Publications 

(updated Jan 2026)

Research Articles

1. K. Mitra, D. Oettinger, S. Uthishtran, A. Veetil, J. R. Ramirez, S. Arumugam, Y. Krishnan*. A ratiometric probe for mitochondrial sodium. 2026 [In revision]

2. S. Lee, S. Chakraborty, S. Kim, A. Ali, K. Mitra, M. Zajac, A. Brown, D. Pincus, Y. Krishnan*. Organelles harbour pH gradients. Biorxiv, 2026, preprint, 10.64898/2025.12.12.694065 

3. R. Levin-Konigsberg, K. Mitra, A. K. Nigam, K. Spees, P. Hivare, K. Liu, A. Kundaje, Y. Krishnan, M. C. Bassik*. An SLC12A9-dependent ion transport mechanism maintains lysosomal osmolarity. Development Cell, 2024, 60, 220-235e7. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.10.003.

4. J. Zou, K. Mitra, P. Anees, D. Oettinger, J. Ramirez, A. T. Veetil, P. DuttaGupta, R. Rao, J. J. Smith, P. Kratsios, Y. Krishnan*. A DNA nanodevice for mapping sodium at single organelle resolution. Nature Biotechnology, 2024, 42, 1075-1083.

5. N. A. Abrigo, K. K. Dods, C. A Makovsky, S. Lohan, K. Mitra, K. M. Newcomb, A. Le, M. C. T. Hartman*. Development of a Cyclic, Cell Penetrating Peptide Compatible with In Vitro Selection Strategies. ACS Chem. Biol., 2023, 18, 746–755.

6. R. A. Baglia,† K. Mills,† K. Mitra,† J. N. Tutol,† D. Ball, K. M. Page, J. Kallu, S. Gottipollu, S. DA’rcy, S. O. Nielsen, S. C. Dodani*. An Activity-Based Fluorescent Sensor for the Detection of the Phenol Sulfotransferase SULT1A1 in Living Cells. RSC Chem. Biol., 2021, 2, 830-834.DOI: 10.1039/D0CB00231C. Selected as editor’s choice.

7. P. Dupart, K. Mitra, C. E. Lyons, M. C. T. Hartman*. Photo-controlled delivery of a potent analogue of doxorubicin. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 5607-5610. DOI: 10.1039/C9CC02050K.

8. K. Mitra, M. Samso, C. E. Lyons, M. C. T. Hartman*. Hyaluronic acid grafted nanoparticles of a platinum(II)–silicon(IV) phthalocyanine conjugate for tumor and mitochondria-targeted photodynamic therapy in red light. J. Mater. Chem. B 2018, 6, 7373-7377. DOI: 10.1039/C8TB02533A. Selected for themed collection “The International Year of the Periodic Table: Precious metals for cancer treatment”.

9. K. Mitra, C. E. Lyons, M. C. T. Hartman*. A novel platinum(II) complex of heptamethine cyanine for photo enhanced cytotoxicity and cellular imaging in near-IR light. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10263-10267. DOI: 10.1002/anie.20180691.

10. N. Mukherjee, S. Podder, K. Mitra, S. Majumdar, D. Nandi*, A. R. Chakravarty*. Targeted photodynamic therapy in visible light using BODIPY-appended copper(II) complexes of a vitamin B6 Schiff base. Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 823-835. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03976J.

11. K. Raza, S. Gautam, K. Mitra, P. Kondaiah*, A. R. Chakravarty*. Monofunctional BODIPY-appended imidazoplatin for cellular imaging and mitochondria targeted photocytotoxicity. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 11019-11029. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01346.

12. K. Mitra, S. Gautam, P. Kondaiah*, A. R. Chakravarty*. Platinum(II) complexes of curcumin showing photocytotoxicity in visible light. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 2017, 1753-1763. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.20160107. 

13. K. Mitra, S. Gautam, P. Kondaiah*, A. R. Chakravarty*. BODIPY appended platinum(II) catecholates for achieving mitochondria targeted photocytotoxicity. ChemMedChem 2016, 11, 1956-1967. DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201600320. 

14. K. Mitra, A. Shettar, P. Kondaiah*, A. R. Chakravarty*. Biotinylated ferrocenyl-terpyridine platinum(II) complexes for targeted photoinduced cytotoxicity. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 5612-5622. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00680.

15.  K. Raza,† K. Mitra,† A. Shettar, U. Basu, P. Kondaiah*, A. R. Chakravarty*. Photoactive platinum(II) β-diketonates as dual action anticancer agents. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 13234-13243. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02590K.

16.  A. Bhattacharyya, A. Dixit, K. Mitra, S. Banerjee, A. A. Karande*, and A. R. Chakravarty*. BODIPY appended copper(II) complexes of curcumin showing mitochondria targeted remarkable photocytotoxicity. Med. Chem. Commun. 2015, 6, 846-851. DOI: 10.1039/C4MD00425. (Currently RSC Med. Chem.). This article appeared in RSC Citing Velocity and in the list of top 10 cited article of the journal in 2016-2017.

17.  K. Mitra, S. Patil, P. Kondaiah*, A. R. Chakravarty*. 2-(Phenylazo)pyridine platinum(II) catecholates showing photocytotoxicity, nuclear uptake and glutathione-triggered ligand release. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 254-263. DOI: 10.1021/ic502317z.

18.  K. Mitra, S. Gautam, P. Kondaiah*, A. R. Chakravarty*. The cis-diammine platinum(II) complex of curcumin: a dual action DNA crosslinking and photochemotherapeutic agent. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13989-13993. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507281. Selected as Hot Paper.

19.  K. Mitra, U. Basu, I. Khan, B. Maity, P. Kondaiah*, A. R. Chakravarty*. Remarkable anticancer activity of ferrocenyl-terpyridine platinum(II) complexes in visible light with low dark toxicity. Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 751-763. DOI: 10.1039/C3DT51922H.

Reviews and highlights 

1. K. Mitra and Y. Krishnan*. Lightly counting membrane proteins in native nanodiscs. Nature Nanotechnology News and Views, 2024, 19, 5-6.

2. K. Mitra*, M. C. T. Hartman*. Silicon phthalocyanines: Synthesis and resurgent applications. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 1168-1190. DOI: 10.1039/D0OB02299C.

3. M. M. Dcona*, K. Mitra, M. C. T. Hartman. Photocontrolled activation of small molecule cancer therapeutics. RSC Med. Chem. 2020, 11, 982-1002. DOI: 10.1039/D0MD00107D.

4. K. Mitra*. Platinum complexes as light promoted anticancer agents: a redefined strategy for controlled activation. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 19157-19171. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT03665A. Single author perspective.

Patents

1. US patent published entitled “A near-IR activatable, fluorescent small molecule with dual modes of cytotoxicity”. Publication number: WO/2019/217606; Year: 2020; Inventors: K. Mitra and M. C. T. Hartman.