Nashaat Turkman, PhD

Nashaat Turkman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, (joint faculty), Department of Pharmacology
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Education:

Post Doc. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

Awards and Recognitions:

Dr. Nashaat Turkman is Assistant Professor of Radiology, Assistant Professor at Stony Brook Cancer Center and Assistant Professor, (joint faculty), Department of Pharmacology at Stony Brook Hospital. 

2002-2008: Texas Public Education Grant (TPEG)

Research:
Professor Nashaat Turkman research interests include: 

  • Molecular PET imaging of cancer and the central nervous system
  • Early detection and profiling of Pancreatic, Breast and Brain cancers by PET imaging
  • PET radiotracer development and validation in cell cultures and animal models
  • PET radiotracer translation, “bench-to-clinic”
  • Personalized medicine
  • Drug discovery
  • Radiochemistry
  • Synthetic organic chemistry

Publications:
Some of Dr. Turkman’s publications include: 

  • Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Staphylococcus aureus Infection Using a Nitro-Prodrug Analogue of 2-[18F]F-p-Amino benzoic Acid.  Li Y, Daryaee F, Yoon GE, Noh D, Smith-Jones PM, Si Y, Walker SG, Turkman N, Meimetis L, Tonge PJ.  ACS Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 14; 6(8):2249-2259. Doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00374. Epub 2020 Jul 31. PMID: 32672928
  • Novel late-stage radio synthesis of 5-[18F]-trifluoromethyl-1, 2, 4-oxadiazole (TFMO) containing molecules for PET imaging. Turkman N, Liu D, Pirola I. Sci Rep. 2021 May 21;11(1):10668. Doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90069-x. PMID: 34021207
  • Design, synthesis, biochemical evaluation, radiolabeling and in vivo imaging with high affinity class-IIa histone deacetylase inhibitor for molecular imaging and targeted therapy.  Turkman N, Liu D, Pirola I. Eur J Med Chem. 2022 Jan 15; 228:114011. Doi:  10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.114011. Epub 2021 Dec 2.  PMID: 34875522

You may access Dr. Turkman's publications here on PubMed.