| Alumni
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| Gregory
Charles Adam, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D. and Erik J. Sorensen, Ph.D.
Thesis: A Non-Directed Strategy to Activity-Based Protein Profiling
Undergraduate Institution: Southern Methodist University
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| Jawdat
M. H. Al-Bassam, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Ronald A. Milligan, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Interaction of MAPs and Kinesin Motors with the
Neuronal Cytoskeleton
Undergraduate Institution: California State University, Long
Beach
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| Parinaz
Aliahmad, Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: Jonathan G. Kaye, Ph.D.
Thesis: Role of Nuclear Factor TOX in T Cell Development
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University
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| John
Christopher Anderson, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Peter Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Pathway Engineering of the Expanding Genetic Code
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
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| Phillip
Boris Alper, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1998
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies on the Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
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| Mika
Aoyagi, Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Elizabeth Getzoff, Ph.D.
Thesis: Structural Chemistry of Assembly and Activation for
Nitric Oxide Synthase Isozymes
Undergraduate Institution: University of Minnesota
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| Rena
D. Astronomo, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Dennis R. Burton, Ph.D.
Thesis: Hitting the Sweet Spot on HIV: Immunological Perspectives
on Synthetic Carbohydrate Vaccine Strategies
Undergraduate Institution: Simon Fraser University
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| Manuel
Baca, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1994
Advisor: Stephen B.H. Kent, Ph.D.
Thesis: Probing the mechanism of the HIV-1 protease through
total chemical synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: University of New South Wales
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| Danuta
Balicki, M.D., Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: Ernest Beutler, M.D.
Thesis: Gene Transfer Mediated by Histone H2A
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University
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| Phillippe
S. Baran , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: : Total Synthesis of the CP-Molecules and the Bissorbicillinoids:
How Endeavors in Total Synthesis Lead to the Invention, Discovery
and Development of New Synthetic Reactions, Technologies, and Concepts
in Organic Chemistry
Undergraduate Institution: New York University
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| Shana
M. Barbas(Frederickson), Ph.D.
MCSC, 1995
Advisor: Dennis R. Burton, Ph.D.
Thesis: Antibody Recognition of DNA
Undergraduate Institution: Angelo State University
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| Catherine
T. Barglow, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: Enzyme Discovery and Characterization by Proteome Reactivity
Profiling
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
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| Steven
J. Bark, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1997
Advisor: Stephen B.H. Kent, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Ligation of Unprotected Peptide Segments Using
Auxiliary Functional Groups
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Riverside
|
| Dwight
J. Barnes, Ph.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: Stephen P. Mayfield, Ph.D.
Thesis: RNA/Protein Interactions in Chloroplast Translation
Undergraduate Institution: University of Notre Dame
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| Robert
H. Bates, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: William R. Roush, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Amphidinolide
C
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
| Ivan
R. Baxter, Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Jeffrey F. Harper, Ph.D.
Thesis: A Novel Role for a Plasma Membrane Proton Pump in Vacuolar
Biogenesis and Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in the Model Plant Arabidopsis
Undergraduate Institution: Goucher College
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| Zachary
Q. Beck, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: John H. Elder, Ph.D.
Thesis: HIV-1 and FIV Protease Substrate and Inhibitor Specificities
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
|
| John
M. Beierle, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Peptide Derivatives in New Modes of Molecular Recognition
Undergraduate Institution: Boston College
|
| Amy
Beltran , Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Joel M. Gottesfeld, Ph.D.
Thesis: Determinants of Dimerization and DNA-Binding Specificity
Amongst Basic-Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
Undergraduate Institution: Virginia Polytechnical Institute
and State University, B.A.
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| Federico
Bernal, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Synthesis and Functionalization of the ABCD Domain
of Azaspiracid
II. Ketene Aminal Phosphates: Dienes and Organometallic Couplings
Undergraduate Institution:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Shannon
Marie Biros, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Julius Rebek, Jr., Ph.D..
Thesis: Part I. Design and Synthesis of Alpha-Helix Peptidomimetics
using Inverse Electron Demand Diels-Alder Reactions
Part II. Structure and Binding Properties of a Deep, Water-soluble
Cavitand
Undergraduate Institution: Grand Valley State University
|
| John
W. Blankenship, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: John Philip E. Dawson, Ph.D.
Thesis: Chemical and Biophysical Approaches to Understanding
Protein Stability
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington, B.S.
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| Christopher
N. C. Boddy, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthesis of the Diaryl Ethers of Vancomycin: Controlling
Stereogenic Axes
Undergraduate Institution: University of Alberta
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| Grant
Edward Boldt, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: Development of Botulinum Neurotoxin A Inhibitors
Undergraduate Institution: San Diego State University
|
| Dennis
T. Y. Bong, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Mechanistic Insights into Non-enveloped Virus
Transfection
Part II. Templating Peptide Tertiary Folds by Design
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
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| Diana
Renee Bowley, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Dennis R. Burton, Ph.D.
Thesis: Yeast and Phage Display of Antibodies: Comparisons
and New Developments
Undergraduate Institution: University of Northern Iowa
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| Christopher
Boyce, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1999
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Selective Metal Cation Activation of a DNA
Alkylating Agent: Synthesis and Evaluation of CPyI
Part II. Total Synthesis of Ningalin A Utilizing a Heterocyclic Azadiene
Diels-Alder Reaction
Undergraduate Institution: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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| William
E. Brenzovich, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Progress Towards the Total Synthesis and Structural
Assignment of Amphidinolide N and Caribenolide I
Undergraduate Institution: College of William and Mary
|
| Richard
K. Bruick, Ph.D.
MCSD, 1998
Advisors: Gerald F. Joyce, M.D., Ph.D.
Stephen P. Mayfield, Ph.D.
Thesis: Controlling Protein Synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
|
| Eric
M. Brustad, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisors: Peter G. Schultz
Thesis: Applications of an Expanded Genetic Code
Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
|
| Marian
C. Bryan, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2004
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Development and Application of Glycoarray Strategies
Undergraduate Institution: Clemson University
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| Anne
E. Bunner, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: James R. Williamson, Ph.D.
Thesis: Analysis of E. coli 30S Ribosomal Subunit Assembly
Kinetics by Quantitative Mass Spectrometry
Undergraduate Institution: Iowa State University
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| Michael
Burkart, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1999
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Mechanistic Study and Synthetic Use of Carbohydrate-Modifying
Enzymes
Undergraduate Institution: Rice University
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| Noah
Z. Burns , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Phil S. Baran, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Syntheses of Haouamine A
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
|
| Hui
Cai, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1999
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Design and Evaluation of Functional Analogs
of CC-1065 and the Duocarmycins Part II. Mechanistic Probes of Bleomycin-DNA
Interactions Part III. Mechanistic Probes of GAR Tfase Activity and
its Inhibitions
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
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| Daniel
A. Calarese, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil.
Thesis: Structural Studies of HIV-1 Neutralizing Antibody 2G12
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
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|
Kevin
Capps, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Synthesis and Application of Solution-Phase
Combinatorial Libraries
Part II. Synthesis of GAR Tfase Inhibitors
Undergraduate Institution: University
of Maryland
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|
M.
Rocio A. Carrera, Ph.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: Immunopharmacotherapy: Vaccines for the Treatment
of the Health and Social hazards of Drug Abuse
Undergraduate Institution: University
of California, San Diego
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| Steven
Castle, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2000
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Synthesis of the Vancomycin Aglycon
and Related Compounds
Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University
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| Timothy
R. Chan, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: Triazoles in Click Chemistry: Ligands, Copper(I)-Catalysis,
and Organocatalysis
Undergraduate Institution: University of Alberta
|
| Han-Ting
Chang, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: High Valent Osmium Chemistry in
Organic Synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: Soochow University,
National Taiwan University, M.S.
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| Jeffrey
A. Chao
Biology, 2005
Advisor: James R. Williamson, Ph.D.
Thesis: Molecular Basis of RNA-protein Recognition: Studies
of Yeast L30e and FHV B2
Undergraduate Institution: Pomona College
|
| Brian
R. Chapados, Ph.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: John A. Tainer, Ph.D.
Thesis: Substrate Recognition and Regulation of Structure-specific
Nucleases Central to DNA Replication and Repair
Undergraduate Institution: State University of New york at
Fredona
|
| Eli
Chapman, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Mechanism, Inhibition, and Synthetic Utility of Sulfotransferases
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
|
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| Joshua
Chappie , Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Sandra L. Schmid, Ph.D. and Ronald A. Milligan, Ph.D.
Thesis: Defining the Mechanisms and Regulation of Dynamin's
GTPase Activities
Undergraduate Institution: Brandeis University
|
| Jason
Shih-Hao Chen, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Chemistry and Biology of Uncialamycin Part
II. Total Synthesis of Aspidophytine
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University
|
| Shuibing
Chen , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Peter G. Shultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Exploring Stem Cell Biology with Chemical Tools
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
|
| Jay
Chiang, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2000
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: Applications of Automation to Reaction Optimization
and Library Synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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|
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| Kyle
Chiang, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: Functional Characterization of Hydrolytic Enzymes that
Regulate Signaling Lipids
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
|
| Michael
J. Churchill, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2002
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Sequence Specific Determinants of Antiparallel Coiled
Coils Studied Through Chemoselective Ligation and Phase Display
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana
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| Ryan
Cirz , Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: Floyd E. Romesberg, Ph.D.
