Duke Chemistry Presentations at SERMACS

October 4, 2023 / Heidi Kastenholz / 0 Comments

Please see below a day-to-day outline for whose presenting!

While we note the specific start times for our presenters, we encourage attendees to attend sessions in their entireties.

Wednesday October 25, 2023

Session Start Time	Session Title	Presenter	Presenter Start Time	Location	Presentation Type	Presentation Title
9:00 AM	Biochemistry Research and Development Poster Session	Taylor Outlaw Graduate Student Franz Lab	9:00AM	Grand Ballroom I - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation	Elucidating the role of copper in protein stability and aggregation
9:30 AM	Inorganic Chemistry Research and Development	Natalie Shulte Graduate Student Franz Lab	11:15 AM	PSI Theatre - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Probing the biophysical interactions between copper and MUC2
1:00 PM	Biochemistry Research and Development	Justin Martyr Graduate Student Hargrove Lab	2:30 PM	IBM Rehearsal Hall - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Selective targeting and modulation of RNA G-quadruplexes in long noncoding RNA MALAT1 with small molecules
1:15 PM	Roger M. Leblanc Symposium of Molecular and Nano Sciences	Avery Vigil Graduate Student Moreno-Hernandez Lab	2:25 PM	Meeting Room 4 - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	Observing the dissolution of anisotropic ruthenium dioxide nanowires under anodic conditions via graphene liquid cell transmission electron microscopy
1:15 PM	Inorganic Chemistry Research and Development	Leah Bontreger Graduate Student Franz Lab	2:45 PM	PSI Theatre - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Metal-catalyzed oxidation of peptides: Unraveling the reactivity of the bis-His site in Histatin-5

Thursday October 26, 2023

Session Start Time	Session Title	Presenter	Presenter Start Time	Location	Presentation Type	Presentation Title
9:00 AM	Organic Chemistry Research and Development Poster Session	Andrew Nguyen Graduate Student Wang Lab	9:00 AM	Grand Ballroom I - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation	Copper-catalyzed 1,3-aminocyclization of cyclopropanes as a rapid entry to γ-amino heterocycles
9:00 AM	Organic Chemistry Research and Development Poster Session	Yiquan Zhao Graduate Student Hong Lab	9:00 AM	Grand Ballroom I - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation
9:00 AM	Organic Chemistry Research and Development Poster Session	Maria Velopolcek	9:00 AM	Grand Ballroom I - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation	Three-component, copper-catalyzed 1,4-aminoetherification of 1,3-dienes
9:30 AM	Nonlinear and Ultrafast Spectroscopy	Warren S. Warren Professor	9:35 AM	Adaron Hall - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Understanding surprises in nonlinear microscopy
11:10 AM	Analytical Chemistry Research and Development Poster Session	Madeline Merriman Graduate Student Franz Lab	11:10 AM	Grand Ballroom 1 - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation	Redox-activated prochelators with antifungal activity against Candida albicans under fluconazole stress
1:00 PM	Single-molecule Dynamics in Complex Chemical and Biological Systems	Yuxin Lin Graduate Student Welsher Lab	1:45 PM	Duke Rehearsal Hall -Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Hour-long, kilohertz sampling rate 3D single-virus tracking in live cells via StayGold fluorescent protein labelling
1:20 PM	Organic Chemistry Research and Development Poster Session	Eni Minerali Graduate Student Wang Lab	1:20 PM	Grand Ballroom 1 - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation	Development of 15N-labeled probes for hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging of γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity
1:20 PM		Jarrett Mansergh	1:20 PM	Grand Ballroom 1 - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation
1:20 PM	Organic Chemistry Research and Development Poster Session	TinTin Luu Graduate Student Hargrove Lab	1:20 PM	Grand Ballroom 1 - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation	Investigating amiloride-based small molecule recognition of positive-sense viral RNA regulatory structures
1:20 PM	Chemistry Research and Development Poster Session	Hunter DeHaan Graduate Student McCafferty Lab	1:20 PM	Grand Ballroom 1 - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation	Concise synthesis of N-aryl benzimidazoles as small molecule activators of the human E3 ubiquitin ligase Nedd4-1

