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Conference Proceedings

2022

Fall 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy enables mechanistic insight of the Biginelli cyclocondensation in the synthesis of novel trifluorinated 2,4-dihydropyrimidine and tetrahydropyrimidine compounds as antiproliferative agents (Abstract #3744751)

Pratyush Singh, Rosie Chen, Xina Wang, Sarah Su, Srishti Venkatesan, Adrienne Ferguson, Edward Njoo

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Fall 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Benchtop 19F nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy enabled kinetic monitoring and mechanistic studies of the synthesis of carmofur and related 5-fluorouracil analogs (Abstract #3744724)

Xina Wang, Edward Njoo

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Fall 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Modular mimics of neuroactive alkaloids: Design, synthesis, cholinesterase inhibitory activity, and sterics study of novel rivastigmine analogs (Abstract #3744745)

Erika Yu, Shloka Raghavan, Harrison Xu, Tvisha Nepani, Niharika Nambiar, Nathaniel Thomas, Elena Brierley-Green, Edward Njoo

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Fall 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Reactivity informed design, synthesis, and targeted delivery of andrographolide and analogs, Nf-kB regulated natural products for cancer treatment and degenerative diseases

Madeleine Lloyd, Anushree Marimuthu, Srishti Venkatesan, Keira Chatwin, Samyukta Athreya, Harrison Xu, Pratyush Singh, Aashi Shah, Kara Tran, Yilin Fang, Natasha Gupta, Edward Njoo

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Spring 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS

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In silico and in vitro screening and 19F-NMR enabled kinetic studies towards the synthesis and optimization of a library of carmofur analogs as potential covalent inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease and its variants

Charissa Luk, Xina Wang, Neha Mandava, Julia Vu, Sarah Su, Emma Le, Suhani Babu, Darshita Prathap, Jane Wu, Udbhav Avadhani, Jeslyn Wu, Shloka Raghavan, Anushka Peer, Aishi Rao, Ananya Anand, Aashi Shah

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Spring 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Optimizing the electronics of photoreleasable functional groups and linker chemistry towards the design of next generation antibody-drug conjugates

Harsha Rajkumar, Kuvam Bhatnagar, Xina Wang, Rosie Chen, Natasha Gupta, Pratyush Singh, & Tvisha Nepani

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Spring 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Chemical synthesis and ex-vivo evaluation of berberine analogs as DNA-binding singlet oxygen photosensitizers

Sarah Su, Emma Le, Pratyush Singh, Anushka Peer, Meher Jain, Aashi Shah, Shelley Li

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2021

Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)

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Exploring the Chemical Space of Neuroactive Small Molecules: Synthesis and Biological Activity of Novel Rivastigmine and Vincamine Analogs

Shreya Anand, Shloka Raghavan, Erika Yu, Alivia Zhang, Suhani Babu, Niharika Nambiar, Tvisha Nepani, Elena Brierly-Green, Aishi Rao, Alice Finkelstein, Anushka Peer, Sanhita Nittala & Udbhav Avadhani

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Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)

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Optimizing conjugation and linker chemistry in the development of a novel photoreleasable antibody drug conjugate technology

Harsha Rajkumar, Kuvam Bhatnagar, Alice Zhou, Xina Wang, Rosie Chen, Neha Mandava, Natasha Gupta & Pratyush Singh

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Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)

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Efforts Towards a Concise Total Synthesis of Psychrophilin E

Kuvam Bhatnagar, Pratyush Singh, Rosie Chen, Meher Jain, Andrew Chen, Natasha Gupta, Srishti Venkatesan, Samantha Wu, Krithikaa Premnath, Samyukta Athreya, Shamita Bhattacharjee & Emily Dai

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Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)

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Benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy enables the discovery and optimization of novel trifluorinated 2,4-dihydropyrimidine compounds as antiproliferative agents

Selin Kocalar, Emma Le, Neha Mandava, Krithikaa Premnath, Aishi Rao, Aishwarya Yuvaraj & Xina Wang

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Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)

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Rational design, semisynthesis, and quantitative biological mechanistic studies of andrographolide derivatives in efforts to optimize its structure for clinical use.

