Shu Wang (Class of ’16)
Use of a Tyrosine Analogue To Modulate the Two Activities of a Nonheme Iron Enzyme OvoA in Ovothiol Biosynthesis, Cysteine Oxidation versus Oxidative C–S Bond Formation, Li Chen, Nathchar Naowarojna, Heng Song, Shu Wang, Jiangyun Wang, Zixin Deng, Changming Zhao, and Pinghua Liu, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018 140 (13), 4604-4612 Ovothiol is […]
Melissa Quill (Class of ’19) and Meiling Xu (Class of ’19)
Mini-Review: Ergothioneine and Ovothiol Biosyntheses, an Unprecedented Trans-Sulfur Strategy in Natural Product Biosynthesis, Nathchar Naowarojna, Ronghai Cheng, Li Chen, Melissa Quill, Meiling Xu, Changming Zhao, and Pinghua Liu, Biochemistry 2018 57 (24), 3309-3325 As one of the most abundant elements on earth, sulfur is part of many small molecular metabolites and is key to their […]
Jada White (Class of ’19)
“Liquid‐Liquid Slug‐Flow‐Accelerated [2+2] Photocycloaddition of Cinnamates”, R. Telmesani, J. A. H. White, A. B. Beeler, ChemPhotoChem 2018, 2, 865. [2+2] photocycloaddition of cinnamates, using a previously described cone reactor and a bis‐thiourea catalyst, is greatly accelerated by employing liquid–liquid slug flow. In most cases, a four‐fold acceleration in reaction time was observed with equivalent or […]
Professor Rosina Georgiadis Receives BU’s Gitner Innovation in Teaching with Technology Award
Professor Rosina Georgiadis received BU’s 2019 Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology Award. The award is given annually to a faculty member “who best exemplifies innovation in teaching by use, development, or adaptation of technology.” For more https://www.bu.edu/provost/awards-publications/award-opportunities/university-wide-teaching-awards/gerald-and-deanne-gitner-family-award-for-innovation-in-teaching-with-technology/past-gitner-award-winners/
West End House Marathon Team
This year Melissa Marquez, a fourth-year graduate student from Professor Deborah Perlstein’s group, will be supporting the West End House Boys & Girls Club in Allston-Brighton by running the 2019 Boston Marathon! She is excited to join their marathon team and to get to know the West End House community even more through this […]
Professor Elliott Published in Nature Communications: Enzymatic Discovery Cools a ‘Hot’ Intermediary
Enzymatic Discovery Cools a ‘Hot’ Intermediary In the world around us enzymes perform the wizardry of allowing reactions that should occur, to do so in a timely fashion. Enzymes that transform hydrogen peroxide often generate a highly reactive, ‘hot’ intermediate along the way, which will transform another molecule in a startling feat of chemistry. In […]
BU Chemistry NSF-REU Program Awarded Three-Year Renewal of Funding
BU Chemistry is pleased to announce a three-year renewal of funding for our NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program. This summer program, hosted by the Chemistry Department, provides students from primarily undergraduate institutions with opportunities to work in advanced research laboratories. Of the 33 students who participated in the program over the past three years, […]
Professor Kamenetska Awarded Prestigious 3 Year Air Force Young Investigator Research Program Grant
We are excited to announce that the Boston University Chemistry Department’s newest faculty member, Professor Maria Kamenetska, was recently awarded an Air Force Young Investigator Research Program Grant (AFOSR-YIP) for her novel work on robust DNA conductance and force signatures for detecting protein binding to DNA with base-pair resolution. With the creation of the BU […]
Advances in Organic Electronics Research Symposium
Dear all, I’d like to invite you to join the Jeffries-EL group at the Advances in Organic Electronics Research Symposium on Monday 26th November in SCI 113. The symposium begins at 3 pm with light refreshments in SCI 103, before the first talk at 3.30 pm. We have two brilliant speakers lined up (please see […]
Department of Chemistry 2017-2018 AY Outstanding Student Awards
We were pleased to announce the Department of Chemistry student award winners for the 2017-2018 academic year at the Orientation BBQ. For those who may have missed it, here are the award winners. Sugata Ray Memorial Award for International Students: Nathchar Naowarojna (Liu Lab) This award was established by the Ray family in memory […]