Publications: Dasgupta, S.; Nitz, M. "Synthesis of a core disaccharide from the Streptococcus pneumoniae type 23F capsular polysaccharide antigen." Carbohydr. Res., 2010, 345, 2282-2286. Lathia, U.S.; Ornatsky, O.; Baranov, V.; Nitz, M. "Multiplexed protease assays using element-tagged substrates ." Anal. Biochem., 2011, 408, 157-159. Hawkes, C.A.; Deng, L.-H.; Shaw, J.E.; Nitz, M.; McLaurin, J. "Small molecule β-amyloid inhibitors that stabilize protofibrillar structures in vitro improve cognition and pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease." Eur. J. Neurosci., 2010, 31, 203-213. Rullo, A.; Nitz, M. "Importance of the spatial display of charged residues in heparin-peptide interactions." Biopolymers, 2010, 93, 290-298. Lathia, U.S.; Ornatsky, O.; Baranov, V.; Nitz, M. "Development of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry-based protease assays." Anal. Biochem., 2010, 398, 93-98. Vasdev, N.; Chio, J.; van Oosten, E.M.; Nitz, M.; McLaurin, J.; Vines, D.C.; Houle, S.; Reilly, R.M.; Wilson, A.A. "Synthesis and primary biological evaluations of [18F]-1-deoxy-1-fluoro-scyllo-inositol." Chem. Commun., 2009, 37, 5527-5529. Leung, C.; Chibba, A.; Gómez-Biagi, R.F.; Nitz, M. "Efficient synthesis and protein conjugation of β-(1→6)-D-N-acetylglucosamine oligosaccharides from the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin." Carbohydr. Res., 2009, 344, 570-575. Jagt, R.B.C.; Gómez-Biagi, R.F.; Nitz, M. "Pattern-based recognition of heparin contaminants by an array of self-assembling fluorescent receptors." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 1995-1997. Leipold, M.D.; Herrera, I.; Ornatsky, O.; Baranov, V.; Nitz, M. "ICP-MS-based multiplex profiling of glycoproteins using lectins conjugated to lanthanide-chelating polymers." J. Proteome Res., 2009, 8, 443-449. Jagt, R.B.C.; Kheibari, M.S.; Nitz, M. "The synthesis and photophysical properties of halide sensitive acridizinium dyes." Dyes Pigm., 2009, 81, 161-165. Gudmundsdottir, A.V.; Paul, C.E.; Nitz, M. "Stability studies of hydrazide and hydroxylamine based glycoconjugates in aqueous solution." Carbohydr. Res., 2009, 344, 278-284. Gómez-Biagi, R.F.; Jagt, R.B.C.; Nitz, M. "Remarkably stable inclusion complexes with heptakis-[6-deoxy-6-(2-aminoethylsulfanyl)]-β-cyclodextrin." Org. Biomol. Chem., 2008, 6, 4622-4626. Gudmundsdottir, A.V.; Nitz, M. "Protecting group free glycosidations using p-toluenesulfonohydrazide donors." Org. Lett., 2008,10, 3461-3463. Sun, Y.; Zhang, G.; Hawkes, C.A.; Shaw, J.E.; McLaurin, J.; Nitz, M. "Synthesis of scyllo-inositol derivatives and their effects on amyloid beta peptide aggregation." Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2008, 16 (15), 7177-7184. Nitz, M.; Rullo, A.; Ding, M.X.Y. "Heparin Dependent Coiled-Coil Formation." ChemBioChem, 2008, 9, 1545-1548. Nitz, M.; Fenili, D.; Darabie, A.A.; Wu, L.; Cousins, J.E.; McLaurin, J. "Modulation of amyloid-b aggregation and toxicity by inosose stereoisomers." FEBS Journal, 2008, 275, 1663-1674. Lou, X.; Zhang, G.; Herrera, I.; Kinach, R.; Ornatsky, O.; Baranov, V.; Nitz, M.; Winnik, M.A. "Polymer-based elemental tags for sensitive bioassays." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 6111-6114. Gudmundsdottir, A.V.; Nitz, M. "Hydrolysis rates of 1-glucosyl-2-benzoylhydrazines in aqueous solution." Carbohydr. Res., 2007, 342, 749-752. Sauceda, J.C.; Duke, R.M.; Nitz, M. "Designing fluorescent sensors of heparin." ChemBioChem, 2007, 8, 391-394.