Thesis: A Novel Approach to Combating Antibiotic Resistance:
Inhibition of Mutation as a Therapeutic Strategy
Undergraduate Institution: Pennsylvania State University
|
| Christopher
F. Claiborne, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthesis of Novel Aromatic C Ring Taxol™ Analogs
Toward a Synthesis of a Brevetoxin B Analog New Methods for the Construction
of Cyclic Ethers
Undergraduate Institution: Wesleyan University
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| David
A. Clark, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1994
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Esperamicin
A1
Undergraduate Institution: Durham University
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| Julie
Hsu Clark, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisor: Sheng Ding, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthetic and Endogenous Small Molecules that Regulate
Stem Cell Fate
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
|
| Ryan
C. Clark, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. An Asymmetric Variant of the 1-Azadiene Diels-Alder
Reaction, II total Synthesis, Sterochemical Reassignment and Absolute
Configuration of Chlorofusin
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
|
| Thomas
Clark, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1998
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Cyclic Peptide Nanotubes: Self-Assembly, Reactivity
and Functional Applications
Undergraduate Institution: Boston University
|
|
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| Scott
R. Conley, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1997
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Sch 149,210 and
Evernino-micin Antibiotic 13,384-1
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois-Urbana
|
| Antonella
Converso, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: Anchimeric Assistance: A Powerful Ally in the Synthesis
of Reactive Molecular Scaffolds
Undergraduate Institution: University of Della Calabria
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| John
Lawrence Craighead , Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Francisco Asturias, Ph.D.
Thesis: Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation
Undergraduate Institution: St. Olaf College
|
| Brian
R. Crane, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Elizabeth Getzoff, Ph.D.
Thesis:Probing the Evolution and Catalytic Mechanism of the
Metalloenzyme Sulfite Reductase Hemoprotein by X-Ray Crystallography
Undergraduate Institution: University of Manitoba
|
| Benjamin
F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Richard A. Lerner, M.D.
Thesis: I. Antibody-Catalyzed Syn Elimination Reaction of Form
a Cis Olefin
II. The Chemistry and Biology of 9(Z)-Octadenamide (Oleamide): A sleep
Inducing Lipid
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
|
| Brendan
M. Crowley, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Total Synthesis of the Ristocetin Aglycon
II. Total and Semisynthetic Analogs of the
Vancomycin Aglycon Effective Against Vancomycin resistant Bacteria
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
|
| Phillippe
Dagneau, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor:K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Vannusal A
Undergraduate Institution: University of Laval
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|
Xiaochang
Dai , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1998
Advisor: Gerald F. Joyce, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: Expanding the Catalytic
Potential and Chemical Composition of RNA through In Vitro Evolution
Undergraduate Institution: Yunnan University
|
|
Trevor
J. Dale, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Julias Rebek, Ph.D.
Thesis: Photophysical Probes
for Nerve Agent Sensing and the Study of Molecular Encapsulation
Undergraduate Institution: Simon Fraser University
|
| Douglas
S. Daniels, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: John A. Tainer, Ph.D.
Thesis: Structural
Studies of the Human DNA Repair Protein O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase
Undergraduate Institution:University
of Michigan
|
| Thomas
Darlington, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2000
Advisor: Steven A. Kay, Ph.D.
Thesis: Glow-in-the-Dark
Flies and Feedback Loops: Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of
the Circadian Clock on Drosophila
Undergraduate Institution: Duke
University
|
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| Philip
E. Dawson, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Stephen B.H. Kent,
Ph.D.
Thesis: Deciphering
the Molecular Basis of Protein Function Through Chemical Synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: Washington
University
|
|
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| Erik
W. Debler, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor:
Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil.
Thesis: Structural Studies of
Antibody Catalysis: Proton Transfer and Stilbene Photochemistry
Undergraduate Institution: Freie
Universitat, Berlin
|
| Debra
J. Decker, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1994
Advisor: Norman Klinman, M.D.,
Ph.D.
Thesis: Diversification
and Selection of Immunoglobulin Repertoires
Undergraduate Institution: University
of Colorado at Boulder; Western State College, M.S.
|
| Songpon
Deechongkit, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Biophysical Studies on PIN WW Domains: A Model
for Understanding Folding and Stability of _-Sheet Proteins
Part II. Towards Understanding Templated _-Sheet Self-Assembly
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
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| Jessica
K. DeMartino, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthesis and Evaluation
of Inhibitors of Glycinamide Ribonucleotide Transformylase and Fatty
Acid Amide Hydrolase
Undergraduate Institution: University
of Delaware
|
| Michael
P. DeMartino, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor:Phil S. Baran, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Design and Development
of Oxidative Enolate Heterocoupling and Application Toward the Total
Synthesis of the Taiwankadsurins
Undergraduate Institution: University
of Delaware
|
| Zachary
Paul Demko, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless,
Ph.D.
Thesis: Expedient
Syntheses of Tetrazoles using [2 + 3] Dipolar Cycloaddition
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford
University
|
|
|
| Neekesh
Dharia , Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Elizabeth A. Winzeler,
Ph.D.
Thesis: Plasmodium Evolution
and Drug Resistance in vitro and in Populations using whole Genome
Technologies
Undergraduate Institution: University
of Iowa; University of California, San Diego (MD/PhD Program)
|
| Amandeep
Dhillon , Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: Dennis R. Burton, Ph.D.
Thesis: Characterizing the Neutralizing
Antibody Repertoires of Asymptomatic HIV-1 Infected Individuals with
Broadly Neutralizing Sera
Undergraduate Institution: Simon
Fraser University
|
| Dayani
Prabha Dias, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1998
Advisor: Ronald A. Milligan,
Ph.D.
Thesis: Catching
Motors in the Act: A Structural Approach to Understanding Motor Protein
Function
Undergraduate Institution: Harvey
Mudd College
|
| Tobin
J. Dickerson, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2004
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: Physiologically-Relevant Reactivity of Drugs of Abuse
Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia
|
| Sheng
Ding, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Peter Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Functional Genomic Approaches Toward the Regenerative
Medicine
Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology
|
|
|
| Brian
Dominy, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: Charles L. Brooks,
III, Ph.D.
Thesis: Theoretical
Studies on the Role of Electrostatics in Protein Fold Specificity
and Stability
Undergraduate Institution: Carnegie
Mellon University
|
|
|
| Jonas
F. Dorn, Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: Gaudenz Martin Danuser
Andres, Ph.D.
Thesis: Measurement and Analysis
of Kinetochore Microtubule Dynamics in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Undergraduate Institution: ETH
Zurich, Switzerland
|
| Michael
Ian Dorrell, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Martin Friedlander, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: Endothelial Cell Guidance and Vascular Patterning during
Retina Developmental Angiogenesis
Undergraduate Institution: Simpson College
|
| Michael
J. Evans, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: Preparation and Reactivity of a Library of Natural
Product-Like Activity-Based Probes
Undergraduate Institution: St. Mary's College of Maryland
|
| Alina
K. Feldman, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: Organic Azides: from [3.3] Rearrangement to Copper
(I)-Mediated Synthesis of Complex Molecular Architectures
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
| Michael
O. Frederick, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthesis of Polyether Natural Products: Part 1. Total
Synthesis of Azaspiracids-1 and -2, Part 2. Synthesis of the G-O Domain
of Maitotoxin
Undergraduate Institution: University of Minnesota
|
|
Theodore
R. Foss, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Jeffrey W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies on the Quaternary Structure, Dissociation
Pathway, and Ligand Binding Properties of the Amyloidogenic Protein
Transthyretin
Undergraduate Institution: Colgate College
|
|
Douglas
M. Fowler, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Jeffrey W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: Functional and Pathological Amyloid in Humans
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
|
| Phyllis
Frosst, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: Larry Gerace, Ph.D.
Thesis: Localization
and Function of Tpr, a Component of the Nuclear Pore Complex
Undergraduate Institution: McGill
University
|
|
|
| Beth
Anne Furnari, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: Paul Russell, Ph.D.
Thesis: Regulation
of the Mitotic Inducer, Cdc25, by the Checkpoint Kinases, Chk1 and
Cds1
Undergraduate Institution: University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
|
|
|
| Anna
V. Galkin, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisor: Peter K. Vogt, Ph.D.
Thesis: Targeting Tyrosine Kinases
in Solid Tumors and Hematopoietic Malignancies
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell
University
|
| Lu
Gan , Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: John R. Johnson, Ph.D..
Thesis: Conformational and Covalent
Control of Bacteriophage HK97 Capsid Expansion
Undergraduate Institution: California
Institute of Technology
|
| Changshou
Gao, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2002
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: Development
of Protein VII and Protein IX as the New Platforms for Phage Display
Undergraduate Institution:Shanghai
Institute of Biochemistry
|
| Robert
M. Garbaccio, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1999
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part
1. Synthesis and Evaluation of Key Analogues of CC-1065 and the Duocar-mycins:
Efforts Towards Understanding Sequence Selectivity and Catalysts of
the DNA Alkylation Reaction Part II. Inverse Electron Demand Dielsalder
Reactions of N-Acyl-6-Amino-3-(Methylothio)-1,2,4,5-Tetrazines
Undergraduate Institution: Boston
University
|
|
|
| Joie
Garfunkle , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Optimization and
Analysis of the Central Heterocycle of alpha-Ketoheterocycle Inhibitors
of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase II. Total Synthesis of Chloropeptin
II (Complestatin) and Progress towards a Second Generation total Synthesis
of Chloropeptin I and II
Undergraduate Institution: Boston
College
|
| Peter
Jesse Gaskill, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Howard S. Fox, M. D.,
Ph.D.
