, Naomi Sakai, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Stefan Matile
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142(28), 12034-12038
  1. Erbium complexes as pioneers for implementing linear light-upconversion in molecules
    Bahman Golesorkhi, Homayoun Nozary, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Claude Piguet
    Mater. Horiz. 2020, 7(5), 1279-1296
  1. Monitoring Fe(II) Spin-State Equilibria via Eu(III) Luminescence in Molecular Complexes: Dream or Reality?
    Timothée Lathion, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Céline Besnard, Andreas Hauser, Azzedine Bousseksou, and Claude Piguet
    Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59(2), 1091-1103
  1. Swiss Chemical Society Photochemistry Section Meeting
    Tatu Kumpulainen and Alexandre Fürstenberg
    Chimia 2019, 73(10), 840
    EPA Newsletter 2020, 97, 86-89
  1. High-Affinity Binding of Chemokine Analogs that Display Ligand Bias at the HIV-1 Coreceptor CCR5
    Carlos A. Rico, Yamina A. Berchiche, Emily Lorenzen, Manija A. Kazmi, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Hubert Gaertner, Oliver Hartley, Thomas P. Sakmar, and Thomas Huber
    Biophys. J. 2019, 117(5), 903-919
  1. Deciphering and quantifying linear light upconversion in molecular erbium complexes
    Bahman Golesorkhi, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Homayoun Nozary, and Claude Piguet
    Chem. Sci. 2019, 10(28), 6876-6885
  1. EPA Statutes
    Alexandre Fürstenberg
    EPA Newsletter 2018, 95, 9-10
  1. G protein specific signaling bias in a series of CCR5 chemokine analogs
    Emily Lorenzen, Yamina A. Berchiche, Emilie Ceraudo, Carlos A. Rico, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Thomas P. Sakmar, and Thomas Huber
    Science Signal. 2018, 11(552), eaao6152 (1-11)
  1. Room-Temperature Linear Light Upconversion in a Mononuclear Erbium Molecular Complex
    Bahman Golesorkhi, Homayoun Nozary, Laure Guénée, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Claude Piguet
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57(46), 15172-15176
  1. Thermodynamic Programming of Erbium(III) Coordination Complexes for Dual Visible-Near Infrared Luminescence
    Bahman Golesorkhi, Laure Guénée, Homayoun Nozary, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Yan Suffren, Svetlana V. Eliseeva, Stéphane Petoud, Andreas Hauser, and Claude Piguet
    Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24(50), 13158-13169
  1. Single-Molecule Imaging of Wnt3A Protein Diffusion on Living Cell Membranes
    Anna Lippert, Agnieszka A. Janeczek, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Aleks Ponjavic, W. E. Moerner, Roel Nusse, Jill A. Helms, Nicholas D. Evans, and Steven F. Lee
    Biophys. J. 2017, 113(12), 2762-2767
  1. Water in Biomolecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging: Side Effects and Remedies
    Alexandre Fürstenberg
    Chimia 2017, 71(1-2), 26-31
  1. Labeling and single-molecule methods to monitor G protein-coupled receptor dynamics
    He Tian1, Alexandre Fürstenberg1, and Thomas Huber
    Chem. Rev. 2017, 117(1), 186-245
  1. Potent anti-HIV chemokine analogs direct post-endocytic sorting of CCR5
    Claudia Bönsch, Mihaela Munteanu, Irène Rossitto-Borlat, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Oliver Hartley
    PLoS One 2015, 10(4), e0125396 (1-15)
  1. Orchestrators of Cell Signaling
    International Innovation 2014, 142, 48-50
  1. Coordinate-based co-localization-mediated analysis of arrestin clustering upon stimulation of the C-C chemokine receptor 5 with RANTES/CCL5 analogues
    Laura Tarancón Díez, Claudia Bönsch, Sebastian Malkusch, Zinnia Truan, Mihaela Munteanu, Mike Heilemann, Oliver Hartley, Ulrike Endesfelder, and Alexandre Fürstenberg
    Histochem. Cell Biol. 2014, 142(1), 69-77
