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2024
Metal Assisted O2-Dependent Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage of β-Diketones and Flavonols, Stephen N. Anderson
Cannabinoid-Inspired Inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus 2′ -O-Methyltransferase (2′ -O-MTase) Non-Structural Protein (Nsp10–16), Menny M. Benjamin, George S. Hanna, Cody F. Dickinson, Yeun-Mun Choo, Xiaojuan Wang, Jessica A. Downs-Bowen, Ramyani De, Tamara R. McBrayer, Raymond F. Schinazi, Sarah E. Nielson, Joan M. Hevel, Pankaj Pandey, Robert J. Doerksen, Danyelle M. Townsend, Jie Zhang, Zhiwei Ye, Scott Wyer, Lucas Bialousow, and Mark T. Hamann; Molecules
Protected Flavonols for Carbon Monoxide Delivery in Biological Environments, Taylor M. Dittmar
Interrogation of Mtr4, an Essential RNA Helicase, Intramolecular Domains and Dynamics on Helicase Activity and Exosome Function: A Biochemical Characterization and Analysis, Matthew Paul K. Yim
Functional Electrolytes Designing and Studying for Lithium Metal and Non-Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries, Liping Zhang
2023
Exploring Mechanisms of Native Regulation in the Shigella Type-III Secretion System, Koleton D. Hardy
Redox-Active Materials Design and Mechanism Study for Redox Flow Batteries, Maowei Hu
The Concept of Multicenter Bonds in Chemistry and Materials Science, Nikolay V. Tkachenko
Designing and Studying Redox-Active Molecules for Energy Storage and Desalination, Wenda Wu
2022
Investigations of Prokaryotic Defense Systems, Hannah Domgaard
Ligand, Anion, and Substituent Effects on Aliphatic Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage Reactions, Josiah G. D. Elsberg
Designing and Decoding Chemical Bonds: A Computational Pipeline Backed Up by Magnetic Criteria and Experiment, Nikita Fedik
Functional Characterization of the Newly Discovered Type V CRISPR-Cas Protein Cas12a2, Dylan J. Keiser
Pesticide-Leaf Interactions and Their Implications for Pesticide Fate Modeling, Ashlie Kinross
Stability, Electronic Structure, and Nonlinear Optical Properties in Clusters and Materials: A Synergistic Experimental-Computational Analysis, Maksim Kulichenko
Insights into Phosphoryl Transfer by the Thermophilic Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, SsoPTP, Justin Pinkston
Analysis of Substrate Specificity and Dimer Disruption in Protein Arginine Methyltransferases, Owen M. Price
Correlation Between Loop Motions and Catalysis in Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Ruidan Shen
2021
Renewable Energy Conversion: Organic Redox Flow Batteries and Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Camden R. DeBruler
Foliar Photodegradation in Pesticide Environmental Modeling, Sean M. Lyons
Aminoflavonols and Their Biological Applications, Kennedy Tshikonganyi Mpungu
Developing Advanced Electrodes and Electrolytes for Energy Storage Beyond Li Ion Batteries, Kevin V. Nielson
Detailed Analysis of the Role of Mtr4 Arch Domain in RNA Binding and Helicase Activity, Keith J. Olsen
Characterizing Oligomeric State Changes of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1 as a Mechanism for Regulating Activity, Ariana N. Ortolano
Determination of the Structure, Function, and Mechanism of Type IV CRISPR-Cas Prokaryotic Defense Systems, Hannah Nicole Taylor
2020
Exploring in vivo and in vitro Regulation of the Shigella Type Three Secterion System ATPase Spa47, Heather B. Case
N3-ligated Nickel(II) Diketonate Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of O2 Reactivity, Josiah G. D. Elsberg, Austin Peterson, Amy L. Fuller, and Lisa M. Berreau; Dalton Transactions