Thesis: A Study in the Role
of Virus Based Changes in HIV on the Development
of Neuro AIDS
Undergraduate Institution: University
of California, San Diego
|
| Micah
David Gearhart, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: Peter E. Wright, Ph.D.
Thesis: Zinc
Finger Interactions with Nucleic Acids:
I. Mechanism of Monomeric DNA Binding by the Orphan Nuclear Receptor
hERR2
II.TFIIIA and p43 Interactions with 5S RNA
Undergraduate Institution: Harvey
Mudd College
|
|
|
| Ulrich
K. Genick, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: Elizabeth Getzoff,
Ph.D.
Thesis: The
Light Sensing Reaction of Photoactive Yellow Protein
Undergraduate Institution: Berlin
University
|
|
|
| Jayant
B. Ghiara, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1995
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil.
Thesis: Structural
mapping of the V3 loop neutralization site of HIV-1: Crystallographic
analysis of Fab-gp120 peptide complexes
Undergraduate Institution: St.
Xavier's College
|
|
|
| Heidi
A. Giesing, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2002
Advisors:John E. Johnson, Ph.D.
Thesis: Cowpea
Mosaic Virus: Capsid Protein Assembly and Structure Based Design of
Chimeric Viruse
Undergraduate Institution: St.
Mary's College
|
|
|
| Garry
Gippert, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1995
Advisors: Peter E. Wright, Ph.D.
David A. Case, Ph.D.
Thesis: New
Computational Methods for 3D NMR Data Analysis and Protein Structure
Determination in High-Dimensional Internal Coordinate Space
Undergraduate Institution: University
of Illinois-Urbana
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| Ramesh
Giri , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Jinquan Yu, Ph.D.
Thesis: Chelation-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed
Activation of C-H Bonds: A New Avenue for Carbon-Heteroatom and Carbon-Carbon
Bond Formation
Undergraduate Institution: Tribhuwan
University, Nepal
|
| Joel
Goldberg, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2000
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part
I. Solvolysis Regioselectivity and X-ray Structure of the Duocarmycinsa
Alkylation Subunit; Part II. Solution Phase Synthesis of Compound
Libraries Targeting the Erythropoietin Receptor; Part III. Identification
of a New Class of Angiogenesis Inhibitors which Function by Blocking
the Interaction of Proteinase MMP2 and Integrin *vß3
Undergraduate Institution: Tufts
University
|
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| Xiaohua
Gong, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1997
Advisor: Norton B. Gilula, Ph.D.
Thesis: The
Function Gap Junction Channels in the Lens: Effect of Connexin Gene
Disruption in Mice
Undergraduate Institution: Shanghai
Medical University
|
| Russell
Morrison Gordley, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Carlos Barbas, Ph.D.
Thesis: Programmable Zinc Finger-Recombinases
for Targeted Genome Editing
Undergraduate Institution: Swarthmore
College
|
| Simone
Graber, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Shelly L. Halpain,
Ph.D.
Thesis: Glutamate Induced Loss
of Neuronal Dendritic Spines: Reversibility, Molecular Mechanisms,
and Functional Implications.
Undergraduate Institution: University
of Regensburg
|
| David
L. F. Gray, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Photochemical Benzannulation
Applied to the Total Synthesis of Hybocarpone and Hamigerans.
Undergraduate Institution: University
of Minnesota
|
|
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| James
J. Graziano, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Peter Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: A Novel System for the
Creation and Screening of de novo Proteins from Libraries of Randomly
Shuffled Secondary Structure Fragments
Undergraduate Institution: University
of California, Berkeley
|
| Jovana
J. Grbic, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: A Functional Genomic
Approach to In-Depth Analysis of Topics in Cellular Biology
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern
University
|
| Daniel
J. Groff, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Photocontrol of Biological
Activity
Undergraduate Institution: Albertson
College of Idaho
|
| Jonathan
Gross, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: I.
Studies Towards a Total Synthesis of Dynemicin A
II. Chemistry of the Designed Enediynes
Undergraduate Institution: Boston
University
|
|
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| Carlos
A. Guerrero, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Phil S. Baran, Ph.D.
Thesis: Enantiospecific Syntheses
of Stephacidin and Cortistatin Alkaloids
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard
University
|
| Janet
L. Gunzner, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1999
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total
Synthesis of Brevetoxin A and Synthetic Progress Towards Maitotoxin
Undergraduate Institution: Reed
College
|
|
|
| Stephanie
L. Gupton, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Clare M. Waterman-Storer,
Ph.D.
Thesis: The Segregation of the
Actin Cytoskeleton into Functional Modules in Migrating Epithelial
Cells
Undergraduate Institution: North
Carolina State University
|
| Olgun
Guvench, M.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: Charles L. Brooks III,
Ph.D.
Thesis: Theoretical
Studies of Proteins and Protein - Ligand Complexes
Part I: Toward the development of an efficient all-atom implicit-solvent
model for use in protein structure prediction
Part II: Molecular dynamics studies of trypsin - ligand complexes
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia
University
|
| Rodney
K. Guy, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: An Exploration of the Chemistry of Taxol
Undergraduate Institution: Reed College
|
|
|
| Benjamin
D. Hafensteiner, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Phil S. Baran, Ph.D.
Thesis: Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Stephacidin A,
Stephaciden B, Avrainvillamide and a Related Biological Probe
Undergraduate Institution: University of Rochester
|
| Michael
A. Hanson, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: Raymond C. Stevens, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. A Structural View of Botulinum Neurotoxin Catalysis
and Substrate Specificity
Part II. Structural Determination and Characterization of Fatty Acid
Amide Hydrolase
Undergraduate Institution: Augustana College
|
|
|
| Sarah
R. Hanson, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Exploring Glycan Function: I. Intrinsic Effects of
N-glycans on ß-Sheet Protein Folding II. Development of Glycoproteomic
Tools for Monitoring Glycan Transformations
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
|
| Nadia
Haq , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Sultriecin
Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology
|
| Jeffrey
D. Hartgerink, Ph.D
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Self-Assembling Peptide Nanotubes
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University
|
|
|
| Scott
T. Harrison,Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Synthesis of Abyssomicin C, Atrop-abyssomicin
C, and Abyssomicin D: Implications for Natural Origins of Atrop-abyssomicin
C
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan
|
| Matthew
R. Haynes,Ph.D.
MCSC, 1995
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil.
Thesis: Structural Studies of Catalytic Antibodies
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University
|
|
|
| Nancy-Ellen
Haynes, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors of the Enzyme
Glycinamide Ribonucleotide Transformylase
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois-Urbana
|
|
|
| Yun
He, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2000
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Synthesis and Biological Evaluaation of Epothilones
Undergraduate Institution: Iowa State University
|
|
|
| David
A. Hecht, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1995
Advisor: Lee Walters, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: Infrared Studies of Solvation Shell Hydrogen Bonding:
Implications for Understanding Aqueous Solvation and Hydrophobic Effects
Undergraduate Institution: Rutgers University,
University of California, Berkeley, M.S.
|
|
|
| Allison
A. Henry, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Floyd Eric Romesberg, Ph.D.
Thesis: Efforts Toward Expanding the Genetic Alphabet and the
Substrate Repertoire of a DNA Polymerase
Undergraduate Institution: Reed College
|
| Martin
Hendrix, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1997
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Small Molecules
that Recognize RNA
Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology
|
| Ronald
D. Hills Jr., Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisor: Charles Brooks, Ph.D.
Thesis: Protein Folding and Aggregation Dynamics
Undergraduate Institution: Florida State University
|
| Fraser
Alan Hof, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Julius Rebek, Jr., Ph.D. .
Thesis: Self-Assembled Tetrameric Capsules
Undergraduate Institution: University of Alberta
|
|
|
| J.
Heather Hogg, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1997
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Inhibition and Mechanistic Studies of Leukotriene A4
Hydrolase
Undergraduate Institution: University of Alberta
|
|
|
| Jiyong
Hong, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Application of Inverse Electron Demand Diels-Alder
Reactions in Total Syntheses of Nothapodytine B,(-)-Mappicine, Phomazarin,
and ent-(-)-Roseophilin
Undergraduate Institution: Seoul National University, Korea
|
|
|
| William
Seth Horne, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Reza M. Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Structure and Function in Peptide-Based Supramolecular
Designs
Undergraduate Institution: Texas A & M University
|
| David
Hosfield, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: John A. Tainer, Ph.D.
Thesis: Structural Studies of Two Archetypical DNA Repair Enzymes
and their DNA Complexes
Undergraduate Institution: University of Manitoba
|
|
|
| Kinya
Hotta, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisors: Donald M. Hilvert, Ph.D.,
Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil.
Thesis: Investigation of the Role of Pre-organized Binding
Pockets in Protein Catalysis
Undergraduate Institution: Boston University
|
|
|
| Tianhua
Hu, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1997
Advisor: Larry Gerace, Ph.D.
Thesis: The p62 Complex and Nuclear Protein Import
Undergraduate Institution: University of Science & Technology
Beijing Agricultural University
|
|
|
| Chen-Yuan
Huang , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Development of Carbohydrate Based Vaccine
Undergraduate Institution: National Taiwan University
|
| Hongmei
Huang, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1995
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Oligosaccharides and Carbohydrate
Mimetics: Applications to the Study of Cell-Adhesion Events
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University,
University of Michigan, M.S.
|
|
|
| Jing-Feng
Huang, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Jeffrey F. Harper, Ph.D.
