Thursday, January 13, 2022

Three seniors, I. Leavy, J. Kibitel, and R. van der Merwe, are co-authors with researchers from other institutions

Isabelle Leavy of Sacramento, CA, with researchers at Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Malaria Branch, Atlanta:

Abanyie, F., Acharya, S. D., Leavy, I., Bowe, M., & Tan, K. R. (2021). Safety and Effectiveness of Intravenous Artesunate for Treatment of Severe Malaria in the United States-April 2019 Through December 2020. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(11), 1965-1972. 10.1093/cid/ciab570


James Kibitel of Bay Shore, NY, with researchers at Oregon State University, the Linus Pauling Institute and the College of Pharmacy, Corvalis:

Muchiri, R. N., Kibitel, J., Redick, M. A., & van Breemen, R. B.  (2022).  Advances in Magnetic Microbead Affinity Selection Screening: Discovery of Natural Ligands to the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 33(1). 10.1021/jasms.1c00318 (Early access, Dec. 2021)


Rochelle van der Merwe
of Saint Paul, MN, with researchers at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston:

Nazari, H. K., Karimaghaei, C., van der Merwe, R., Montalbano, M., Taglialatela, G., Vargas, G., Zhang, W. B., & Motamedi, M. (2022). Age Dependence of Retinal Vascular Plexus Attenuation in the Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Experimental Eye Research, 214. 21410.1016/j.exer.2021.108879



Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Shuming Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, publishes in Angewandte Chemie-International Edition

Huffman, B. J., Chu, T., Hanaki, Y., Wong, J. J., Chen, Shuming M., Houk, K. N., & Shenvi, R. 2022. A.Stereodivergent Attached-Ring Synthesis via Non-Covalent Interactions: A Short Formal Synthesis of Merrilactone A. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition.  61 10.1002/anie.202114514  First published 24 Nov. 2021.


From the conclusion: "Here we disclose a surprising and, to the best of our knowledge, unprecedented model for divergent attached-ring stereocontrol via base- versus Lewis acid-mediated γ-selective butenolide Michael addition."