Comparison of Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE) and Energized Dispersive Guided Extraction (EDGE) for the Analysis of Pesticides in Leaves, Ashlie D. Kinross, Kimberly J. Hageman, William J. Doucette, and Alexandria L. Foster; Journal of Chromatography A
Triggerable, Targetable, and Trackable Flavonol-Based Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecules, Livia S. Lazarus
CO Sense and Release Flavonols: Progress toward the Development of an Analyte Replacement PhotoCORM for Use in Living Cells, Marina Popova, Tatiana Soboleva, Abby D. Benninghoff, and Lisa M. Berreau; ACS Omega
Innovative Biological Solutions for Nitrogen Fixation, Mathangi Soundararajan
Utilizing Earth's Microbiology to Develop the Framework for a Manufactured Martian Nitrogen Cycle, Kyle Valgardson
2019
Synthesis and Biological Studies of Amphiphilic Compounds Derived from Saccharides and Aminoglycosides, Madher N. Alfindee
Antifungal Activities of 4”,6”-Disubstituted Amphiphilic Kanamycins, Madher N. Alfindee, Yagya Prasad Subedi, Michelle M. Grilley, Jon Y. Takemoto, and Cheng-Wei Tom Chang; Molecules
Biophysical and Structural Characterization of Shigella ATPase Spa47 Oligomerization Provides Insight into Type Three Secretion System Activation and Virulence, Jamie L. Burgess
Investigation of the Molecular Determinants and Extrinsic Factors That Regulate PRMT Product Specificity, Tamar B. Cáceres
Development of Ultrafast Broadband Electronic Sum Frequency Generation for Charge Dynamics at Surfaces and Interfaces, Gang-Hua Deng, Yuqin Qian, and Yi Rao; The Journal of Chemical Physics
A Universal Mechanism for N2 Binding to and Differing Reactivity of the E4(4H) State of Mo-, V-, and Fe-Nitrogenases, Derek Franklin Harris
The NifZ Accessory Protein Has an Equivalent Function in Maturation of Both Nitrogenase MoFe Protein P-Clusters, Emilio Jimenez-Vicente, Zhi-Yong Yang, Julia S. Martin del Campo, Valarie L. Cash, Lance C. Seefeldt, and Dennis R. Dean; Journal of Biological Chemistry
Effects of Halogen, Chalcogen, Pnicogen, and Tetrel Bonds on IR and NMR Spectra, Jia Lu and Steve Scheiner; Molecules
Electronic Transmutation: An Aid for the Rational Design of New Chemical Materials Using the Knowledge of Bonding and Structure of Neighboring Elements, Katie A. Lundell
Highly Active Nanostructured CoS2/CoS Heterojunction Electrocatalysts for Aqueous Polysulfide/Iodide Redox Flow Batteries, Dui Ma, Bo Hu, Wenda Wu, Xi Liu, Jiantao Zai, Chen Shu, Tsegaye Tadesse Tsega, Liwei Chen, Xuefeng Qian, and T. Leo Liu; Nature Communications
The Total Syntheses of JBIR-94 and Two Synthetic Analogs and Their Cytotoxicities Against A549 (CCL-185) Human Small Lung Cancer Cells, Cathy L. Mangum, Mica B. Munford, Alyssa Sam, Sandra K. Young, Jeremy T. Beales, Yagya Prasad Subedi, Chad D. Mangum, Tanner J. Allen, Miranda S. Liddell, Andrew I. Merrell, Diana I. Saavedra, Becky L. Williams, Nicole Evans, Joseph L. Beales, and Mike A. Christiansen; Tetrahedron Letters
Computational and Experimental Studies on Energy Storage Materials and Electrocatalysts, Jared B. Moss
Visible Light-Triggered Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecules, Marina Popova
Molecular Rotation in 3 Dimensions at an Air/Water Interface Using Femtosecond Time Resolved Sum Frequency Generation, Yi Rao, Yuqin Qian, Gang-Hua Deng, Ashlie Kinross, Nicholas J. Turro, and Kenneth B. Eisenthal; The Journal of Chemical Physics
3-Hydroxyflavones and 3-Hydroxy-4-oxoquinolines as Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecules, Tatiana Soboleva and Lisa M. Berreau; Molecules
Phototrophic N2 and CO2 Fixation Using a Rhodopseudomonas palustris-H2 Mediated Electrochemical System With Infrared Photons, Mathangi Soundararajan, Rhesa Ledbetter, Paul Kusuma, Shuyang Zhen, Paul Ludden, Bruce Bugbee, Scott A. Ensign, and Lance C. Seefeldt; Frontiers in Microbiology
