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From the Chemistry Department
Click and Declick of Amine and Thiol Coupling Reaction
(Phys.org)—A group of researchers from the University of Texas have developed a sequential, two-step amine and thiol coupling reaction via click chemistry using a derivative of Meldrum's acid. This reaction is reversible using what the authors term a "declick" reaction, and the original amine and thiol can be retrieved. Their work appears in...Stephen Martin Receives 2017 ACS Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products
Professor Stephen Martin is the recipient of the 2017 ACS Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products, sponsored by Givaudan. The purpose of this award is to recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in the analysis, structure elucidation, and chemical synthesis of natural products. The award consists of $6,000, a medallion, a...Sean Roberts Receives ACS Collaborative Opportunities Grant
Assistant Professor Sean Roberts is a 2016 recipient of the Collaborative Opportunities Grant from the American Chemical Society. The Collaborative Opportunities Grant, awarded to Dr. Roberts and his collaborator Dr. Shawn Amorde at Austin Community College, provides startup funds for a new undergraduate rese...Stephen Martin Receives Grant for Alzheimer's Disease Research
The BrightFocus Foundation has awarded a $185,020 grant to Professor Stephen Martin for his research to identify a new drug lead for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, through a mode of action different from currently available therapies. BrightFocus, a Maryland-based nonprofit that funds research worldwide and provides public awareness fo...Eric Anslyn Receives MSMLG 2016 Czarnik Award
Congratulations to Professor Eric Anslyn, recipient of the 2016 Molecular Sensors and Molecular Logic gates (MSMLG) Czarnik Award. The 5th Molecular Sensors and Molecular Logic Gates (MSMLG) symposium will be held in Bath, England as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations at the University of Bath. Anslyn will del...Mass Spec Facility's Research Appears in Nature Communications
The Mass Spectrometry Facility, in collaboration with the Meeks lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center, recently published a paper in Nature Communications. “Faecal bile acids are natural ligands of the mouse accessory olfactory system” The paper indicates that bile acids may be mammalian pheromones. Electrophysiological recording...Livia Eberlin Receives Grant from CPRIT
Assistant Professor Livia Eberlin is a recipient of a $200,000 grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). This new grant will support Dr. Eberlin's laboratory effort in developing advanced mass spectrometry technologies for preoperative molecular diagnosis of cancer. This particular project is b...NMR Facility Receives Grant From NIH
The Department of Chemistry Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility was awarded a $529,000 Shared Instrumentation Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The new instrument is a much needed replacement of a 20-year-old system currently in place. An additional $72,455 was added to the grant by the College of Natural Sciences (CNS) and ...Council of Graduate Chemists Hosts Mock Interview Marathon
On December 10th, 2015, the Council of Graduate Chemists (CGC) hosted a series of mock interviews for industry jobs, allowing graduate students to receive one-on-one interview practice and critical feedback. Thirty-three students each spent thirty minutes interviewing with an industry volunteer, whose valuable feedback stemmed from years of hiring ...News from the Mallet Library
Libraries everywhere are evolving, and Mallet is no exception. As part of the ongoing partnership between the University Libraries and the College of Natural Sciences, the former WEL Computer Lab was closed at the end of the spring semester in 2015, and 20 of its workstations were moved across the hall into the Chemistry Library during the summer.&...Stellar Student Spotlight: Amanda Oakley
Amanda Oakley is a sophomore in the Department of Chemistry and a member of the Peer Learning Assistant program. I fell in love with chemistry in seventh grade when my science teacher lit metal salts on fire to show us the different colors. From there my interest grew in high school, especially after I finished AP chemistry and I realized h...Two Chemistry Students Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
The National Science Foundation has announced that they will be awarding 28 prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to University of Texas at Austin students, including two from the Department of Chemistry - graduate student James Daniel Sanders and undergraduate Danny Quang Thach. The annual fellowship ho...Roberts Research Published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
A new article from the Roberts group has just appeared in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. In their paper, members of the Roberts lab describe a new spectrometer that they have developed for measuring spectra produced by electronic sum frequency generation (ESFG). ESFG is a nonlinear process that preferentially occurs at surfaces and int...Que Research Published in JACS
Emily Que's research group recently published a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. "Exploiting Copper Redox for 19F Magnetic Resonance-Based Detection of Cellular Hypoxia" This paper describes a new MRI contrast agent platform that utilizes a Cu(II)/Cu(I) redox switch to selectively detect hypoxic environments in cel...David Vanden Bout Receives President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award
Congratulations to Professor David Vanden Bout on receiving the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award. In addition to being a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Vanden Bout is the CNS Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education. The President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award award was established in t...Crooks and Martin Receive Funding from Dell Medical School
Source Professors Richard Crooks and Stephen Martin have received funding from the Dell Medical School, as part of the inaugural class in the Texas Health Catalyst program. The Texas Health Catalyst connects academic researchers with industry professionals so products can be refined early in the development process. &n...Guangbin Dong Promoted
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Guangbin Dong has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Full Professor effective September 1, 2016. Professor Dong received his PhD in 2009 from Stanford and joined the Department in 2011. Visit his group page to learn more about his research.Simon Humphrey Promoted
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Simon Humphrey has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective September 1, 2016. Professor Humphrey received his PhD in 2005 from the University of Cambridge followed by a postdoctoral fellow appointment at UC Berkeley. He joined the Department in 2009. Visit his group ...Researchers Develop New Tool for Green Chemistry
Chemists from The University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University have developed an environmentally friendly method for creating chemical structures with complex shapes like those found in living things. The results have implications for reducing toxic waste in chemical manufacturing and research, understanding basic biological processes a...News
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New Advanced Quantum Science Institute Will Bridge Basic Research and Applied Science
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Cancer Prevention, Screening and Research Programs Expanding With CPRIT Support
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Chemistry Professor Receives Sloan Research Fellowship and Mark Young Scholar Award
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Remembering Electrochemistry Pioneer and Texas Science Legend Allen Bard
