Christian successfully defends his PhD thesis. He will be joining the Sanford group at UMich this Summer!
Chemistry Department Awards
Christian Malapit was awarded the Connecticut Chemistry Research Award for his work in the Howell lab
3 Minute Thesis
Congrats to group member Nicole Sassu for 2nd place in the UCONN Chemistry Department’s 3 Minute Thesis Competition
CT Organic Chemistry Symposium
Don, Divya, and Nicole gave poster presentations at Yale University’s CT Organic Chemistry Symposium based on their research in the Howell lab.
San Diego ACS National Meeting
Don and Kevin present their research during the ACS National Meeting in San Diego.
New paper on α-Galactosyl ceramides
Paper on α-Galactosyl ceramide antigens that show atypical NKT cell recognition is published in Nature Communications.
Congrats to Santosh and Stewart!
Rh-catalyzed Transnitrilation published as ‘Hot Paper’ in ACIE
Hot DMMN: The rhodium catalyzed transnitrilation of aryl boronic acids to nitriles is published in Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed as a ‘Hot Paper‘. Congratulations Christian!
Transnitrilation was selected “SYNFACT of the Month”
Christian’s paper on transnitrilation chemistry was selected as ‘SYNFACT of the Month” of October. The work was highlighted in Knochel, P. et al. Synfacts 2015, 11, 1081. The transnitrilation chemistry was first published in JACS!
Plakoside A glycolipids
Plakoside A-inspired glycolipids and their activity in iNKT cells recently published in Journal of Immunology and Journal of Biological Chemistry.