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

1. 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
    
2. Eric Gillis (Prof. Martin Burke)
   Towards a general and automated platform for small molecule synthesis
    
3. Nathan Werner (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
   Cross-Coupling of Aromatic Bromides with Allylic Silanolate Salts
    
4. Levi Stanley (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
   Regio- and Enantioselective N-Allylation of Imidazoles, Purines, and Indoles
    
5. Joseph Bair (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
   Diazaanthracenetetraones: Synthesis and Cytotoxic Properties
    
6. Terry Moore (Prof. John A. Katzenellenbogen)
   Structural Motifs for Developing Coactivator Binding Inhibitors for the Estrogen Receptor Alpha
    
7. Lisa Cooper (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
   New Developments in Lantibiotic Biosynthesis and Mode of Action
    
8. Nicolaas Vermeulen, Mark Chen (Prof. M. Christina White)
   New Protocol for Selective Tertiary C-H Oxidation
    
9. Cyrus Anderson (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
   Efforts Toward Stimuli-Responsive Naphthyridines Via Light Induced Conformational Changes

Poster Session II

1. Brice Uno (Prof. Martin Burke)
   Vinyl MIDA Boronate A Readily Accessible and Highly Versatile Building Block for Small Molecule Synthesis
    
2. Min Xie (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
   Discovery and Application of the Reactivities of Nitroalkenes: Synthesis of Azepanes and Azoniapropellanes
    
3. John Rakus (Prof. John A. Gerlt)
   Prediction of enzymatic functions – Identification of a galactarate dehydratase from Oceanobacillus iheyensis
    
4. Jessica Klinkenberg (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
   Catalysis with Ammonia through Terminal Amido Complexes: Studies on Selectivity and New Catalytic Transformations
    
5. Nora Wang (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
   The Characterization of Three Novel Antimicrobial Compounds with Potent Activity against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
    
6. Alex Parent (Prof. John A. Katzenellenbogen)
   Small-Molecule Inhibitors of the Estrogen and Androgen Receptor/Coactivator Binding Interaction
    
7. 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
    
8. Dustin Covell (Prof. M. Christina White)
   Asymmetric Allylic C-H Oxidation as a Tool for Streamlining Synthesis
    
9. Chun-Ho Wong (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
   Targeting DNA/RNA Recognition Motifs Related to Myotonic Dystrophy (DM) Diseases with Janus-Wedge Containing Heterocycles