I'm excited to share our group's progress in developing strain-loadable alkenes as innovative bioconjugation tools! If you're interested in how light and molecules collaborate to create functional tools, check out the work by Shivangi Kharbanda, Osaid Alkhamayseh, and Georgia Eastham:

• "Synthesis of Functionalized Benzocycloheptene Analogs," Essential Chem., 2025, 2, 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/28378083.2024.2394899
• "The Development of Transiently Strainable Benzocycloheptenes for Catalyst-Free, Visible Light Mediated [3+2]-Cycloadditions," Bioconjugate Chem., 2025, ASAP. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.4c00595