Publications

Kaitlan Prugger, Chemistry
"Iodine Bonding Stabilizes Iodomethane in MIDAS Pesticide. Theoretical Study of Intermolecular Interactions between Iodomethane and Chloropicrin." R. Glaser and K. Prugger. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2012, 60 (7), pp 1776–1787. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jf2037906
Mentor: Rainer Glaser, PhD, Chemistry

Emily Ryan, Biological Sciences
"Mechanism of inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase by 4'-Ethynyl-2-fluoro-2'-deoxyadenosine triphosphate, a translocation-defective RT inhibitor." S.G. Sarafianos, E. Michailidis, B. Marchand, E.N. Kodama, K. Singh, M. Matsuoka, K.A. Kirby, E.M. Ryan, A.M. Sawani, E. Nagy, N. Ashida, H. Mitsuya, and M.A. Parniak. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2009).
Mentor: Stefan Sarafianos, PhD, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Maxwell Duncan Leslie, Biological Sciences and Psychology
"Inhibitors of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Targeting a Novel Pocket of the RNA-Dependent RNA Polymeras." Ryan C. Durk, Kamalendra Singh, Ceili A. Cornelison, Devendra K. Rai, Kayla B. Matzek, Maxwell D. Leslie, Elizabeth Schafer, et. al. PLoS ONE (2010).
Mentor: Stefan Sarafianos, PhD, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Aminata Coulibaly, Biological Sciences and Mathematics
"Ischemia-induced increase in RGS7 mRNA expression in gerbil hippocampus." P.B. Shelat, A.P. Coulibaly, Q. Wang, A.Y. Sun, G.Y. Sun, and A. Simonyi. Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 4003, p. 157-161 (July 2006).
Mentor: Agnes Simonyi, PhD, Biochemistry

Njabulo Ngwenyama, Biological Sciences
"Stomata development and patterning are regulated by environmentally responsive MAP kinases." H. Wang, N. Ngwenyama, Y. Liu, J. Walker, and S. Zhang. The Plant Cell (accepted January 2007).
Mentor: Shuqun Zhang, PhD, Biochemistry

Christine Hovis, Biological Sciences
"Synthesis from caffeine of a mixed N-heterocyclic carbene-silver acetate complex active against resistant respiratory pathogens." A. Kascatan-Nebioglu, A. Melaiye, K. Hindi, S. Durmus, M. Panzner, L. Hogue, R. Mallett, C. Hovis, S. Crosby, A. Milsted, D. Ely, C. Cannon, and W. Youngs. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2006).
Mentor: Carolyn L. Cannon, PhD, Allergy/Pulmonary, Peds, Washington University School of Medicine

Alicia Ludden, Biological Sciences
"Thermochemical considerations and bond enthalpy ratios involving triatomic 16-valence electron neutrals and ions and some isoelectronically related pe." C.A. Deakyne, L.K. Norton, A.M. Abele, A.K. Ludden, and J.F. Liebman. Journal of Mass Spectrometry (2007).
Mentor: Carol Deakyne, PhD, Chemistry