Thesis: Intramolecular Regulation of A Calcium Dependent Protein
Kinase
Undergraduate Institution: Zhongzhan University,
University of Nebraska, M.S.
|
| Mary
Elizabeth Huff, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Biochemical Basis of Gelsolin Amyloid Disease
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern Unversity
|
|
|
| Robert
Owen Hughes, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Strategies for the Rapid Discovery of Antibacterial
Agents: Studies on Vancomycin and Psammaplin A
Undergraduate Institution: University of Arizona
|
| Chan
Woo Huh, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: William R. Roush, Ph.D.
Thesis: Stereodivergent Synthesis of Bistetrahydrofuran-containing
Acetogenins through [3+2] Annulation Strategy, and Progress Toward
a Complete Diastereomer Library
Undergraduate Institution: Yonsei University
|
| Wooyoung
Hur , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. A Small Molecule Inducer of the Antioxidant Response
Element, II. Design and Characterization of Irreversible Kinase Inhibitors
Undergraduate Institution: Pohang University
|
| Jason
S. Iacovoni, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Peter K. Vogt, Ph.D
Thesis: GeneHuggers: In Silico Detection of Transcriptional
Regulatory Motifs Using Genomic Sequence and DNA Microarray Data
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
|
|
|
| Marcus
P. Isler, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1999
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Self-Assembling Cyclopeptides: from Cylindrical Dimers
to Nanotubes
Undergraduate Institution: University of Zurich
|
| Reshma
Jagasia , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: M.G. Finn, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part 1. Scope and Mechanism of Peptide Cyclodimerization
by the CuI-Mediated Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction
Part 2. Controlling Staphylococcus aureus Infection by Disrupting
Bacterial Communication with a Monoclonal Antibody
Undergraduate Institution: University of Alberta
|
| Nadim
Jessani, Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Development and Application of Methods for Activity-Based
Protein Profiling
Undergraduate Institution: San Diego State University
|
|
|
| Valer
Jeso , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthetic Studies Toward Polycyclic Polyprenylated
Acylphloroglucinols
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
|
| Douglas
S. Johnson, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design and Evaluation of Sequence Selective DNA Binding
Agents Based on Duocarmycin SA
Undergraduate Institution: University of Minnesota
|
|
|
| Jeffrey
R. Johnson, Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: John R. Yates III, Ph.D.
Thesis: Proteomic and Bioinformatic Analyses of Parasitic Pathogens
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illionois
|
| Steven
M. Johnson, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Design, Synthesis, and Biophysical Evaluation of
Small Molecules to Study and Selectively Inhibit Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Undergraduate Institution: University of Victoria
|
| James
D. Jontes, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1997
Advisor: Ronald A. Milligan, Ph.D.
Thesis: Characterization of brush border myosin-I structure
and dynamics
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
|
| Eiton
Kaltgrad , Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: M.G. Finn, Ph.D.
Thesis: Applications of Polyvalent Carbohydrate Display on
Cowpea Mosaic Virus and Bacteriophage Qß
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
|
| John
Karanicolas, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Charles L. Brooks III, Ph.D.
Thesis: Theoretical Studies in Protein Folding: WW Domains
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University
|
| David
B. Kastrinsky, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Asymmetric Synthesis of CBI and Total Synthesis and
Structure Revision of (+)-Yatakemycin
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
|
| Gunnar
J. Kaufmann, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: Engineering and Biological Applications of Antibodies
Against Small Molecules
Undergraduate Institution: Philips University
|
| Piotr
Kazmierczak , Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Ulrich Mueller, Ph.D.
Thesis: Molecules of Mechanotransduction. Cadherin 23 and Protocadherin
15 Interact to form Tip-link Filaments.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Warsaw
|
| Jamie
Keck , Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Steven I. Reed, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Effects of Cyclin E Deregulation
on Mitosis
Undergraduate Institution: University of
St. Thomas
|
| Matthew
S. Kelker, Ph.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil., D.Sc.
Thesis: Structural and Biophysical Studies of Human and Mouse
TREM-1 and the Use of Multi-wavelength Anomalous Dispersion to Phase
Merohedrally-Twinned Crystals
Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
|
| Donald
E. Kerkow, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: James R. Williamson, Ph.D.
Thesis: Structural Diversity of the NTF-2-like Fold Drives
Functional Versatility in the NXF Family and Beyond
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
|
| Ing
Wei Khor, Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Marianne Manchester, Ph.D.
Thesis: Application of a Plant Virus Nanoparticle for the Creation
of Antivirals and Mucosally-Deliverable Vaccines and Therapeutics
Undergraduate Institution: College of William and Mary
|
|
|
| Hui
Sun Kim, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor:
M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Self-Assembling Cyclic D, L-Peptide Nanotubes as Synthetic
Transmembrane Channels: From Chemical, Biological, and Practical Perspectives
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
|
|
|
| Young
Soo Kim, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Selection, Synthesis, and Mechanisms Studies of
Cell-Penetrating Peptides: New Drug Delivery Systems II. Biological
Lessons for the Preparation of A?(1-42) and a Cyclic Peptide Probe
for the Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin A
Undergraduate Institution: New York University
|
| Kathryn
M. Koeller, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Chemical and Enzymatic Synthesis of Oligovalent Carbohydrate,
Glycopeptide, and Aminoglycoside Recognition Elements:
Multivalency in Natural and Synthetic Glycoconjugate Structure
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison
|
| Heather
Kiyomi Komori, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisor: Wendy L. Havran, Ph.D.
Thesis: Application of a Soluble Vy3Vδ1 T Cell Receptor
Towards Understanding Dendritic Epidermal T Cell Activation
Undergraduate Institution: Albertson College
|
| Kristopher
J. Koudelka, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisor: Marianne Manchester, Ph.D.
Thesis: Elucidation of Mammalian Binding and Entry of Cowpea
Mosaic Virus Via Surface Vimentin; Implications for Nanotechnology
and Virus Evolution
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconson, River Falls
|
| Paul
J. Krenitsky, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies on the Total Synthesis and Structure Determination
of RP 66453
Undergraduate Institution: Drexel University
|
|
|
| Nicole
Kresge, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: C. David Stout, Ph.D.
Thesis: Sex at the Molecular Level: The Crystal Structures
of Abalone Fertilization Proteins
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
|
| Roshan
Kumar, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Gerald F. Joyce, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: Design and Evolution of RNAs that Catalyze Complex
Reactions
Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology
|
| Karen
Kustedjo, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Application of a Genomic Screen for BBB-Specific
Genes. II. Studies on TorsinA, an ER-Lumenally Associated Membrane
Protein Associated with Early-Onset Torsion Dystonia
Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology
|
| Gabriel
Lander, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: John E. Johnson, Ph.D. and Bridget O. Carragher
Thesis: Structural Architecture of Bacteriophage Described
via Streamlined Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Undergraduate Institution: State University of New York at
Binghamton
|
| Nicholas
A. Larsen , Ph.D.
Biology, 2002
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, D. Phil.
Thesis: Structural Studies of Protein Therapeutics for Cocaine
Addiction
Undergraduate Institution: Carleton College
|
|
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| Karen
L. Laslo-Franklin, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1997
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors of HIV and FIV Proteases:
Toward Understanding the Structural Basis for Drug-Resistance in HIV
Undergraduate Institution: William Mary College
|
|
|
| Leconte,
Aaron M., Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Floyd Romesberg, Ph.D.
Thesis: Expanding the Scope of the Enzymatic Synthesis of DNA
for I. Expansion of the Genetic Alphabet, and II. Next Generation
Sequencing
Undergraduate Institution: Carleton College
|
| Andria
Lee, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2000
Advisor: Velia M. Fowler, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Role of Membrane Skeleton During Lens Fiber Cell
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
|
|
|
| Hyun
Soo Lee, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Genetic Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids and
its Applications
Undergraduate Institution: Pohang University of Science and
Technology
|
|
|
| David
Lee, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1998
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Self-Replicating Peptides: From Autocatalysis to Molecular
Ecosystems
Undergraduate Institution: University of Manitoba
|
| Joon
Youb Lee, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Charles D. Surh, Ph.D.
Thesis: Factors Regulating T-Cell Proliferation in Chronically
Immunodeficient Hosts
Undergraduate Institution: Seoul National University
|
| Sang
Yeul Lee, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis:Chlorofusin: Total Synthesis, Stereochemical Reassignment,
Determination of Absolute Configuration, and the Synthesis of Seven
Chromophore Analogs
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
|
| Lucas
J. Leman, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Accelerating Aminoacyl Transfer in Water Using Simple
Prebiotic Molecules and Rationally Designed Peptides
Undergraduate Institution: University of Colorado
|
| Bryan
Lewis, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1999
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Relative and Absolute Stereochemistry of Fostriecin
(CL-920) and Studies Toward its Total Synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: Drexel University
|
| Warren
G. Lewis, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: M.G. Finn, Ph.D.
Thesis: Bio/Click Catalysis: Azide-Alkyne [3+2] Cycloaddition
and Cholinergic Chemistry
Undergraduate Institution:University at Buffalo
|
| Ang
Li , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Syntheses of Platensimycin and Related Natural
Products and Total Syntheses and Structural Revision of a- and ß-
Diversonolic Esters and Total
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
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| Yiwei
Li, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Synthesis of Apoptolidin and Synthesis of the
Proposed Azaspiracid-1 Structure
Undergraduate Institution: University of Guelph
|
|
|
| Fu-Sen
Liang , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Targeting Biomacromolecules by Aminoglycosides
Undergraduate Institution: National Chiao Tung University
|
| James
Insoo Lim, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Gaudenz M. Danuser, Ph.D.
