2008 Schedule and Presenters

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. to 4:30 p.m.

 

8:00 a.m.

Check-in/Continental Breakfast
Attendees pick up name tags and programs
Poster Session I should put up their posters between 8 and 8:40
AV should be set up and ready to go
Session I: Adam Langenfeld, Chair
8:40 a.m.

Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m.

John Whitteck (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
Insights into the Mechanism of Hydroxyethylphosphonate Dioxygenase
9:20 a.m.

Adrienne (On Yi) Wong (Prof. Scott K. Silverman)
Development of DNA Catalysts that use Peptide and Protein Substrates
9:40 a.m.

Nathan Duncan-Gould (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
Investigation of Phase Transfer Catalysis Employing Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships
10:00 a.m.

Poster Session I
Break for poster session in Gallery with snacks/coffee
Talks will resume in library at 10:55 am
10:55 a.m.

Davis Oldham (Prof. John A. Katzenellenbogen)
Estrogen Receptor Mediated Inhibition of NF-кB as a Route to Treatment of Breast Cancer
11:15 a.m.

Todd Meyer (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
Development of Spirocyclic Ligands for Bulged RNA Secondary Structure
11:35 a.m.

David Knapp (Prof. Martin D. Burke)
Direct cross-coupling of MIDA boronates under aqueous basic conditions
11:55 a.m.

Lunch in the Main Dining Room
Tables will be assigned to each person previously. Tables will be seated and called to go through buffet
Session II:

Tyler Wilson, Chair
1:25 p.m. 

Prof. Chris Cramer (University of Minnesota)
Diverting Diradicals -- From Methylene to Metal-Dioxygen Complexes
1:45 p.m.

Aaron Finke (Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore)
C-H Activation: A New Tool for the Preparation of Phenylene Scaffolding
2:05 p.m.

Giang Vo (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Halides and Aryl Tosylates with Ammonia: A General Method for the Preparation of Primary Arylamines
2:25 p.m.

Poster Session II
Poster Session and snacks in the Gallery
Talks will resume in library at 3:20 p.m.
3:20 p.m.

Richie Kohman (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
Degradable dendrimers, hydrogels, and gene delivery vehicles made from 1,3,5-triazaadamantanes
3:40 p.m.

Andrew Young (Prof. M. Christina White)
Allylic C-H Alkylation via Pd(II) catalysis
4:00 p.m.

Divina Anunciado (Prof. Anne M. Baranger)
Investigation of Dynamic Processes in RNA-Protein Recognition

4:20 p.m.

Break
Professors will vote on best posters and talk of the conference
4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks and Presentation of the Seemon H. Pines Award
5:00 p.m. Exit Allerton Park and Retreat Center