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