Hongjun Ren

A biocompatible condensation reaction for controlled assembly of nanostructures in living cells

Gaolin Liang, Hongjun Ren, Jianghong Rao · Nature Chemistry · 2009 · 477 citations

Engineering, Nanobiotechnology, Self-assembly +7

A Biocompatible Condensation Reaction for the Labeling of Terminal Cysteine Residues on Proteins

Hongjun Ren, Fei Xiao, Ke Zhan et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2009 · 273 citations · Full text

Protein Assembly, Biomolecular Tool, Molecular Biology +18

Imaging tuberculosis with endogenous β-lactamase reporter enzyme fluorescence in live mice

Ying Kong, Hequan Yao, Hongjun Ren et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 181 citations · Full text

Bioorthogonal Diversification of Peptides through Selective Ruthenium(II)‐Catalyzed C–H Activation

Alexandra Schischko, Hongjun Ren, Nikolaos Kaplaneris et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2017 · 165 citations

Highly Diastereoselective Synthesis of Homoallylic Alcohols Bearing Adjacent Quaternary Centers Using Substituted Allylic Zinc Reagents

Hongjun Ren, Guillaume Dunet, Péter Mayer et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2007 · 131 citations

Chemical Engineering, Allylic Chlorides, Engineering +9