ProfessorBernard Juskowiak

Professor emeritus
  • Head of Department of Bioanalytical Chemistry – until 2020
  • Kyushu University - JSPS fellowship 1987-1988
  • Kyushu University - Invited position (Assoc. prof. Fac. Engn.) 1996 - 1999
  • Award of Ministry of Higher Education and Technology, Poland - 1984
  • Award of Ministry of Education, Poland – 1994
    • analytical and bioanalytical chemistry  (oligonucleotide molecular probes,
    • fluorescent sensors, DNA analysis, DNAzymes, silver fluorescent  nanoclusters )
    • photophysics (photoisomerization, fluorescence quenching and energy transfer processes In organized media and biopolymers)
    • medicinal chemistry (synthesis and selective interactions of small organic ligands and metallacrowns with DNA, telomerase inhibitors, Guanine quadruplexes, detection of pathogens)
  1. W. Szczepaniak, B. Juskowiak, Spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of lead(II) by ion-pair extraction with cryptand(2.2.2) and eosin, Anal. Chim. Acta, 140 (1982) 261-269.
  2. B. Juskowiak, Efficient quenching of the fluorescence of binaphthyl-based amphiphiles by mercury(II) complexes, Anal. Chim. Acta, 320 (1996) 115-124.
  3. B. Juskowiak, M. Ohba, M. Sato, S. Takenaka, M. Takagi, and H. Kondo Photoisomerizable DNA ligands. Spectral and electrochemical properties and base-pair selective binding of bis[2-(1-alkylpyridinium-4-yl)vinyl]benzene dyes, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn, 72 (1999) 265-277.
  4. S.Nagatoishi, T. Nojima, B. Juskowiak, S. Takenaka, Pyrene-labeled G-quadruplex oligonucleotide as a fluorescence probe for potassium ions detection in biological applications,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 44 (2005) 5067-5070.
  5. S.Nagatoishi, T. Nojima, E. Galezowska, B. Juskowiak, S. Takenaka, G-quadruplex-based FRET probes with the thrombin-binding aptamer (TBA) sequence designed for the efficient fluorometric detection of potassium, ChemBioChem, 7 (2006) 1730-1737.
  6. E. Galezowska, A. Gluszynska, B. Juskowiak, Luminescence study of G-quadruplex formation in the presence of Tb(III) ion, J. Inorg. Biochem., 101 (2007) 678-685.
  7. B. Juskowiak, Nucleic acid-based fluorescent probes and their analytical potential, Anal Bioanal Chem., 399 (2011) 3157–3176.
  8. J. Kosman, B. Juskowiak, Peroxidase-mimicking DNAzymes for biosensing applications: A review, Anal. Chim. Acta 707 (2011) 7-17
  9. K. Ohtsuka, S. Sato, Y. Sato, K. Sota, S. Ohzawa, T. Matsuda, K. Takemoto, N. Takamune, B. Juskowiak, T. Nagaib and S. Takenaka, Fluorescence imaging of potassium ions in living cells using a fluorescent probe based on a thrombin binding aptamer–peptide conjugate, Chem. Commun., 48 (2012) 4740–4742.
  10. A. Swiatkowska, J. Kosman, B. Juskowiak, FRET study of G-quadruplex forming fluorescent oligonucleotide probes at the lipid monolayer interface, Spectrochim. Acta p.A, 152 (2016) 614–621.
  11. A. Dembska, E. Kierzek, B. Juskowiak, Studying the influence of stem composition in pH-sensitive molecular beacons onto their sensing properties,Anal. Chim. Acta, 990 (2017) 157-167.
  12. E. Rajczak, V.L. Pecoraro, B. Juskowiak,Sm( III )[12-MC Ga(III)shi -4] as a luminescent probe for G-quadruplex structures, Metallomics, 9 (2017) 1735-1744.
  13. J. Kosman, K.  Zukowski, B. Juskowiak, Comparison of Characteristics and DNAzyme Activity of G4-Hemin Conjugates Obtained via Two Hemin Attachment Methods, Molecules 23 (2018) 1400.
  14. A. Głuszyńska, B. Juskowiak, M. Kuta-Siejkowska, M. Hoffmann, S. Haider, Carbazole ligands as c-myc G-quadruplex binders, Int.J. Biol. Macromol. 114 (2018) 479-490.
  15. A. Dembska, A. Switalska, A. Fedoruk-Wyszomirska, B. Juskowiak, Development of fluorescence oligonucleotide probes based on cytosine- and guanine-rich sequences, Sci. Reports 10 (2020) 11006.