Lester Chi-Heng Poon

Simon Fraser University — Canada

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques(4), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry(3), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(3), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications(2), Biofuel production and bioconversion(1)

Publications6 total

Tunable Loading of Single-Stranded DNA on Gold Nanorods through the Displacement of Polyvinylpyrrolidone
Analytical Chemistry·2013· 31 cited
RNA and DNA complexes with hemin [Fe(III) heme] are efficient peroxidases and peroxygenases: how do they do it and what does it mean?
Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·2011· 158 cited
Structural and catalytic properties of DNA/RNA-heme complexes
Summit (Simon Fraser University)·2011· 1 citedOpen Access
Guanine-Rich RNAs and DNAs That Bind Heme Robustly Catalyze Oxygen Transfer Reactions
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2011· 136 cited
Photothermal Release of Single-Stranded DNA from the Surface of Gold Nanoparticles Through Controlled Denaturating and Au−S Bond Breaking
ACS Nano·2010· 151 cited
Enhanced Asymmetric Reduction of Ethyl 3‐Oxobutyrate by Baker's Yeast via Substrate Feeding and Enzyme Inhibition
Engineering in Life Sciences·2008· 9 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Dipankar Sen(3), Byron D. Gates(2), Wesley F. Zandberg(1), Dennis Hsiao(1), Zach Erno(1), Neil R. Branda(1), Stephen P. Methot(1), William Morabi-Pazooki(1), Frédéric Pio(1), Andrew J. Bennet(1), Idah C. Pekcevik(1), Michael C. P. Wang(1), Kam Loon Fow(1), Seon-Mi Sim(1), Gaik‐Khuan Chuah(1), Stephan Jaenicke(1)