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Jorge Gonzalez Garcia
PeerJ Editor
200 Points

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Editor 200

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Spectroscopy
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry (other)
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry (other)

Jorge Gonzalez Garcia

PeerJ Editor

Summary

I obtained my PhD from the University of Valencia (Spain) focused on Supramolecular & Bioinorganic Chemistry, in which I worked in metalloenzymes mimetics and anion receptors. Upon completing my PhD in 2013, I performed several postdoctoral research positions in the University of Kansas (USA) and Institute Curie (France), in which I specialized in the development of drugs for non-canonical nucleic acids such as G-quadruplexes, triplexes or i-motifs. Then, I joined the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London as Newton Fellow to develop new tools to target and visualize G-quadruplexes in cells. I continued my projects as IdEx Fellow in the European Institute of Chemistry and Biology in Bordeaux (France). Actually, I’ve started my team in the Institute of Molecular Science in the University of Valencia, where I’ve developed novel systems and methodologies to target non-canonical DNA structures and unravel their biological roles.

Biochemistry Bioinorganic Chemistry Bioorganic Chemistry Biophysical Chemistry Coordination Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry (other) Nanomaterials & Nanochemistry Organic Chemistry (other) Organic Compounds Organometallic Chemistry Parasitology Pharmacology Photochemistry Physical Chemistry (other) Physical Organic Chemistry Sensors Smart & Programmable Materials Spectroscopy Supramolecular Chemistry Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry Synthetic Organic Chemistry UV-Visible Spectroscopy

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ Physical Chemistry
PeerJ Organic Chemistry
PeerJ Inorganic Chemistry

Past or current institution affiliations

Université Bordeaux I
Universidad de Valencia

Work details

Senior Scientist

Universidad de Valencia
March 2019
Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol)
I lead a team of 3-4 people to develop novel imaging tools to visualise non-canonical DNA/RNA structures such as G-quadruplex, i-motifs and junctions in vitro and in cells. To accomplish it, we synthesise, characterise and study the biophysical properties of the prepared molecules in addition to study the interaction of the molecules with nucleic acid models by a range of different techniques such as fluorescence, FRET melting, UV melting, UV-Vis, ITC, potentiometry... In addition, we study the biological effect and the molecular mechanisms of the molecules together as well as monitor, visualise and quantify of these non-canonical nucleic acid structures by bioimaging techniques.

IdEx Fellow

Université Bordeaux I
European Institute of Chemistry and Biology

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PeerJ Contributions

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Academic Editor on

June 29, 2021
Comparison of fractionation methods for soil phosphorus with soils subjected to various long-term fertilization regimes on a calcareous soil
Xin Jin, Changlu Hu, Asif Khan, Shulan Zhang, Xueyun Yang, Lijie Jia, Ruipu Sun
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-ichem.3