Friday October 27, 2023

Session Start Time	Session Title	Presenter	Presenter Start Time	Location	Presentation Type	Presentation Title
8:45 AM	Structure-Based Drug Design	Patrick Dome Graduate Student Hong Lab	10:45 AM	Meeting Room 3 - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	Development of fungal-specific calcineurin inhibitors derived from FK506/FK520
8:55 AM	Biochemistry Research and Development	Amy Robinson Graduate Student Franz Lab	10:25 AM	IBM Rehearsal Hall - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Determining the effect of copper-binding cysteines on protein precipitation
9:00 AM		EJ McLaren Graduate Student Wang Lab	9:00 AM	Grand Ballroom I - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation	Copper-catalyzed Oxidative Amination of Alkenes using O¬-Benzoylhydroxylamines for the Synthesis of Tertiary Allylic Amines
9:05 AM	SEMRC ORAL SESSION: Enzymes	Pei Zhou Professor	9:45 AM	Junior Ballroom B - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	Leveraging solution NMR-based ligand Dynamics Information for lead optimization
11:00 AM	Advances In Metal Catalysis for Organic Synthesis	Qiu Wang Professor	11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Junior Ballroom A3 - Durham Convention Center	Session Organizer	Session Organizer
11:00 AM	Advances In Metal Catalysis for Organic Synthesis	Steve Malcolmson Professor	11:05 AM	Junior Ballroom A3 - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	New methods in regiodivergent transition metal-catalyzed hydro- and difunctionalization of dienes
12:45 PM	Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC)	Jacob Lindale Post Doc Warren Lab	12:50 PM	Junior Ballroom A2 - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	Expanding hyperpolarization target scope and efficiency with new approaches to spin polarization transfer
12:45 PM	Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC)	Loren Smith Graduate Student Warren Lab	1:05 PM	Junior Ballroom A2 - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	Eliminating quadrupolar degradation of SABRE hyperpolarization
1:00 PM	Polymer Chemistry and Materials Science Research and Development	Alexander Bahnick Graduate Student Becker Lab	1:20 PM	Junior Ballroom D2 - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	Photochemical 3D Printing of Bioresorbable Microneedle Arrays for Controlled Transdermal Drug Delivery
1:00 PM	Structure-Based Drug Design	Addison Duda Graduate Student Franz Lab	1:20 PM	Meeting Room 3 - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	Hijacking beta-lactamase activity: prodrugs designed to selectively kill drug-resistant bacteria
1:00 PM	Single-molecule dynamics in complex chemical and biological systems	Alexis Johnson Graduate Student Welsher Lab	1:45 PM	Duke Rehearsal Hall - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Real-time 3D single particle tracking in an electric field: From mobility to active control
3:00 PM	Plenary Talk	Bob Lefkowitz Professor	3:00 PM	Junior Ballroom B - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	A Tale of Two Callings
5:00 PM	Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC)	Luke Everhart Graduate Student Warren Lab	5:00 PM	Grand Ballroom I - Durham Convention Center	Poster Presentation	Computer optimization of multi-axial pulse shapes to generate hyperpolarization of 13C-acetate within a SABRE regime

Saturday October 28, 2023

Session Start Time	Session Title	Presenter	Presenter Start Time	Location	Presentation Type	Presentation Title
9:00 AM	Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC)	Finn Tran Graduate Student Warren Lab	11:25 AM	Junior Ballroom A2 - Durham Convention Center	Oral Presentation	Using DFT simulations for co-ligand design to fine-tune the exchange rate of polarization targets in SABRE
9:00 AM	Inorganic Chemistry Research and Development	Max McWhorter Graduate Student Mitzi Lab	11:55 AM	PSI Theatre - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Methods of Discovery for Photovoltaic Semiconducting Materials
1:30 PM	Ultrafast and Nonlinear Spectroscopy	Heidi Kastenholz Graduate Student Warren Lab	2:15 PM	Adaron Hall - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Investigating carbon-based black pigments with a nonlinear microscopy
1:30 PM	Ultrafast and Nonlinear Spectroscopy	Kelsey Parker Post Doc Beratan Lab	2:45 PM	Adaron Hall - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Machine learning techniques for multidimensional spectra analysis
1:30 PM	Ultrafast and Nonlinear Spectroscopy	Jonathan Schultz Post Doc Beratan Lab	3:05 PM	Adaron Hall - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Using machine learning to back out short- and long-range electronic couplings from complex two-dimensional electronic spectra
1:30 PM	Ultrafast and Nonlinear Spectroscopy	Yue Zhou Graduate Student Warren Lab	3:25 PM	Adaron Hall - Durham Arts Council	Oral Presentation	Non-invasive Volumized Imaging of the Artificial Degradation Process of CdS Oil Paints Using Pump-probe Microscopy

Chemistry Research Symposium

July 21, 2022 / Jarrett Mansergh / 0 Comments

Hello, Chemistry Graduate Students and especially first years!

Welcome to Duke Chemistry. We’re extremely excited to have you!

We wanted to inform you of an event that will be occurring at French on October 10 – the Graduate Chemistry Research Symposium – and invite you to attend. The event will feature talks by current graduate students, two keynote speakers, and a poster session to end the day.

All first years are strongly encouraged to sign up, as we believe the symposium offers you a unique opportunity to integrate yourself into departmental culture early on. See what other labs are doing, support your fellow graduate students, have good conversation over a free lunch!!

We believe that you particularly stand to benefit from the wide range of scientific talks which will be happening during the symposium. The symposium can expose you to research at all stages – from second year to fifth year and beyond – and from all disciplines. Members of all labs in the department are encouraged to participate, so take the opportunity to hear about all kinds of research. Including research happening in labs you didn’t sign up to rotate with.

New this year is the opportunity for first years to present at the poster session! Have research from undergrad you’d like to share? Sign up! However, you don’t have to present to attend, so if you’re not inclined to share don’t let that discourage participation.

Also, there’s free stuff for those who attend (if that’s any motivation).

So, first years, we invite you to the seventh annual Graduate Chemistry Research Symposium. Mark your calendars and take this opportunity to hear good science, eat free food, and integrate yourselves into Duke Chem culture. We hope to see you there!

~ Lindsay and Jacob

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