Samyukta Athreya, Priya Chanda, Natasha Gupta, Selin Kocalar, Aishi Rao, Kara Tran, Srishti Venkatesan, Tiffany Wang, Jeslyn Wu, Harrison Xu, Aishwarya Yuvaraj, Alice Zhou

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Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)

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In silico screen and synthesis of a library of carmofur analogs as potential inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease and its variants through homology modeling

Charissa Luk, Xina Wang, Neha Mandava, Emma Le, Udbhav Avadhani, Sarah Su, Jane Wu, Aishi Rao, Shloka Raghavan, Aashi Shah, Priya Chanda, Jeslyn Wu, Darshita Prathap, Anushka Peer, Suhani Babu, Julia Vu, Ananya Anand & Manu Thakur

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Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)

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Chemical Synthesis and Ex-Vivo Evaluation of Berberine Analogs as DNA-Binding Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers

Sarah Su, Emma Le, Meher Jain, Pratyush Singh, Alivia Zhang, Karthikha Sri Indran, Sohie Pal, Aashi Shah & Sanhita Nittala

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Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)

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19-F NMR enabled metal-catalyzed synthesis, virtual screening, and antiretroviral activity of novel diarylpyrimidine (DAPY) rilpivirine analogs as non- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) for HIV/AIDS treatment

Jeslyn Wu, Alice Zhou, Tiffany Wang, Jane Wu, Shelley Li, Alice Finkelstein, Charissa Luk, Kara Tran

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American Chemical Society National Meeting, Fall 2021

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Benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy enables the discovery and optimization of novel trifluorinated 2,4-dihydropyrimidine compounds as novel antiproliferative agents

Selin Kocalar, Emma Le, Neha Mandava, Reha Matai, Krithikaa Premnath, Aishi Rao, Aishwarya Yuvaraj, Xina Wang

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American Chemical Society National Meeting, Fall 2021

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Rational design, semisynthesis, and quantitative biological mechanistic studies of andrographolide derivatives in efforts to optimize its structure for clinical use

Priya Chanda, Warren Chang, Aashika Duvoor, Selin Kocalar, Reha Matai, Aishi Rao, Lakshman Swaminathan, Kara Tran, Tiffany Wang, Jeslyn Wu, Aishwarya Yuvaraj, Alice Zhou

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California State University Undergraduate Research Conference, Channel Islands

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Comparative singlet oxygen photosensitizer efficiency of berberine, rose bengal, and methylene blue by time course nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) monitoring of a photochemical 4+2 cycloaddition endoperoxide formation

Sarah Su, Karthikha Sri Indran, Sohie Pal, Emma Le, Anika Regan, Meher Jain, Aashi Shah, David Iglesias, Andrew Wang

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California State University Undergraduate Research Conference, Channel Islands

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An Innovative Approach to the Planet’s Degrading Environments: Engineering a Novel Strain of Rhizobacteria to Ensure Plant Productivity under Worsening Abiotic Stress Conditions

Selin Kocalar & Aylin Salahifar

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Sigma Xi 2021 Student Research Showcase

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Design and in silico screening of analogs of rilpivirine as novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) for antiretroviral therapy

Charissa Luk & Jeslyn Wu

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Sigma Xi 2021 Student Research Showcase

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An Innovative Approach to the Planet’s Degrading Environments: Engineering a Novel Strain of Rhizobacteria to Enhance Plant Productivity under Worsening Abiotic Stress Conditions

Selin Kocalar & Aylin Salahifar

2020

Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)

Strain-specific and photochemically-activated antimicrobial activity of berberine and two berberine analogs

Sun, Stephanie; Hamid, Saira; Su, Sarah; Su, Andrew; Ashok, Bhavesh; Sakhrani, Simrun;; Njoo, E.S. 2020

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