BU Chemistry News Recap

March 16, 2011

Corey Stephenson named Sloan Research Fellow

This year the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded 118 fellowships, three to scientists at Boston University. One of the three is Corey Stephenson.

Elliott Solar Energy Conversion Research Receives Scialog Award

Sean Elliott has received a second Scialog Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. This very competitive award recognizes the highly innovative nature of his work and its potential to be transformative in solar energy conversion.

Faculty of 1000 highlights Allen Group Research

A recent publication in JACS by Karen Allen and her group, “Engineering Encodable Lanthanide-Binding Tags into Loop Regions of Proteins,” was evaluated by Professor Gottfried Otting in Faculty of 1000.

Corey Stephenson receives NSF CAREER award

The NSF CAREER program supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. This year, 2011, the NSF conferred one of these prestigious awards on Corey Stephenson.

Two Chemistry groups receive collaborative research travel grants from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund

The BWF uses Collaborative Research Travel Grants to facilitate biomedical research among laboratories in the US and abroad. This February, the Allen Group and the Liu Group each received one of these competitive awards.

Research of John Straub and collaborators at the University of Maryland featured in C&E News

Research reported in PNAS by John Straub and his collaborators at the University of Maryland on dry amyloid fibril assembly received notice in C&E News.

Stephenson Group receives 5-year, $1.7 million NIH R01 Award

Corey Stephenson and his group have received a 5-year, $1.7 million research award from NIH/NIGMS to develop novel catalytic approaches to the synthesis of alkaloid natural products.

Karen Allen and Adrian Whitty reach out to CAS alumni audience on drug discovery process

Karen Allen and Adrian Whitty gave a “Discoveries” talk to BU Alumni on December 1, 2010. Sponsored by the BU Alumni Association and CAS, the Discoveries lecture series taps the expertise of BU faculty to give alumni a deeper look into the world and their lives.

Moquist receives highly coveted Humboldt Fellowship

Phil Moquist (Schaus Group) received a Humboldt postdoctoral research fellowship to study in Germany with Professor Gerhard Erker at the Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster Organisch-Chemisches Institut in Muenster.

BUWIC joins women chemists from 37 countries in International Year of Chemistry Event

BUWIC “met” women chemists in Canada as part of an international event that connected scientists in 37 countries in cyber-space. The event, “Women Sharing a Chemical Moment in Time,” ushered in the 2011 IYC.

Chemistry Publications – January 1 – Mid-March 2011

Please note: the CAS database only identifies BU Chemistry authors if they are the first cited. If you and your group have publications that have been omitted as a result, please send the citation(s) to Paul Sanschagrin (sanschag@bu.edu) and they will be included in the next Chemistry News Recap.

Spectrally and spatially configurable superlenses for optoplasmonic nanocircuits.
Boriskina, Svetlana V., Reinhard, Bjorn M.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. (2011), 108(8), 3147-3151, S3147/1-S3147/5
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of ABCD Ring Fragments of the Kibdelones.
Sloman, David L., Mitasev, Branko, Scully, Stephen S., Beutler, John A., Porco, John A., Jr.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. (2011), 50(11), 2511-2515
Optimizing Gold Nanoparticle Cluster Configurations (n ≤ 7) for Array Applications.
Yan, Bo, Boriskina, Svetlana V., Reinhard, Bjorn M.
J. Phys. Chem. C (2011), 115(11), 4578-4583
IspG-Catalyzed Positional Isotopic Exchange in Methylerythritol Cyclodiphosphate of the Deoxyxylulose Phosphate Pathway: Mechanistic Implications.
Xiao, Youli, Rooker, Debra, You, Quincy, Freel, Meyers, Caren L., Liu, Pinghua.
ChemBioChem (2011), 12(4), 527-530
Inside Cover: IspG-Catalyzed Positional Isotopic Exchange in Methylerythritol Cyclodiphosphate of the Deoxyxylulose Phosphate Pathway: Mechanistic Implications (ChemBioChem 4/2011).
Xiao, Youli, Rooker, Debra, You, Quincy, Freel, Meyers, Caren L., Liu, Pinghua.
ChemBioChem (2011), 12(4), 494
ESIPT-Mediated Photocycloadditions of 3-Hydroxyquinolinones: Development of a Fluorescence Quenching Assay for Reaction Screening.
Xia, Bing, Gerard, Baudouin, Solano, Danielle M., Wan, Jiandi, Jones, Guilford, II, Porco, John A., Jr.
Org. Lett. (2011), 13(6), 1346-1349
Spectroscopic Ultra-Trace Detection of Nitroaromatic Gas Vapor on Rationally Designed Two-Dimensional Nanoparticle Cluster Arrays.
Wang, Jing, Yang, Linglu, Boriskina, Svetlana, Yan, Bo, Reinhard, Bjoern M.
Anal. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.) (2011), 83(6), 2243-2249
Spectrally and spatially configurable superlenses for optoplasmonic nanocircuits.
Boriskina, Svetlana V., Reinhard, Bjorn M.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., Early Ed. (2011), 83(Feb. 7 2011), 1-5, 5 pp.
Protein folding in a reverse micelle environment: The role of confinement and dehydration.
Martinez, Anna Victoria, DeSensi, Susan C., Dominguez, Laura, Rivera, Eva, Straub, John E.
J. Chem. Phys. (2011), 134(5), 055107/1-055107/9
Vinylogous Addition of Siloxyfurans to Benzopyryliums: A Concise Approach to the Tetrahydroxanthone Natural Products.
Qin, Tian, Johnson, Richard P., Porco, John A., Jr.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2011), 133(6), 1714-1717
Visible-light-mediated conversion of alcohols to halides.
Dai, Chunhui, Narayanam, Jagan M. R., Stephenson, Corey R. J.
Nat. Chem. (2011), 3(2), 140-145
Optical Sizing of Immunolabel Clusters through Multispectral Plasmon Coupling Microscopy.
Wang, Hongyun, Rong, Guoxin, Yan, Bo, Yang, Linglu, Reinhard, Bjorn M.
Nano Lett. (2011), 11(2), 498-504
Total Synthesis of (+)-Isatisine A.
Lee, Jihoon, Panek, James S.
Org. Lett. (2011), 13(3), 502-505
Extending Classical Molecular Theory with Polarization.
Keyes, Tom, Napoleon, Raeanne L.
J. Phys. Chem. B (2011), 115(3), 522-531
The quest for the best nonpolarizable water model from the adaptive force matching method.
Akin-Ojo, Omololu, Wang, Feng.
J. Comput. Chem. (2011), 32(3), 453-462
Visible light photoredox catalysis: applications in organic synthesis.
Narayanam, Jagan M. R., Stephenson, Corey R. J.
Chem. Soc. Rev. (2011), 40(1), 102-113
Spectrally and spatially configurable superlenses for optoplasmonic nanocircuits
Boriskina, Svetlana V., Reinhard, Bjorn M.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011), 108(8), 3147-51
A cross-over inhibitor of the botulinum neurotoxin light chain B: a natural product implicating an exosite mechanism of action.
Salzameda NT, Eubanks LM, Zakhari JS, Tsuchikama K, Denunzio NJ, Allen KN, Hixon MS, Janda KD.
Commun (Camb). 2011 Feb 14;47(6):1713-5.

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