Thesis: Novel Quantitative Approaches to Understanding Cell
Motility
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University
|
| Chun
Cheng Lin, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1997
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design and Synthesis of Sialyl Lewis X Tetrasaccharide
Mimetics as Inhibitors
of Selectins
Undergraduate Institution: National Tsing Hua University, B.S.
National Taiwan University, M.S.
|
|
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| Chun-Hung
(Hans) Lin, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1995
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Enzymes in Carbohydrate Synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: National Taiwan University
|
|
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| Tracey
Lincoln , Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Gerald F. Joyce, Ph.D.
Thesis: Self-Sustained Replication of an RNA Enzyme
Undergraduate Institution: Williams College
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| Ricardo
Lira Medina, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: William R. Roush, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Studies towards the Total Synthesis of Tetrafibricin
II. Development of a Synthetic Sequence to Access Structurally Constrained
Cysteine Protease Inhibitors III. Development of a Method for the
Synthesis of N-aryl-2-benzylindolines via the tandem arylation of
2-allylaniline
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
|
| Ewa
T. Lis, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Floyd Romesberg, Ph.D.
Thesis: Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanisms of Mutation
in S. cerevisiae
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
|
|
Ryan
Littlefield, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2000
Advisor: Velia M. Fowler, Ph.D.
Thesis: Regulation of Thin Filament Length in Striated Muscle
Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University
|
|
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|
Chang
Chun Liu, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Directed Evolution of and with Expanded Genetic Codes
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University
|
|
Fei Liu,
Ph.D.
MCSC, 2005
Advisor: Lindsay J. Whitton, Ph.D.
Thesis: CD8+ T cell response to Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
Virus Infection
Undergraduate Institution: Lebanon Valley College
|
| Haitian
Liu ,
Ph.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis: Assays and Inhibitors
Undergraduate Institution: Academy of Military Medical Sciences
|
| Junjie
Liu, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I Hexosaminidase Inhibitors as New Drug
Candidates for the Therapy of Osteoarthritis; Part II DERA-Catalyzed
Asymmetric Synthesis of Novel Pyranose Synthons as a New Entry to
Heterocycles and Epothilones
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
|
|
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| Chih-Hung
(Larry) Lo, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1995
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: Mechanism Based Catalytic Antibody Selection
Undergraduate Institution: National Taiwan University
|
| Martha
Ann Lovato, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Paul R. Schimmel, Ph.D.
Thesis: RNA Recognition in Relation to Genetic Code Development
Undergraduate Institution: Rice University
|
|
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| Caren
Virginia Lund, Ph.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: Carlos F. Barbas, III, Ph.D.
Thesis: Zinc Finger Proteins and Endogenous Gene Regulation
Undergraduate Institution: California State University, Fullerton,
B.S.
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| Gavin
MacBeath, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1997
Advisor: Donald M. Hilvert, Ph.D.
Thesis: Evolutionary Approaches to the Design of Protein Receptors
and Catalysts
Undergraduate Institution: University of Manitoba
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Thomas
J. Macke, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: David A. Case, Ph.D.
Thesis: NAB: A Language for Molecular Manipulation
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois-Urbana
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Karen
J. MacMillan, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel DNA Alkylators: Duocarmycin
SA and Yatakemycin Analogues
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
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Lindsey
Jane Macpherson, Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: Ardem S. Patapoutian, Ph.D.
Thesis: Feeling the Burn: Towards a Determination of the Molecular
Mechanisms of Activation of TRPA1
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
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Thomas
J. Maimone, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Phil S. Baran, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Total Syntheses of (-)-Hapalindole U and (+)-Ambiguine
H, II. Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Vinigrol
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
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| Andrea
Lynne Manuell, Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: Stephen P. Mayfield, Ph.D..
Thesis: Dissecting Translation in the Chloroplast
Undergraduate Institution: Iowa State University
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| Katherine
T. Marcucci, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisor: Daniel Salomon, M.D.
Thesis: A molecular approach to Understanding Structure-function
Relationships in Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus (PERV) Late Domain-associated
Assembly and Release and Receptor-mediated Entry
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
|
| Dena
C. Marrinucci, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Peter Kuhn, M.D.
Thesis: The Clinical and Biological Significance of Circulating
Tumor Cells
Undergraduate Institution: University of Vermont
|
| Casey
J.N. Mathison, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D..
Thesis: Part I: Acyl Cyanide Coupling Reactions and the Synthesis
of ß-Tricarbonyl Natural Products Part II: Oxidation of Heteroatom-containing
Substrates with Hypervalent Iodine(V) Reagents
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
| Jeanne
K. McAdara(Berkowitz), Ph.D.
MCSC, 1998
Advisor: Bernard M. Babior, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: Cloning and Characterization of p62MCSP: A Novel Secretory
Protein Associated with the Leukocyte Respiratory Burst Oxidase
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa
Barbara
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| Susan
M. McComb, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design and Synthesis of Novel Enediynes and a Somatostatin
Mimic
Undergraduate Institution: Hope College
|
| Jonathan
Edward McDunn, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Richard A. Lerner, M.D.
Thesis: Studies in Antibody Catalysis: I. Preparation and Evaluation
of an Activatable Insulin Prodrug
II. Physiological Roles for the Antibody-Catalyzed Oxidation of Water
Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology
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| Kathleen
McGinness, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: Gerald F. Joyce, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: In Vitro Evolution of RNA Ligase Ribozymes that Exhibit
RNA Polymerase Activity
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland
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| Michele
K. McKinney, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: Catalytic Mechanism and Substrate Selectivity of Fatty
Acid Amide Hydrolase
Undergraduate Institution: Gordon College
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| Johnathan
Melnick , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Chemistry and Biology of the Tyrosine Kinome
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
|
| Mayako
Michino, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Charles Brooks, Ph.D. and Raymond C. Stevens
Thesis: Structure Prediction of Class A GPCRs
Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology
|
| Michael
L. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Design and Synthesis of Mechanism-Based Inhibitors
of Glycosyl Transferases; II. Stereochemical Determination of
2-Deoxyribose-5-Phosphate Aldolase (DERA)
Undergraduate Institution: University of Toledo
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| Jason
A. Moss , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: Peptide Synthesis Methodology and Application Toward
the Study of Naturally-
Occurring Biomacromolecules
Undergraduate Institution: Duke University
|
| Amy
B. Muhlberg, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: Sandra L. Schmid, Ph.D.
Thesis: Domain Structure and Function of Dynamin, A Novel GTPase
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University
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| Kenji
Namoto, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of 12,13-Cycloalkyl
Epothilones
Undergraduate Institution: Waseda University
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| Leslie
Nangle Greene,Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Paul R. Schimmel, Ph.D.
Thesis: Pathological Consequences of tRNA Synthetase Induced
Mistranslation
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa
Barbara
|
| Melanie
R. Nelson,Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: Walter J. Chazin, Ph.D.
Thesis: A Rational Approach to Understanding the Relationship
of Sequence, Structure, and Function in EF-Hand Calcium-Binding Proteins
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago
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| Alexander
B. Niculescu III, M.D., Ph.D.
MCSC, 1997
Advisor: Steven I. Reed, Ph.D.
Thesis: Positive and negative regulators of the Cell cycle:
studies on human cyclin E and the Cip/Kip family of mammalian cell
cycle inhibitors
Undergraduate Institution: Mathematics & Physics College
No.3, University of Bucharest Carol Davila Medical School, B.A.
University of Geneva Medical School, M.D.
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| Sherry
L. Niessen, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: Characterization of a Role for the Serine Hydrolase
Enzyme KIAA1363 in Cancer Biology Using Functional Proteomics and
Metabolomics
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University
|
| Dave
Nirschl, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2000
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: Click Chemistry and Automation Systems Integration
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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| Andrea
L. Nold, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies on Dimeric Natural Products: Part I. Total
Synthesis of the Marinomycins and their Monomeric Counterparts
Part II. Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Lomaiviticins A and
B
Undergraduate Institution: Indiana University
|
| Brian
Eric Nordin, Ph.D.
Biology, 2002
Advisor: Paul R. Schimmel, Ph.D.
Thesis: RNA-Dependent Amino Acid Discrimination in Translation
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
|
| Paul
Nyffeler, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2004
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. The Chemistry of Amine-Azide Interconversion
II. Dihydrogen Trioxide: New Stability for Peroxone Process Intermediate
Undergraduate Institution: Carleton College
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| Erica
Ollmann-Saphire, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2000
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil
Thesis: Crystal Structure of an Intact Humaan IgG: Implications
for HIV Neutralization and Effector Function
Undergraduate Institution: Rice University
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| Ian
Ollmann, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1998
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Inhibition and Mechanistic Studies of Leukotriene A4
Hydrolase, Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase, and HIV and FIV Proteases and
the Programmed One-Pot Synthesis of Oligosaccharides
Undergraduate Institution: Rice University
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| Daniel
P. O'Malley, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Phil Baran, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Synthesis of Dimeric Pyrrole-Imidazole Alkaloids
Undergraduate Institution: Rice University
|
| Bryan
M. O'Neill, Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: Floyd Romesberg, Ph.D.
Thesis: Elucidation of Novel Components of the Response to
Gentoxic Stress in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Undergraduate Institution: University of San Diego
|
| Adrian
Ortiz , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of Vannusal
A and B: A Synergistic Interplay of Chemical Synthesis and Modern
NMR Spectroscopic Techniques
Undergraduate Institution: University of Arizona
|
| Rachel
Susan Ozer, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: Shelley Halpain, Ph.D.
