Courtney is currently an undergraduate student majoring in Biology at Ball State. She will be helping with setup of our in-house protocols for cell culture and cytotoxicity assays.
Katie is currently a sophomore undergraduate student majoring in Chemistry at Ball State. This is her first academic research experience. Together with other undergraduate students, she will be working on efficient preparation of glucose trichloroacetimidate donors that can be utilized as general synthetic building blocks for many natural and synthetic target molecules.
On June 16, Kwabena successfully defended his master thesis research on developing an efficient synthesis of a glucose trichloroacetimidate donor, which requires only a single column over seven steps. The overall yield for the synthesis is ~46%, which accounts for ~90% for each step. His methodology highlights a novel protocol for a key NBS-mediated desulfuration […]
On June 8, 2021, Kwabena presented our research on two more synthetically accessible “4-in-1” open chain analogues of ipomoeassin F to the Medicinal Chemistry division at the 2021 ACS GLRM meeting (American Chemical Society Great Lake regional meeting, virtual). He was recognized as one of the three Student Presentation Award winners. Congratulations!
After almost two years’ hard work, Kwabena has successfully completed his master research project in developing an efficient synthesis of a glucose trichloroacetimidate donor, which requires only a single column over seven steps. The overall yield for the synthesis is ~46%, which accounts for ~90% for each step. His methodology highlights a novel protocol for […]
Nathan is currently a senior undergraduate student majoring in Chemistry at Ball State. After conducting some research in biological sciences, he now also wants to get some hands-on experience in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry. Together with another undergraduate student, he will help synthesize a monosaccharide intermediate derived from glucose.
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Two new ring-size varying analogues of ipomoeassin F were synthesized and evaluated. Improved cytotoxicity (IC50: from 1.8 nM) and in vitro protein translocation inhibition (IC50: 35 nM) derived from ring expansion imply that the binding pocket of Sec61α (isoform 1) can accommodate further structural modifications, likely in the fatty acid portion. Streamlined preparation of a […]
Congratulations to Ashley Anderson for being awarded an Honors Undergraduate Research Fellowship to support her research in Spring and Fall 2021. The short-term goal of Ashley’s research is to synthesize an amino acid-modified fatty acid fragment that can be used to develop chimeric molecular hybrids derived from ipomoeassin F and cotransin. Biological evaluation of such […]
Congratulations to Lauren Andrews for being awarded an Honors Undergraduate Research Fellowship to continue to support her research in Spring and summer 2021. The short-term goal of Lauren’s research is to couple a glucose donor with an arabinose acceptor to make a key disaccharide precursor that can be used to make novel derivatives of ipomoeassin […]