Conference Proceedings
2022
Fall 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
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
Fall 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
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
Fall 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
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
Fall 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
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
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
Spring 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
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
Spring 2022 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
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
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
Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)
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
Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)
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
Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)
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
Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)
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
Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)
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
Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)
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
Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)
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
Poster PDF
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Fall 2021
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
Poster PDF
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Fall 2021
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
Poster PDF
California State University Undergraduate Research Conference, Channel Islands
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
California State University Undergraduate Research Conference, Channel Islands
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
Sigma Xi 2021 Student Research Showcase
Design and in silico screening of analogs of rilpivirine as novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) for antiretroviral therapy
Charissa Luk & Jeslyn Wu
Sigma Xi 2021 Student Research Showcase
Sigma Xi 2021 Student Research Showcase
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