Thesis: Phosphorylation and Regulation of Neuronal Cytoskeletal
Protein MAP2
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University
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| Liam
C. Palmer, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Julius Rebek, Jr., Ph.D.
Thesis: Guest Binding in Hydrogen-Bounded Capsular Hosts
Undergraduate Institution: University of South Carolina
|
| Satchidananda
Panda, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: Steve A. Kay, Ph.D.
Thesis: TEJ Defines a Role for Poly (ADP-Ribosyl)ation in Establishing
Period Length of the Arabidopsis Circadian Oscillator
Undergraduate Institution: Tamilnadu Agricultural University,
India
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| Sudip
Parikh, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2000
Advisor: John A. Tainer, Ph.D.
Thesis: Biological Implications from the Structures and Chemistry
of DNA Baase-Excision Repair Glycosylases
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
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| Matthew
P. Patricelli, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: Biochemical and Physiological Investigations of Fatty
Acid Amide Hydrolase
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University
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| Jean
E. Patterson, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1997
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Chemical and Structural Studies on Analogs of Oleamide,
an Endogenous Sleep-Inducing Lipid
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois-Urbana
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| Eric
B. Peterson, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1998
Advisor: Donald M. Hilvert, Ph.D.
Thesis: Semisynthesis and Kinetic Analysis of Engineered Selenoenzymes
Undergraduate Institution: Vanderbilt University
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| H.
Michael Petrassi, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors of Transthyretin
Amyloid Fibril Formation
Undergraduate Institution: State University of New York at
Fredonia
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| Jeffrey
Pfefferkorn, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: 1. Total Synthesis of Sarcodictyins A and B and Studies
Toward the Synthesis of Garsubellin A
2. Design and Solid Phase Synthesis of Natural Product Like Combinatorial
Libraries
Undergraduate Institution: Case Western Reserve
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| Greg
R. Phillips, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1997
Advisor: Kathryn L. Crossin, Ph.D.
Thesis: Tenascin and N-CAM: Two morpho-regulatory molecules
that mediate cellular processes during development and regeneration
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
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| William
J. Placzek, Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: Kurt Wuthrich, Ph.D.
Thesis: NMR in Structural Biology and Structural Genomics:
Target Protein Screening, Structures and Functions
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University
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| Ranjan
Pragani, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008 (Florida Campus)
Advisor: William R. Roush, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies Toward the Synthesis of Durhamycins A and B
and Ziracin
Undergraduate Institution: Goucher College
|
| Duane
E. Prasuhn, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: M.G. Finn, Ph.D.
Thesis: Development of Icosahedral Virus Particles as Multivalent
Display Scaffolds for Metal Complexes
Undergraduate Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
|
| Benjamin
A. Pratt, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Design and Synthesis of Highly Potent Epothilone
B Analogues and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Sinularia Natural
Products
Undergraduate Institution: Dartmouth College
|
| Hans
Edward Purkey, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2002
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design, Synthesis, Activity and Binding Selectivity
of Transthyretin Amyloid Fibril Inhibitors
Undergraduate Institution: Harvey Mudd College
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| Byron
Willis Purse, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Julius Rebek Jr., Ph.D.
Thesis: Structure and Reactivity in the Inner Space
of Host Molecules
Undergraduate Institution: University of Regina
|
| Chris
Putnam, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2000
Advisor: John A. Tainer, Ph.D.
Thesis: Structural Basis for Four Paradigmatic Defenses Preventing
DNA Damage in the Cell
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University
|
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| Randor
Radakovits, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisor: Ulrich Mueller, Ph.D.
Thesis: Investigating the role of ß1 integrins and glial
fibers in the survival of radial glial cells
Undergraduate Institution: Stockholm University
|
| Jessica
E. Raushel, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Sulfonyl Azides: Copper-Mediated Synthesis
and Applications Part II. Acetylcholinesterase in Situ Clock Chemistry
Screening
Undergraduate Institution: Texas A & M University
|
| Susan
M. Redford-Shelby, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1995
Advisor: John A. Tainer, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Getzoff, Ph.D.
Thesis: Crystallographic and Biochemical Studies of Human and
Bovine Superoxide Dismutases: An Investigation of Structure, Stability,
and Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
|
| William
Redmond, Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Linda A. Sherman, Ph.D.
Thesis: Mechanisms of CD8 T cell peripheral tolerance to cross-presented
self-antigen and soluble peptide in vivo
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
|
| Jeremy
M. Richter, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Phil Baran, Ph.D.
Thesis: Oxidative C-C Bond Formation in Heterocyclic Chemistry
Undergraduate Institution: Butler University
|
| Thomas
K. Ritter, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Inhibiting Bacterial Transglycosylation: From Small
Molecules to a Library of Vancomycin Analogs
Undergraduate Institution: Portland State University
|
| Valentin
Rodionov, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: M.G. Finn, Ph.D.
Thesis: Mechanistic Investigation of Copper (I) Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne
[3+2] Cycloaddition
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland
|
| A.J.
Roecker, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2004
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou
Thesis: 1. Studies Toward the Synthesis of Azadirachtin
2. Chemical Biology and Technology Development of Natural Product-like
Libraries
Undergraduate Institution: Ohio State University
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| Jason
M. Rohde, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Erik Sorensen, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthetic Approaches to Aplydactone and Chartellamide
A Inspired by Biosynthetic Hypotheses
Undergraduate Institution: Ohio State University
|
| Jonathan
Rosenblum, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Richard A. Lerner, M.D.
Thesis: Creating and controlling catalytic processes
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
|
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| Robin
J. Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2002
Advisor: Elizabeth Getzoff, Ph.D.
Thesis: Nitric Oxide Synthase: Structural and Computational
Analyses of Inhibitor Potency and Biophysical Studies of Nitrosylated
NOS Intermediates
Undergraduate Institution: Harvey Mudd College
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| Christopher
B. Roth, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisor: Raymond C. Stevens, Ph.D.
Thesis: B-Adrenergic Receptor Stability Engineering for the
Advancement of GPCR Structural Biology
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa
Barbara
|
| A.
Erik Rubin, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1999
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: A Highly Efficient Aminohydroxylation Process: Core
Chemistry for Molecular Diversity
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University
|
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| Alan
Saghatelian, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Emergence of Higher Order Function Through the Expression
of Chemical Information
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
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| April
A. Saunders, Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: Michael J. Buchmeier, Ph.D.
Thesis:Mutagenic Analysis of the Multifunctional Stable Signal
Peptide of the Arenaviruses
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
|
| Anupama
R. Sawkar, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis:Chemical Chaperones Increase the Cellular Activity of
Clucocerebrosidase Variants: A Therapeutic Strategy for Gaucher Disease
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
|
| Stephen
W. Santoro, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: Gerald F. Joyce, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: RNA Cleavage by DNA and Functionalized DNA Enzymes
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wyoming
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| Andrew
C. S. Saphire, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1998
Advisor: Larry Gerace, Ph.D.
Thesis: Nuclear Localization Signaling with Respect to Chirality
and Viral DNA Import
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
|
| Erin
M. Scherer, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Dennis R. Burton, Ph.D.
Thesis: Antibody Recognition of a Protein Epitope Close to
a Membrane: A Novel Solution
Undergraduate Institution: University of Arkansas
|
| Jason
Ronald Schnell, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Peter E. Wright, Ph.D.
Thesis: NMR Studies of Backbone and Side-Chain Dynamics in
Dihydrofolate Reductase
Undergraduate Institution: University of Minnesota
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| Martin
J. Schnermann, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis:I. Total Synthesis of Piericidin A1 and B1 and Key Analogues,
II. Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Vinblastine and Velbanamine
Aryl Analogues
Undergraduate Institution: Colby College
|
| Christopher
A. Scott, Ph.D.
MCSC 1998
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil.
Thesis: Protein Engineering and Crystal Structures of Two MHC
Class II I-Ad-peptide Complexes
Undergraduate Institution: University of Guelph,
University of Toronto, M.S.
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| Pamela
S. Sears, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Use of Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Phage Display
to Engineer Enzymes of Organic Synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
|
| Hirofumi
Seike, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Erik J. Sorensen, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthetic Studies on FR901483: An Enantiospecific Total
Synthesis of (-)- FR901483 from L-Tyrosine and a Concise Synthesis
of the Tricyclic Core Structure of FR901483 Featuring a Multi-Component
Coupling Reaction
Undergraduate Institution: University of Tokyo
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| Meiling
Shang, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2002
Advisor: Vito Quaranta, Ph.D.
Thesis: Deciphering the Functions of Laminin-5 LG Modules:
Insights into the Effects of G Domain Packing Geometry on Laminin
Function
Undergraduate Institution: San Jose State University
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| Felix
B. Sheinerman, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1997
Advisor: Charles L. Brooks, III, Ph.D.
Thesis: Theoretical Study of Conformational Equilibria in Polypeptide
Chains
Undergraduate Institution: Moscow Institute of Physics &
Technology
|
| Ryan
A. Shenvi, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Phil S. Baran, Ph.D.
Thesis: Pure and Applied Science in the Chemical Synthesis
of Marine Alkaloids Chartelline C and Cortistatin A
Undergraduate Institution: Pennsylvania State University
|
| William
Shipe, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2004
Advisor: Erik Sorensen, Ph.D.
