program

We are preparing the program for 2018, and information will be posted here as it becomes available. If you wish to participate as a speaker, please submit your abstract to Professor Jim Ames (email: jbames@ucdavis.edu) by Friday May 4th, 2018. The program for last year's Conference can be found here.

A PDF version of the program may be found under "Downloadable Files".

Information below is subject to change

Winners of the Best Presentation Awards to be listed below

Morning Session A (room 1001) 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM (Chemical Biology)

A1. Examining the base excision of guanidinohydantoin from G quadruplex structures by the DNA glycosylase Neil3 via in vitro kinetics

Kelsey Mifflin, Elizabeth Lotsof, and Sheila David

A2. The Plasticity Promoting Effects of Ayahuasca

Sina Soltanzadeh Zarandi and David Olson

A3. One-Pot Multienzymatic (OPME) Synthesis of GM3, GM2, and GA2 Gangliosides

Linh Ngo, Hai Yu, and Xi Chen

A4. Structural Insights of Fe(II) Binding to Retinal Guanylyl Cyclase Activator Protein-5 (GCAP5): a Redox Sensor in Zebrafish Photoreceptors

Grace Manchala, Sunghyuk Lim, Diana Cudia, and James B. Ames

A5. Investigating the Dependence of Oxytocin on Divalent Metals

Kylie Uyeda, Michael Stevenson, and Marie Heffern

A6. Site-Directed RNA Editing via the Bump-Hole Strategy

Yao Chiang, Leanna R. Monteleone, Andrew J. Fisher and Peter A. Beal

A7. Electrical-biological Hybrid System for CO₂ Reduction

Devin Minter, Morgan Matson, and Shota Atsumi

Morning Session B (room 1002) 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM (Organic & Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry)

B1. Using Fullerene Cocrystallization as a Purification Method

Isaac Diaz, Xian B. Powers, Alan L. Balch, Marilyn M. Olmstead

B2. Small Molecule Activation by Monomeric Heavier Main Group 14 Element Diaryls

Kelly L. Gullett, Madison L. McCrea-Hendrick, James C. Fettinger, Philip P. Power

B3. Synthesis and Reactivity of Bis(imino)pyridine Aluminum(III) Complexes

Sheila S. Kulkarni, Tobias J. Sherbow, Louise A. Berben

B4. UV-Vis Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Germanium Nanoparticle Solutions

Joey N. Kingstad, Kathryn A. Newton, Susan M. Kauzlarich

B5. N–N Bond Formation between 1º-Amines and Nitrosos: Direct Synthesis of N2-Substituted Indazolones

Niklas Kraemer, Jie S. Zhu, Marina E. Shatskikh, Clarabella Li, Jung-ho Son, Makhluf J. Haddadin, and Mark J. Kurth

B6. Enantioselective Synthesis of Isochromans by C-H Insertion

Matthew R. Culberson, Leslie A. Nickerson, Lucas W. Souza, Benjamin D. Bergstrom and Jared T. Shaw

B7. Exploring Hydrogen Bonding of Silica Surface Interactions Using Soluble Organosilicon Model Compounds

Karina Targos, Jake R. Jagannathan, Annaliese K. Franz

Morning Session C (room 1003) 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM (Physical & Analytical Chemistry)

C1. High-Pressure Phase Transition of Silicon Telluride

Virginia Johnson and Kristie J. Koski

C2. Benchmarking DFT Approximations in Predicting Thermodynamic Hydricities

Minh Nguyen and Lee-Ping Wang

C3. Use of Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy to Probe Photochemical Charge Transfer in Thin Films of Fluorescein

Brian Roehrich, Ruirui Han, and Frank E. Osterloh

C4. Experimental Quantification of X-ray Induced Energy Transfer (XIET) Phenomena

Khoi Tran, Arjun Sharmah and Ting Guo

C5. A Search for the Rotational Spectrum of the β-cyanovinyl Radical

Haley N. Scolati, Sommer L. Johansen, Kyle N. Crabtree

C6. New Algorithm to Enable Construction and Display of 3D Structures from Scanning Probe Microscopy Images Acquired Layer-by-Layer

William Deng and Gang-yu Liu

C7. Inside-Out Chemistry: Synthesizing Polymers in the van der Waals Gaps of Bi2Se3