  1. Increasing the brightness of cyanine fluorophores for single-molecule and super-resolution imaging
    Kathrin Klehs, Christoph Spahn, Ulrike Endesfelder, Steven F. Lee, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Mike Heilemann
    ChemPhysChem 2014, 15(4), 637-641
  1. Quantitative morphological analysis of arrestin2 clustering upon G protein-coupled receptor stimulation by super-resolution microscopy
    Zinnia Truan, Laura Tarancón Díez, Claudia Bönsch, Sebastian Malkusch, Ulrike Endesfelder, Mihaela Munteanu, Oliver Hartley, Mike Heilemann, and Alexandre Fürstenberg
    J. Struct. Biol. 2013, 184(2), 329-334
  1. Single-molecule localization microscopy – near-molecular spatial resolution in light microscopy with photoswitchable fluorophores
    Alexandre Fürstenberg and Mike Heilemann
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15(36), 14919-14930
  1. Improved super-resolution microscopy with oxazine fluorophores in heavy water
    Steven F. Lee, Quentin Vérolet, and Alexandre Fürstenberg
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52(34), 8948-8951
    Angew. Chem. 2013, 125(34), 9117-9120
  1. Chiral selectivity in the binding of [4]helicene derivatives to double-stranded DNA
    Oksana Kel, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Nathalie Mehanna, Cyril Nicolas, Benoît Laleu, Martin Hammarson, Bo Albinsson, Jérôme Lacour, and Eric Vauthey
    Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19(22), 7173-7180
  1. Anti-Brownian ELectrokinetic (ABEL) Trapping of Single β2-Adrenergic Receptors in the Absence and Presence of Agonist
    Samuel Bockenhauer, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Xiao Jie Yao, Brian K. Kobilka, and W. E. Moerner
    Proc. SPIE 2012, 8228, 8228015/1-16
  1. Conformational Dynamics of Single G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Solution
    Samuel Bockenhauer1, Alexandre Fürstenberg1, Xiao Jie Yao, Brian K. Kobilka, and W. E. Moerner
    J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115(45), 13328-13338
  1. Site-dependent excited-state dynamics of a fluorescent probe bound to avidin and streptavidin investigated by ultrafast spectroscopy and MD simulations
    Alexandre Fürstenberg, Oksana Kel, Julieta Gradinaru, Thomas R. Ward, Daniel Emery, Guillaume Bollot, Jiri Mareda, and Eric Vauthey
    ChemPhysChem 2009, 10(9-10), 1517-1532
  1. Ultrafast photoinduced charge separation in naphthalene diimide based multichromophoric systems in liquid solutions and in a lipid membrane
    Natalie Banerji, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Sheshanath Bhosale, Adam L. Sisson, Naomi Sakai, Stefan Matile, and Eric Vauthey
    J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112(30), 8912-8922
  1. Zipper Assembly of Vectorial Rigid-Rod Pi-Stack Architectures with Red and Blue Naphthalenediimides: Toward Supramolecular Cascade n/p-Heterojunctions
    Adam L. Sisson, Naomi Sakai, Natalie Banerji, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Eric Vauthey, and Stefan Matile
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47(20), 3727-3729
  1. Artificial Tongues and Leaves
    Natalie Banerji, Rajesh Bhosale, Guillaume Bollot, Sara M. Butterfield, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Virginie Gorteau, Shinya Hagihara, Andreas Hennig, Santanu Maity, Jiri Mareda, Stefan Matile, Federico Mora, Alejandro Perez-Velasco, Velayutham Ravikumar, Ravuri S. K. Kishore, Naomi Sakai, Duy-Hien Tran, and Eric Vauthey
    Pure Appl. Chem. 2008, 80(8), 1873-1882
  1. Ultrafast excited-state dynamics in biological environments
    Alexandre Fürstenberg and Eric Vauthey
    Chimia 2007, 61(10), 617-620
  1. Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of oxazole yellow DNA intercalators
    Alexandre Fürstenberg and Eric Vauthey
