Webster Santos

Professor & COS Faculty Fellow, Mito Uncouplers, Sph Kinase & S1P transport inhibitors. B & Si Methods. Co-Fndr: ContinuumBio, S1P Therapeutics, UncouplerBio

[Virginia Tech News @vtnews]

Researchers have identified a key protein that may help failing hearts regain function, offering new insight into why some hearts recover while others do not. 🫀

🔗: https://t.co/gxTZfFmtWf

[Webster Santos @santoslabVT]

Congrats to @santoslabVT @Matthew_23232 for winning the inaugural David Kingston graduate fellowship in chemistry & Fall’26 graduate school doctoral assistantship award in chemistry. Woohoo 🎉!

[Fralin Life Sciences Institute @FralinLifeSci]

Getting the dose on new research💊

The Center for Drug Discovery recently held a poster session, where researchers showcased their innovative findings!🔬🙌

[Fralin Life Sciences Institute @FralinLifeSci]

Virginia Tech was named one of the country’s top universities for invention patents by @AcadofInventors.🔬🙌

Among these patentors is @VTChemDept professor Webster Santos (@santoslabVT), who works in @drugdisc_vt to develop novel drug compounds.

https://t.co/QM9qvzWH1x

[Wipf Group @wipf_group]

Very excited to join ⁦@LcsoLab⁩ & ⁦@HariGroupIISc⁩ at the Cheminar on Strain-Release Chemistry ⚡️⚡️⚡️ https://t.co/u3LQZ0HRGp

[J. Am. Chem. Soc. @J_A_C_S]

Catalytic Stereospecific Construction of Aminocyclopropanes from β-Boryl Amides | Journal of the American Chemical Society @BostonCollege https://t.co/glVG9EamTU

[Virginia Tech Chemistry @VTChemDept]

Matthew Dupuis, a graduate student in the @santoslabVT, competed in the Nutshell Games!

Listen to his pitch on his medicinal chemistry research that focuses on treating highly resistant, deadly fungal infections 👉 https://t.co/7qc90FEbfW

#vtchem #commscivt

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Catalytic Stereoselective Silyl- and Boraformylations: Charting a Challenging Road Ahead (@angew_chem): https://t.co/rTvLduJoAG.

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Stable BF₂ Boracycles as Versatile Reagents for Selective Ortho C–H Functionalization (@ChemRxiv): https://t.co/NAH8evJHg5 (@sundenlab, @GaneshDFB).

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Spin Delocalization of Nitrile-Ligated Diarylboryl Radicals Enables Photochemical Boracycle Synthesis via N-Borylimidoyl Radicals (@JuntaoYe): https://t.co/haPNwzi78z (@J_A_C_S).

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Persistent Boryl Radicals as Highly Reducing Photoredox Catalysts for Debrominative Borylations (@J_A_C_S): https://t.co/JdTBow3ErH (@AggarwalLab).

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Xanthopinacol Boronate: A Robust, Photochemically Assembled and Cleavable Boronic Ester for Orthogonal Chemistry (@HallBoronLab): https://t.co/DoEJUTwWzX (@angew_chem).

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Mapping Boryl Radical Properties and Reactivity Using Machine Learning: the B-rad and React-B-rad maps (@ChemRxiv): https://t.co/w4E4k6bwl2.

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Synthesis of gem-di(boryl)cyclopropanes from non-activated olefins via Mn-photocatalyzed atom transfer radical addition (@ChemicalScience): https://t.co/txQYjOZJM0.

[Dan Nomura @DanNomura]

https://t.co/2488VlQJOH

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Boronate Formation-Triggered Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition (@JOC_OL): https://t.co/VK2dPQNqnC (@yuukiwomanabu).

[Wipf Group @wipf_group]

The impressive surge of recent papers on BCB chemistry is evident in this review 📚: Catalytic Asymmetric Strategies for Bicyclo[1.1.0]butane Transformations: Advances and Applications | CCS Chemistry https://t.co/8Dax5bxFgh

[Webster Santos @santoslabVT]

Congrats to @santoslabVT PhD #31: Dr. Joseph Quinlan. He is our antivirulence/antiobesity guru targeting PilB and mitochondria. #medchem 🙌💪 @VTChemDept @VT_Science @FralinLifeSci

[Webster Santos @santoslabVT]

Congratulations to our 2025 VT Center for Drug Discovery @drugdisc_vt poster session winners: Darwin Gomez (@SEE_adrian_figg), Emily Krinos (@santoslabVT) & Ahmed Abouelkhair (@SeleemLab). 🙌 @FralinLifeSci @VT_Science

[Webster Santos @santoslabVT]

Congrats to @santoslabVT PhD #30: Dr. Mary Foutz @maryolson222. She developed oral mitochondrial uncouplers for the treatment of #obesity. #drughunter 👏🙌 @VTChemDept @VT_Science @drugdisc_vt @FralinLifeSci