Thesis: An Enantioselective Synthesis of Guanacastepene A
Undergraduate Institution: Pennsylvania State University
|
| Steve
Sholly , Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Sandra L. Schmid, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Mechanism of Dynamin’s Assembly Dependent
GAP Activity and Its Role in Endocytosis
Undergraduate Institution: California State University, Fullerton
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| Sarah
J. Siegel, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Jeffrey W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: Structure and Energetics of Amyloid
Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia
|
| Mui
Mui Sim, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1995
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design and Synthesis of Transition State Analog Inhibitors
of Glycosidases and Glycosyl-transferases as Haptens to Elicit Catalytic
Antibodies for Glycosyltransfer Reactions
Undergraduate Institution: National University of Singapore
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| Gabriel
M. Somon, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms Responsible
for Anandamide Biosynthesis Part II. Development and Application of
Proteomic Methods
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pittsburgh
|
| Corin
D. Slown, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies Toward Understanding the Mechanism of Bleomycin:
Total Synthesis of 15 N-labeled Bleomycin
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
|
| Jarrod
A. Smith, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: David A. Case, Ph.D.
Thesis: NMR and Computational Methods Applied to the 3-Dimensional
Structure Determination of DNA and Ligand-DNA Complexes in Solution
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa
Barbara
|
| Scott
A. Snyder, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2004
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Chemistry and Biology of Diazonamide
Undergraduate Institution: Williams College
|
| Danielle
Soenen, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Studies of Heterocyclic Diels-Alder Cycloadditions,
Total Synthesis of Ningalin B, and Discovery of a New Class of Potent
Multidrug Resistant Reversal Agents
Part II. Work Toward the Total Synthesis of Sultriecin
Undergraduate Institution: Boston University
|
| Anna
E. Speers, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
Thesis: Advanced Click Chemistry Strategies for In Vivo Enzyme
Activity Profiling
Undergraduate Institution: Amherst College
|
| Lucy
Stark, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2004
Advisor: Erik Sorensen, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Synthesis of Harziphilone
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
|
| Erica
L. Strable, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: John E. Johnson, Ph.D. and M.G. Finn, Ph.D.
Thesis:Development of Icosahedral Virus Particles as Polyvalent
Display Platforms
Undergraduate Institution: Temple University
|
| Beth
Stroupe , Ph.D.
Biology, 2002
Advisor: Elizabeth Getzoff, Ph.D.
Thesis: Making and Using Siroheme: the X-ray Chrystallographic
Structures of Siroheme Synthase and Sulfite Reductase
Undergraduate Institution: Wake Forest University
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| Andrew
I. Su, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Genomics Technologies for Functional Gene Annotation
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
|
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| Shuichi
Takayama, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1998
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Enzymes in Organic Synthesis and Glycobiology
Undergraduate Institution: University of Tokyo
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| Cindy
A. Takeuchi, Ph.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: Paul Wentworth, Jr., Ph.D.
Thesis: Biological Implications of the Antibody-Catalyzed Oxidation
of Water
Undergraduate Institution: University of Arizona
|
| Junko
Tamiya, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: Erik J. Sorensen, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Total Synthesis of Hispidospermidin; II. Redirecting
the Specific Reactivity of a Natural Product and its Application to
Functional Proteomics
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Carol
Tang, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1998
Advisor: Steven I. Reed, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Septin, Cdc3, is a Substrate of the Cdc28 Master
Regulatory Enzyme: Analysis of its Role in the Cell Cycle
Undergraduate Institution: National University of Singapore
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| Ying
Tang, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Donald M. Hilvert, Ph.D.
Thesis: Evolutionary Studies with a Catalytic Antibody
Undergraduate Institution: Hangzhou University
Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology, M.S.
|
| Houchaou
Tao, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Fumiaki Katagiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I: Extension of 1,3,4-Oxadiazole Chemistry: Studies
Toward the Total Synthesis of Aspidospermidine Part II: Progress Toward
the Total Synthesis of Rebeccamycin
Undergraduate Institution: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
|
| Yi
Tao, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Fumiaki Katagiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Application of Gene Expression Profiling for Analyzing
Plant Disease Resistance
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
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| Theodore
M. Tarasow, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1994
Advisor: Donald M. Hilvert, Ph.D.
Thesis: Tailored Biocatalysts for Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming
and Cleaving Reactions
Undergraduate Institution: California State Polytech Institute
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| Christine
M. Tarby, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. The Synthesis and Preliminary Evaluation of The
CCBI Alkylation Subunit and Its Extended Agents, Potent CBI-based
Analogs of CC-1065
II. The Solution Phase Parallel Synthesis of Combinatorial Libraries
Undergraduate Institution: Drew University
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| Desiree
A. Thayer, Ph.D.
Biology, 2006
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis:Effects of Glycans on Peptide Antibiotics and Analytical
Methods for Carbohydrate Sequencing and Binding Interactions
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan
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| Megan
C. Thielges, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Floyd E. Romesberg, Ph.D.
Thesis:Novel Approaches to the Study of Protein Dynamics
Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University
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| Allen
Thomas, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2000
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Aminohydroxylation of Unsaturated Phosphonates:
A Template for Molecular Diversity
II. Rapid Discoveries in Osmium (VII) Catalysis Using Automation and
Mass Spectrometry
Undergraduate Institution: Baylor University
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| Elizabeth
H. Z. Thompson, Ph.D
MCSC, 2002
Advisor: David Millar, Ph.D.
Thesis: Dissection of Polymerase and Exonuclease Site Binding,
Match and Mismatch Recognition, and Active Site Switching of Klenow
Fragment Polymeras
Undergraduate Institution: Harvey Mudd College
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| Michael
James Thompson, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2002
Advisor: Elizabeth Getzoff, Ph.D.
Thesis: Density Functional Model of Photoactive Yellow Protein
Undergraduate Institution: Case Western Reserve
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| Ian
F. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: Charles L. Brooks III, Ph.D.
Thesis: Probing the Relationship between Structure, Function
and Dynamics in Proteins
Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami
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| Mark
Shannon Tichenor, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Synthesis of Yatakemycin: Structure Revision,
Analogue Studies, and Biological Properties
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
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| Theresa
Kay Tiefenbrunn, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Phillip E. Dawson, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthesis and Site-directed Labeling of Proteins: Using
Unnatural Amino Acids to Probe Structure and Function
Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology
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| Jonathan
Toker, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: Discovery and Exploration of an Antibody-Catalyzed
Asymmetric 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University
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| Megan
Wright Trevathan, Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: James R. Williamson, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Assembly Landscape of the 30S Ribosomal Subunit
Monitored with Mass Spectrometry
Undergraduate Institution: Duke University
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| John
Trujillo, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1998
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of v 3
Antagonists as Inhibitors of Angiogenesis
Undergraduate Institution: New Mexico State University
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| Joyce
Tsang, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Gerald Joyce, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: The Evolution of DNA-Cleaving RNA Enzymes
Undergraduate Institution: Princeton University
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| Winston
Chung-Ming Tse, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Exploring Small Molecule-DNA Recognition Through the
Use of a Fluorescent Intercalator Displacement Assay and Structural
Analogues of Bleomycin A2
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
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| Vickie
Tsui, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2001
Advisor: David A. Case, Ph.D.
Thesis: NMR Restraints and Solvent Models in Molecular Dynamics
Simulations: Effects on Biomolecular Structure and Intermolecular
Interactions
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
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| Julie
Tubbs, Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Elizabeth Getzoff, Ph.D.
Thesis: Controlling Chromophore Structural Chemistry and Environment
by Structure-Based Design
Undergraduate Institution: Loyola Marymount University
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| John
D. Trzupek, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I: Efficient Synthesis of the DEF Ring System
of Complestatin Part II: Alkylation Properties of (+)- and ent-(-)-Yatakemycin
in Protein-free DNA and in Nucleosome Core Particles
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
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| James
McKay Turner, Ph.D.
Biology, 2002
Advisor: Richard A. Lerner, M.D.
Thesis: Antibodies and Enzymes of Therapeutic Interest
Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology
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| Porino
Jinjo Va, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: William R. Roush, Ph.D.
Thesis: Total Synthesis of Amphidinolide E and Amphidinolide
E Stereoisomers
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan
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| Christopher
D. Vanderwal, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Erik J. Sorensen, Ph.D.
Thesis: Enantioselective Large-Scale Synthesis of FR182877,
a Potent Microtubule- Stabilizing Agent, and Investigations into its
Mechanism of Action
Undergraduate Institution: University of Ottawa
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| Jose
Luis Vela, Ph.D.
Biology, 2007
Advisor: David A. Nemazee, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Role of the Recombining Sequence/Kappa Deleting
Element (RS/Kde) in B Lymphocyte Tolerance and
Receptor Editing
Undergraduate Institution: California State University, Northridge
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| Michal
Vieth, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1995
Advisor: Jeffrey Skolnick, Ph.D.
Thesis: Theoretical studies on leucine zippers. Folding and
multimeric equilibria
Undergraduate Institution: University of Warsaw
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Sarah
B. Voytek, Ph.D.
Biology, 2009
Advisor: Gerald F. Joyce, Ph.D.
