25th Annual Organic Area 
ALLERTON CONFERENCE

Poster Session 1
10:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.

Stephen Davis (Prof. Martin D. Burke)
Exploring the Mechanism of Ion Selectivity in the Amophotericin B Ion Channel

Timothy Chang (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aryldimethylsilanolates

Karen Morrison (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
Generation of Structurally Diverse Compounds from Gibbererellic Acid Leads to the Discovery of a Novel Anticancer Compound

Norio Yasui (Prof. John A. Katzenellenbogen)
Study of Nucleophilic Fluorination on Electron-Rich Aromatic Rings from Non-Aromatic Precursors

Joel Melby (Prof. Douglas A. Mitchell)
Regio- and Chemoselectivity of Thiazole/Oxazole Biosynthesis

Mike Evans (Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore)
An Online Peer Training Tutoring System Increases Perceptions of Learning in a Blended Organic Chemistry Course

Spencer Peck (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
Investigations into the Mechanism of Hydroxethylphosphonate Dioxygenase

Marinus Bigi (Prof. M. Christina White)
Mixed oxygenase-desaturase activity in carboxylic acid-directed non-heme iron catalyzed C-H oxidations

Yen-Jun Ho (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
Elucidating the Recognition Mode of T-T Mismatches by Small Molecules as a Step Toward Drug Discovery in Myotonic Display

         
Poster Session 2
2:45 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.

Dr. Justin Struble (Prof. Martin D. Burke)
Bifunctional MIDA Boronate Building Blocks for Small Molecule Synthesis

Rob Weintraub (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
Charge Separation vs. Effective Concentration: A Kinetic Analysis of the Alkylation of Phenol Under Homogeneous and Phase Transfer Catalysis Conditions

Rachel Botham (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
Priming Cells for Apoptosis via Zinc Chelation

Kyle Dunbar (Prof. Douglas A. Mitchell)
Insights into the Mechanism of ATP Utilization in the Cyclodehydration of Thiazole/Oxazole-Modified Microcins

Scott Sisco (Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore)
Investigation of Shape and Geometry on the Macrocyclization of Oligoester Macrocycles via Alkyne Metathesis

Ayse Okesli (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
Nine Posttranslational Modifications During the Biosynthesis of Cinnamycin and the Tailoring Enzymes

Andrew Young (Prof. M. Christina White)
Allylic C--H alkylation of unactivated a-olefins

Amin H Jahromi (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
Rational design of potent dimeric ligands as potential therapeutic agents for myotonic dystrophy type I (DMI)