    J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111(43), 12610-12620
  1. Structure-Fluorescence Contrast Relationship in Cyanine DNA Intercalators: Toward Rational Dye Design
    Alexandre Fürstenberg, Todor G. Deligeorgiev, Nikolai I. Gadjev, Aleksey A. Vasilev, and Eric Vauthey
    Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13(30), 8600-8609
  1. Rigid-Rod Push-Pull Naphthalenediimide Photosystems
    Naomi Sakai, Adam L. Sisson, Sheshanath Bhosale, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Natalie Banerji, Eric Vauthey, and Stefan Matile
    Org. Biomol. Chem. 2007, 5(16), 2560-2563
  1. Photoproduction of Proton Gradients with Pi-Stacked Fluorophore Scaffolds in Lipid Bilayers
    Sheshanath Bhosale, Adam L. Sisson, Pinaki Talukdar, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Natalie Banerji, Eric Vauthey, Guillaume Bollot, Jiri Mareda, Cornelia Röger, Frank Würthner, Naomi Sakai and Stefan Matile
    Science 2006, 313(5783), 84-86
  1. Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of DNA Fluorescent Intercalators: New Insight into the Fluorescence Enhancement Mechanism
    Alexandre Fürstenberg, Marc D. Julliard, Todor G. Deligeorgiev, Nikolai I. Gadjev, Aleksey A. Vasilev, and Eric Vauthey
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(23), 7661-7669
  1. Ultrafast Dynamics of Fluorescent DNA Intercalators
    Alexandre Fürstenberg, Marc D. Julliard, Todor G. Deligeorgiev, Nikolai I. Gadjev, Aleksey A. Vassilev, and Eric Vauthey
    In Femtochemistry VII: Fundamental Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, A. W. Castleman Jr., M. L. Kimble eds., Elsevier, 2006, 391-395
  1. Intra- vs Intermolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions of a Macrocyclic Donor-Acceptor Dyad
    Evan G. Moore, Paul V. Bernhardt, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Mark J. Riley, and Eric Vauthey
    J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109(51), 11715-11723
  1. Tuning the Photophysical Behavior of Luminescent Cyclam Derivatives by Cation Binding and Excited State Redox Potential
    Evan G. Moore, Paul V. Bernhardt, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Mark J. Riley, Trevor A. Smith, and Eric Vauthey
    J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109(17), 3788-3796
  1. Excited-state dynamics of the fluorescent probe Lucifer Yellow in liquid solutions and in heterogeneous media
    Alexandre Fürstenberg and Eric Vauthey
    Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2005, 4(3), 260-267
  1. Ultrafast spectroscopy on bimolecular photoinduced electron transfer reactions
    Ana Morandeira, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Stéphane Pagès, Bernhard Lang, and Eric Vauthey
    The Spectrum 2004, 17(4), 14-19
  1. Fluorescence Quenching in Electron-Donating Solvents. 2. Solvent Dependence and Product Dynamics
    Ana Morandeira, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Eric Vauthey
    J. Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108(40), 8190-8200
  1. Influence of solute-solvent interactions on the quenching dynamics of perylene derivatives in electron donating solvents
    Ana Morandeira, Alexandre Fürstenberg, and Eric Vauthey
    In Femtochemistry and Femtobiology, M. Martin and J. T. Hynes eds., Elsevier, 2004, 327-330
  1. Fluorescence Quenching in Electron-Donating Solvents. 1. Influence of the Solute-Solvent Interactions on the Dynamics
    Ana Morandeira, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Jean-Claude Gumy, and Eric Vauthey
    J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107(28), 5375-5383
  1. Ultrafast Photochemistry
    Ana Morandeira, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Olivier Nicolet, Stéphane Pagès, Bernhard Lang, and Eric Vauthey
    Chimia 2002, 56(12), 690-694