Li J†, Chen M†, Liu Z, Zhang L, Felding BH, Moremen KW, Lauvau G., Abadier M, Ley K, Wu P, “A Single-Step Chemoenzymatic Reaction for the Construction of Antibody–Cell Conjugates”. ACS Cent. Sci., 2018, 4, 1633–1641. (†Co-first author) [Highlighted by C&EN news and Scripps News]

Liu Z†, Li J†, Li S†, Li G, Sharpless KB, and Wu P, “SuFEx Click Chemistry Enabled Late-Stage Drug Functionalization”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2018, 140, 2919–2925 (†Co-first author).

Li J, Chen P, “Development and Application of Bond Cleavage Reactions in Bioorthogonal Chemistry”, Nat. Chem. Biol., 2016,12, 129-137.

Zhang G†, Li J†, Xie R, Fan X, Liu Y, Zheng S, Ge Y, Chen P, “Bioorthogonal Chemical Activation of Kinases in Living Systems”, ACS Cent. Sci., 2016,2, 325–331 (†Co-first author).

Wang J†, Cheng B†, Li J†, Zhang Z, Hong W, Chen X* and Chen P*. “Chemical Remodeling of Cell-surface Sialic Acids Through A Palladium-triggered Bioorthogonal Elimination Reaction”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 5364-5368 (†Co-first author).

Li J, Yu J, Zhao J, Wang J, Zheng S, Lin S, Chen L, Yang M, Jia S, Zhang X and Chen P, “Palladium-triggered Deprotection Chemistry for Protein Activation in Living Cells”, Nature Chem., 2014, 6, 352-361.
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Li J†, Jia S†, Chen P, “Diels–Alder Reaction-triggered Bioorthogonal Protein Decaging in Living Cells”, Nat. Chem. Biol., 2014,10, 1003-1005 (†Co-first author). 
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Yang M†, Li J†, Chen P, “Transition Metal Mediated Biocompatible Protein Chemistry in Living Cells”, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 6511-6526 (†Co-first author).

Li J, Lin S, Wang J, Ja S, Yang M, Hao Z, Zhang X, and Chen P, “Ligand-free Palladium-mediated Site Specific Protein Labeling Inside Gram-negative Bacterial Pathogens”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 7330-7338. 
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