Thesis: Continuous In Vitro Evolution of Competing Ligase
Ribozymes
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
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David
A. Vosburg, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: Erik J. Sorensen, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthesis of Fumagillin and (+)-FR182877
Undergraduate Institution: Williams College
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|
Ruo
Wang, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1995
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Synthetic Studies Towards the Development of Novel
Substrates and Inhibitors of Glycosyl Transfer Enzymes
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
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| Sheng-Kai
Wang,
Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2008
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I: Discovery of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Receptor
Type-1 Antagonists
Part II: Development of Carbohydrate Based HIV-1 Vaccine and Antiviral
Agents
Undergraduate Institution: National Tsing Hua University
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| Yuwen
Wang, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: Jeffrey F. Harper, Ph.D.
Thesis: Clonging, Characterization and Genetic Disruption of
AMA1, A New Heavy Metal Pump in Arabidopsis
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
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| Andrew
B. Ward, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Co-Advisors: Ronald A. Milligan, Ph.D., Geoffrey An-Chen Chang,
Ph.D.
Thesis: Structural and Functional Studies of the ABC Transporter
MsbA
Undergraduate Institution: Duke University
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| David
S. Weinstein, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1999
Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Namenamicin
II. E-Ring Analogs of the Calicheamicin Oligosaccharide
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
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| Jacques
Weissman, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2000
Advisor: William E. Balch, Ph.D.
Thesis: Regulation of Mammalian Cargo ER Export
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
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| Joleen
White, Ph.D.
MCSC, 2002
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: Understanding Transthyretin Amyloid Formation to Promote
Therapeutic Development
Undergraduate Institution: Harvey Mudd College
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| Sheri
K. Wilcox, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: David B. Goodin, Ph.D.
Thesis: Understanding and Directing Heme Substrate Specificity
in Cytochrome c Peroxidase
Undergraduate Institution: Vanderbilt University
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| Keith
Mathew Wilcoxen, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Investigations into the Biomimetic Synthesis, Structural
Determination and Therapeutic Development of Antimicrobial Peptides
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
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| Elizabeth
M. Wilson, Ph.D.
Biology, 2005
Advisor: Ronald A. Milligan, Ph.D.
Thesis: Protein Structure Determination on Lipid Substrates
via Electron Microscopy
Undergraduate Institution: Napier College
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| Gordon
D. Wilkie, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2002
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles in Tandem Diels-Alder, 1,3-Dipolar
Cycloaddition Reactions: A Rapid Synthesis of Vinca Alkaloid Motifs;
II. Exceptionally Potent Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase
Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University
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| Nicolas
Winssinger, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2000
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: New Linkers aand Strategies for Solid Phase Organic
Synthesis and their Application to Natural Product Synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: Tufts University
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| Rachel
L. Winston (McMinn), Ph.D.
MCSC, 1999
Advisor: Joel M. Gottesfeld, Ph.D.
Thesis: An Investigation of the DNA Binding Properties of a
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
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| R.
Luke Wiseman, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Jeffery W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: the Biological and Chemical Implications of Ligand
Binding to the Amyloidogenic protein Transthyretin
Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia
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| Krista
Leah Witte, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1998
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Development and Use of Chemical and Enzymatic Methods
in both Solution and Solid Phase for the Synthesis of Glycopeptides,
Glyco-proteins and Oligosaccharides
Undergraduate Institution: Texas A&M University
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| Dennis
W. Wolan, Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, DPhil
Thesis: Structural Studies of the De Novo Purine Biosynthesis
Enzyme ATIC and of the
Natural Killer Cell Receptor NKG2D
Undergraduate Institution: Bowling Green State University
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| Scott
Evan Wolkenberg, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I. Applications of Inverse Electron Demand Diels-Alder
Reactions of Heterocyclic Azadienes: Two Syntheses of Amaryllidaceae
Alkaloids
Part II. In Situ Activation of a DNA Alkylating Agent: Evaluation
of Simplified and Reversed CPyI Analogues of CC-1065 and the Duocarmycins
Part III. Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Cytostatin
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
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| Douglass
Wu, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Design and Synthesis of Glycolipids for CD1d-mediated
Natural Killer T-cell Activation
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
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| Eugene
Y. Wu, Ph.D.
Biology, 2003
Advisor: Glen R. Nemerow, Ph.D.
Thesis: CD46 (Membrane Cofactor Protein) is a Receptor for
the Rigid Fiber Proteins of Adenoviruses Associated with Severe Ocular
Infections
Undergraduate Institution: Harvey Mudd College
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| Lin
Wu, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Paul Russell, Ph.D.
Thesis: Regulation of Nim1 Protein Kinase in the Life Cycle
of the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
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| Peng
Wu , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D.
Thesis: Metal Mediated Synthesis of Heterocycles and Dendrimers
Undergraduate Institution: Indiana University
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| Xu
Wu, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Exploring Stem Cell Differentiation Using Chemical
and Genomic Tools
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
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| Tom
Yao Hsiang Wu, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2003
Advisor: Peter Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Discovery, Development, and Characterization of Functional
Small Molecules
Undergraduate Institution: University of British Columbia
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| Jianming
Xie, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Peter Schultz, Ph.D.
Thesis: Adding Unnatural Amino Acids to the Genetic Repertoire
Undergraduate Institution: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
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| Hao
Xu, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Total Synthesis of 1-O-Methyllateriflorone, Gambogin
and Floresolide
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
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| Yang
Xu, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.
Thesis: Part I: A Small-molecule Library Strategy for Disruption
of Protein-protein Interactions
Part II: Antibody-catalyzed anaerobic Destruction of Methamphetamine:
A New Direction in Immuno-pharmacotherapy
Part III: Design and synthesis of Reactive Immunization Haptens
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
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| Pia
Yachi , Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Nicholas Gascoigne, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: The role of CD8 in antigen recognition
Undergraduate Institution: Turku University
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| Maneesh
K. Yadav, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2006
Advisor: Peter Kuhn, Ph.D.
Thesis: Structural Investigations of Coiled Coil Peptides,
Microfluidic Protein Crystallization and Chemical Graph Transformation
Undergraduate Institution: University of Toronto
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| Yu-Ying
Yang, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2007
Advisor: Chi-Huey Wong, Ph.D.
Thesis: Development of Chemical Methods for the Synthesis of
Glycopeptides
and Glycoproteins
Undergraduate Institution: National Chiao Tung University
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| Yanhai
Yin, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Roger N. Beachy, Ph.D.
Thesis: Transcriptional Regulation of the Rice Tungro Bacilliform
Virus (RTBV) Promoter in Rice
Undergraduate Institution: Sichuan University Institute of
Botany Academia Sinica
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| Christopher
Yohn, Ph.D.
MCSC, 1996
Advisor: Stephen P. Mayfield, Ph.D.
Thesis: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Light Regulated Translation
in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
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| Yohei
Yokobayashi, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: M. Reza Ghadiri, Ph.D.
Thesis: Catalytic and Autocatalytic Peptide Networks
Undergraduate Institution: University of Tokyo, Japan
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| Isaac
Yonemoto , Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2009
Advisor: Jeffrey W. Kelly, Ph.D.
Thesis: Theory, Methods and Investigations in Amyloid Dynamics
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago
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| Won
Hyung Yoon, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: Diels-Alder Approach to the Total Synthesis of CP-225,917
and CP-263,114 and Determin-ation of their Absolute Configuration
by Asymmetric Synthesis
Undergraduate Institution: Pohang University, Korea
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| Craig
K. Yoshioka, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Co-Advisors: Ronald A. Milligan, Ph.D., Bridget Carragher,
Ph.D.
Thesis: Electron Microscopy: Past to Present to Future - Automation
and Case Studies
Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida
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| Jason
A. Young, Ph.D.
Biology, 2008
Advisors: Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Ph.D.
Thesis: Plasmodium Flaciparum Functional Genomics: Elucidation
of Gene Function and Transcriptional Control Mechanism
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin
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| Eddy
Yue, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Synthesis of Zaragozic Acid A
II. Synthetic Studies Directed Towards Maitotoxin
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
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| Mark
Edward Zak, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 2005
Advisor: K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Thesis: The Total Synthesis of Thiostrepton
Undergraduate Institution: University of Alberta
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| Samantha
Zeitlin, Ph.D.
Biology, 2002
Advisor: Kevin Sullivan, Ph.D.
Thesis: CENP-A phosphorylation by Auora B kinase plays an unexpected
role in midbody processing
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
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| Yan
(Jessie) Zhang, Ph.D.
Biology, 2004
Advisor: Ian A. Wilson, DPhil
Thesis: Structural Studies and Inhibitor Design for Human GAR
Tfase
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
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| Guo-Fu
Zhong, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1998
Advisor: Richard A. Lerner, M.D.
Thesis: Asymmetric Catalysis: Antibody Aldolases of Remarkable
Scope
Undergraduate Institution: East China Institute of Technology,
B.S.
East China University of Chemical Technology, M.S.
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| Jiacheng
Zhou, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1996
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: I. Synthetic Studies on Cycloisodityro-sine-Derived
Natural Products
II. Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of DNA Affinity Cleavage Agents
Based on CC-1065
Undergraduate Institution: Nanjing University
China Pharmaceutical University, M.S.
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| Zhaohui
(Sunny) Zhou, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1997
Advisor: Donald M. Hilvert, Ph.D.
Thesis: Catalytic Antibodies for Pericyclic Reactions &
Cofactor-Dependent Oxidations & Reductions
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
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| Yan
Zhu, Ph.D.
Chemistry, 1995
Advisor: Dale L. Boger, Ph.D.
Thesis: Studies on the Total Synthesis of Rubrolone
Undergraduate Institution: California State University, Chico
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