Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry, presented a poster titled "The Chemistry of Aster prenanthoides: An Unexpected Encounter with a Polyacetylenic Hydrocarbon" at the meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy. Thomas Irvin '09 co-authored the paper. The scientific work detailed in the poster was largely taken from Irvin's thesis. More ...

Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren and Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten participated in a Council on Undergraduate Research annual business meeting from June 18-20, that gathered councilors from diverse academic disciplines at Montana State University in Bozeman. More ...

Jason McGavin '12 and Matthew Baxter '11 understand that a peptide's structure can say a lot about how it functions in the body. This summer, they are studying two versions of the peptide Piscidin – Piscidin 1 and Piscidin 3. They will work alongside Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten, whose previous work in this field has illustrated that there is a distinct difference between them.  More ...

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole L. Snyder, was invited to present a poster titled "The Synthesis of Carbohydrate-Porphyrin Conjugates as Potential Asymmetric Catalysts" at the 2009 Gordon Conference on Carbohydrates held June 14-19 at the Tilton School in Tilton, N.H. More ...

Obesity in the United States has become a major concern for obvious reasons. Courtney Carroll '11 is working this summer with Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten to find out whether Neuropeptide Y has a direct effect on food intake and decreased physical activity. The amount of Neuropeptide Y lurking in the microscopic corners of a person's cells may have an impact on his or her diet. More ...

Nicole L. Snyder, assistant professor of chemistry, and her collaborators at the University of South Florida published a paper titled "Asymmetric Co(II)-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation with Succinimidyl Diazoacetate: General Synthesis of Chiral Cyclopropyl Carboxamides" in the most recent edition of Organic Letters (Org. Lett. 2009, 11 (11), 2273–2276). More ...

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole L. Snyder and Hamilton students Ben Van Arnam '09, Kathie Alser '09, Gail Corneau '10 and Lydia Rono '11 presented their research during the 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition held March 22 through March 26 in Salt Lake City. More ...

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole L. Snyder and her collaborator X. Peter Zhang of the University of Southern Florida received a joint grant from the American Chemical Societies Petroleum Research Foundation to work on a project titled "Bio-Inspired Catalysts." As a part of this grant, Snyder and James Greisler '10 will spend eight weeks this summer preparing a number of carbohydrate analogs that will be coupled to porphyrins in Zhang's lab using a specialized process developed by the Zhang group. 
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry Camille Jones will present "The Hydrogen Economy" as part of the Faculty Lecture Series on Friday, Feb. 1, at 4:10 p.m. in Dwight Lounge in the Bristol Center. Jones' presentation will include a discussion on the recent major research efforts to develop hydrogen as an alternative source of energy for the transportation industry. More ...