Cost-Effective Synthesis, Bioactivity and Cellular Uptake Study of Aminoglycosides with Antimicrobial and Connexin Hemichannel Inhibitory Activity, Yagya P. Subedi
Anisotropic Singlet Fission in Single Crystalline Hexacene, Dezheng Sun, Gang-Hua Deng, Bolei Xu, Enshi Xu, Xia Li, Yajing Wu, Yuqin Qian, Yu Zhong, Colin Nuckolls, Avetik R. Harutyunyan, Hai-Lung Dai, Gugang Chen, Hanning Chen, and Yi Rao; iScience
Optical Stability of 1,1′-Binaphthyl Derivatives, Nikolay V. Tkachenko and Steve Scheiner; ACS Omega
Spectroscopic Description of the E1 State of Mo Nitrogenase Based on Mo and Fe X‑ray Absorption and Mössbauer Studies, Casey Van Stappen, Roman Davydov, Zhi-Yong Yang, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo, Eckhard Bill, Lance C. Seefeldt, Brian M. Hoffman, and Serena DeBeer; Inorganic Chemistry
Modified Substrate Specificity of a Methyltransferase Domain by Protein Insertion Into an Adenylation Domain of the Bassianolide Synthetase, Fuchao Xu, Russell Butler, Kyle M. May, Megi Rexhepaj, Dayu Yu, Jiachen Zi, Yi Chen, Yonghong Liang, Jia Zeng, Joan Hevel, and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Biological Engineering
2018
Carbon Monoxide on Demand: Light-Induced CO Release of Flavonols, Stacey N. Anderson
Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms of the Shigella Type III Secretion System Tip Complex, Abram R. Bernard
Elucidating Molecular Interactions of Shigella Type Three Secretion System Components Critical for Pathogenesis, R. Alan Burgess
Inorganic Electrocatalysts for Innovative Water Splitting and Organic Upgrading, Nan Jiang
Sequential and Differential Interaction of Assembly Factors During Nitrogenase MoFe Protein Maturation, Emilio Jimenez-Vicente, Zhi-Yong Yang, W. Keith Ray, Carlos Echavarri-Erasun, Valerie L. Cash, Luis M. Rubio, Lance C. Seefeldt, and Dennis R. Dean; Journal of Biological Chemistry
Structural Characterization of the P1+ Intermediate State of the P-Cluster of Nitrogenase, Stephen M. Keable, Oleg A. Zadvornyy, Lewis E. Johnson, Bojana Ginovska, Andrew J. Rasmussen, Karamatullah Danyal, Brian J. Eilers, Gregory A. Prussia, Axl X. LeVan, Simone Raugei, Lance C. Seefeldt, and John W. Peters; Journal of Biological Chemistry
Electron Flow and Management in Living Systems: Advancing Understanding of Electron Transfer to Nitrogenase, Rhesa N. Ledbetter
Electrolyzer Design for Flexible Decoupled Water Splitting and Organic Upgrading with Electron Reservoirs, Wei Li, Nan Jiang, Bo Hu, Xuan Liu, Fuzhan Song, Guanqun Han, Taylor J. Jordan, Tanner B. Hanson, T. Leo Liu, and Yujie Sun; Chem
Quantum Mechanical Studies of N-H···N Hydrogen Bonding in Acetamide Derivatives and Amino Acids, Sandra J. Lundell
Investigations into Factors Affecting the WPD-Loop in the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases YopH and PTP1B, Gwendolyn Moise
Structure of Frequency-Interacting RNA Helicase from Neurospora crassa Reveals High Flexibility in a Domain Critical for Circadian Rhythm and RNA Surveillance, Yalemi Morales, Keith J. Olsen, Jacqueline M. Bulcher, and Sean J. Johnson; PLoS ONE
Interfacing Nickel Nitride and Nickel Boosts Both Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and Oxidation Reactions, Fuzhan Song, Wei Li, Jiaqi Yang, Guanqun Han, Peilin Liao, and Yujie Sun; Nature Communications
2017
Mechanistic Studies of the Iron and Molybdenum Nitrogenases, Derek Harris
First-Row Transition Metal Sulfides and Phosphides as Competent Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting, Nan Jiang
Mechanism of Substrate Reduction by Nitrogenase, Nimesh Khadka
Properties of Flavonol-based PhotoCORM in Aqueous Buffered Solutions: Influence of Metal Ions, Surfactants and Proteins on Visible Light-induced CO Release, Marina Popova, Tatiana Soboleva, Atta M. Arif, and Lisa M. Berreau; RSC Advances
