The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
Allerton Conference - 2008 Poster Presentations
22nd Annual Organic Area
ALLERTON CONFERENCE
Sponsored by
Dr. Seemon H. Pines and Merck & Company
Allerton Park, Saturday, November 8, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Poster Session I
- Sreeni Ramisetty (Prof. Anne M. Baranger)
Unraveling the Interaction Between poly(CUG)RNA And the MBNL1 Protein And Inhibition of Complex Formation by Small molecules - Eric Gillis (Prof. Martin Burke)
Towards a general and automated platform for small molecule synthesis - Nathan Werner (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
Cross-Coupling of Aromatic Bromides with Allylic Silanolate Salts - Levi Stanley (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
Regio- and Enantioselective N-Allylation of Imidazoles, Purines, and Indoles - Joseph Bair (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
Diazaanthracenetetraones: Synthesis and Cytotoxic Properties - Terry Moore (Prof. John A. Katzenellenbogen)
Structural Motifs for Developing Coactivator Binding Inhibitors for the Estrogen Receptor Alpha - Lisa Cooper (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
New Developments in Lantibiotic Biosynthesis and Mode of Action - Nicolaas Vermeulen, Mark Chen (Prof. M. Christina White)
New Protocol for Selective Tertiary C-H Oxidation - Cyrus Anderson (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
Efforts Toward Stimuli-Responsive Naphthyridines Via Light Induced Conformational Changes
Poster Session II
- Brice Uno (Prof. Martin Burke)
Vinyl MIDA Boronate A Readily Accessible and Highly Versatile Building Block for Small Molecule Synthesis - Min Xie (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
Discovery and Application of the Reactivities of Nitroalkenes: Synthesis of Azepanes and Azoniapropellanes - John Rakus (Prof. John A. Gerlt)
Prediction of enzymatic functions – Identification of a galactarate dehydratase from Oceanobacillus iheyensis - Jessica Klinkenberg (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
Catalysis with Ammonia through Terminal Amido Complexes: Studies on Selectivity and New Catalytic Transformations - Nora Wang (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
The Characterization of Three Novel Antimicrobial Compounds with Potent Activity against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - Alex Parent (Prof. John A. Katzenellenbogen)
Small-Molecule Inhibitors of the Estrogen and Androgen Receptor/Coactivator Binding Interaction - Jin Hee Lee (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
In vitro Characterization of a Heterologously Expressed Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthetase Involved in Phosphinothricin Tripeptide Biosynthesis - Dustin Covell (Prof. M. Christina White)
Asymmetric Allylic C-H Oxidation as a Tool for Streamlining Synthesis - Chun-Ho Wong (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
Targeting DNA/RNA Recognition Motifs Related to Myotonic Dystrophy (DM) Diseases with Janus-Wedge Containing Heterocycles
