Probes

In brief

We develop and synthesise new fluorescent probes, in particular environment-sensitive probes and those compatible with super-resolution STED microscopy.

Current project members

Boštjan Kokot
Postdoc

Hana Kokot
Postdoc

Janez Mravljak
Researcher

Stane Pajk
Researcher

Janez Štrancar
Group Leader

Iztok Urbančič
Researcher

Selected publications

2024

Amphiphilic coumarin-based probes for live-cell STED nanoscopy of plasma membrane
Hana Kokot, Boštjan Kokot, Anja Pišlar, Hana Esih, Alen Gabrič, Dunja Urbančič, Rojbin El, Iztok Urbančič, Stane Pajk
Bioorganic Chemistry, June 2024 (read more here)


Effects and avoidance of photoconversion-induced artifacts in confocal and STED microscopy
Anindita Dasgupta, Agnes Koerfer, Boštjan Kokot, Iztok Urbančič, Christian Eggeling, Pablo Carravilla
Nature methods, June 2024 (read more here)



2021

How to Control Fluorescent Labeling of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Artefact-free Live Cell Microscopy
Boštjan Kokot, Hana Kokot, Polona Umek, Katarina Petra van Midden, Stane Pajk, Maja Garvas, Christian Eggeling, Tilen Koklič, Iztok Urbančič, Janez Štrancar
Nanotoxicology, October 2021 (read more here)



2019

New coumarin- and phenoxazine-based fluorescent probes for live-cell STED nanoscopy
Stane Pajk, Hana Majaron, Matej Novak, Boštjan Kokot, Janez Štrancar
European Biophysics Journal, March 2019 (read more here)



2015

Internalization and Accumulation in Dendritic Cells of a Small pH-Activatable Glycomimetic Fluorescent Probe as Revealed by Spectral Detection
Zoran Arsov, Urban Švajger, Janez Mravljak, Stane Pajk, Anita Kotar, Iztok Urbančič, Janez Štrancar, Marko Anderluh
ChemBioChem, October 2015 (read more here)



2011

Nitroxide–fluorophore double probes: a potential tool for studying membrane heterogeneity by ESR and fluorescence
Stane Pajk, Maja Garvas, Janez Štrancar, Slavko Pečar
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, March 2011 (read more here)