Chemical Bonding in Novel 0-, 1-, 2-, and 3-Dimensional Chemical Species, Ivan A. Popov
Conservative Tryptophan Mutations in Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase PTP1B and its Effect on Catalytic Rate and Chemical Reaction, Teisha Richan
Role of ATP Hydrolysis and Mechanism of Substrate Reduction in Nitrogenase, Sudipta Shaw
Carbon Monoxide on Demand for Synthesis and Medicine, Tatiana Soboleva, Stacey N. Anderson, Michael T. Larson, Hector J. Esquer, Abby Benninghoff, and Lisa Berreau; 56th Annual Metting and ToxExpo
An H2S-sensing/CO-releasing flavonol that operates via OR/AND logic gates, Tatiana Soboleva, Abby D. Bennighoff, and Lisa M. Berreau; Chemistry: A European Journal
Delivery of a Flavonol-based PhotoCORM to Mitochondria, Tatiana Soboleva, Hector Esquer, Stacey Anderson, Abby Benninghoff, and Lisa Berreau; ACS National Meeting
Sense and Release: A Thiol-responsive Flavonol-based PhotoCORM, Tatiana Soboleva, Hector Esquer, Stacey Anderson, Abby Benninghoff, and Lisa Berreau; The 1st American Gasotransmitter Symposium
Sense and Release: A Thiol-responsive Flavonol-based PhotoCORM, Tatiana Soboleva, Hector Esquer, Stacey Anderson, Abby Benninghoff, and Lisa Berreau; Student Research Symposium
Sense and Release: A Thiol-Responsive Flavonol-Based Photonically Driven Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecule That Operates via a Multiple-Input AND Logic Gate, Tatiana Soboleva, Hector J. Esquer, Abby D. Bennighoff, and Lisa M. Berreau; Journal of the American Chemical Society
2016
Fluorescent Probes to Investigate Homologous Recombination Dynamics, Eric Parker Davenport
Structural and Biochemical Characterization of the Frequency-Interacting RNA Helicase FRH, Jacqueline M. Johnson
Characterization of the Substrate Interactions and Regulation of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase, Yalemi Morales
Quantum Mechanical Studies of Charge Assisted Hydrogen and Halogen Bonds, Binod Nepal
Computational Chemistry of Non-Covalent Interaction and Its Application in Chemical Catalysis, Vincent de Paul Nzuwah Nziko
Structural Insights into the Regulation of Electron Transfer in Nitrogenase, and Modulating the Reactivity of the Isolated Iron Molybdenum Cofactor, Andrew J. Rasmussen
Oxidative Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage Reactions of Metal Flavonolato and Chlorodiketonate Complexes, Sushma L. Saraf
Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Nickel-Based Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution and Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Meili Sheng
Synthesis, Structure-Activity Relationship Study, and Mode of Action Study of 1,4-Naphthoquinone Based Anticancer and Antimicrobial Agents, Jaya P. Shrestha
Cytotoxicity and Mitochondrial Delivery of Flavonol-Based CO-releasing molecules, Tatiana Soboleva, Hector Esquer, Stacey Anderson, Abby Benninghoff, and Lisa Berreau; Hansen Life Science Retreat
Blebbistatin effects on muscle protein myosin function, Tatiana Soboleva and R. J. Moen; Undergraduate Research Symposium
Structural changes in allosterically-inhibited actomyosin complex by use of bifunctional spin labels, Tatiana Soboleva, Brittany Negley, Benjamin P. Binder, Andrew Thompson, David D. Thomas, and Rebecca J. Moen; Biophysical Society 60th annual Meeting
ATP Usage in the Dark-Operative Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase, Mark S. Soffe
Immunotechniques, Mathangi Soundararajan; Scitech Journal
Computational Studies of Microscopic Superfluidity in 4He Clusters, Angeline R. Wairegi
2015
Binding Interactions of (R)- and (S)-hydroxypropyl-CoM Dehydrogenases and the Zinc Knuckle Proteins Air1 and Air2, Jeremy W. Bakelar