Gabriella Lahti and Kristie Koski

Afternoon Session A (room 1001) 1:00 – 2:45 PM (Chemical Biology)

A8. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Psychoplastogens Based on the Structures of DMT and Amphetamine

Arya Azinfar and David Olson

A9. A Kinetic and Thermal Stability Analysis of Designed Betaglucosidase B (BglB) Point Mutations

Jose M. Limcaoco, Linett Medina, Peishan Huang and Justin Siegel

A10. Maximizing the Production of Therapeutically Active Lipids in Microalgae

Jeanelle M. Smoot, Cody W. Yothers, and Annaliese K. Franz

A11. Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria to optimize 2,3-butanediol production

Connor Dougherty and Shota Atsumi

A12. Exploring Amide Catalysts for Selective Preparation of Chiral Silanols

Noreen Brar, Jacob Dalton, and Annaliese Franz

A13. Investigating the Effects of Single Point Mutations on the Stability and Enzymatic Activity of Beta-glucosidase B

Harut Bareian, Yan Yi Chen, Peishan Huang, and Justin Siegel

A14. Synthesis of Ibogaine Analogues for Structure-Activity Relationship Assays

Alex Pell, Zefan Hurley, and David Olson

A15. Calcium Binding Protein 1 Regulation of Neuronal L-type Ca²⁺ Channels

Anabell Chavez, David E Anderson, James B Ames

Afternoon Session B (room 1002) 1:00 – 2:45 PM (Organic & Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry)

B8. Conformational Study of Oleuropein Aglycone Isomers

Arturo León Sandoval, Alexander J. Staat, Carla M. Saunders, Selina Wang, Dean J. Tantillo

B9. Use of Computational NMR to Structurally Determine Oleuropein Aglycones

Alexander J. Staat, Arturo León Sandoval, Carla M. Saunders, Selina Wang, Dean J. Tantillo

B10. Boronic Acids as Hydrogen Bonding Catalysts

Alma Perez, Kelsey Mesa, and Annaliese Franz

B11. Investigation of the Reactivity and Stereoselectivity of Nucleophilic Additions to α-chiral N-sulfonyl Imines

Jose Antonio Moreno and Jared Shaw

B12. Chemical Profiling of Tea Plant Roots & Propagating Tea in a Green House

Duy Pham and Jacquelyn Gervay Hague

B13. Reactivity of Gallium and Aluminum Tetraryls with Hydrogen, Olefins, and Carbon Monoxide

Antonio Vazquez and Philip Power

B14. Synthesis of Pyrazole Rings Through Intramolecular 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Propargylic Ether Hydrazones and Subsequent Thermal Rearrangements

Nolan Turman, Christine Dimirjian, and Jared Shaw

Afternoon Session C (room 1003) 1:00 – 2:45 PM (Physical & Analytical Chemistry)

C8. Long-term outdoor irradiation of Rh2-yCryO3 loaded flux Al:SrTiO3 to asses stability as a photocatalyst for efficient solar-driven water splitting

Edaan T. Byle, Zeqiong Zhao, and Frank E. Osterloh

C9. Investigating the Homogeneous Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

Taruna Neelakantan, Natalia D. Loewen, and Louise A. Berben

C10. Targeted and suspect analysis of anthropogenic chemicals in conventional versus non-conventional soil amendments using High Resolution LC-ESI-QTOF-MS

Aimee Drew, Gabrielle Black, and Thomas M. Young

C11. Raman Scattering Investigations of Intercalation Controlled Charge Density Waves in Bi2Se3

David A. Dominguez Aguilar and Kristie Koski

C12. Molybdenum-Doping Enhances the Photocatalytic Water Oxidation of BiVO4 Nanoparticles

Sonja Bumann, Alex De Denko, Zongkai Wu, Frank E. Osterloh

C13. The Effect of Narratives on Computational Citizen Science Biochemistry Engagement

Patrick Camarador, Colin Milburn, and Justin Siegel

C14. High Throughput Glycomics Reveal Key Gut-Microbe Interactions During Infant Weaning

Megan A. Lee, Matthew J Amicucci, Carlito B. Lebrilla

Keynote Address (room 176) 3:15 – 4:10 pm: Prof. Craig Merlic (UCLA)

Title and Abstract: Inventing New Reactions: Organometallics in Organic Synthesis