June 2007: Congratulations to James Neels, who defended his MS thesis titled "Antitumor Acylfulvenes: Chemical and Biological Reactivity." Jim and his (growing) family will be leaving us for a position in Discovery Chemistry at Bristol-Myers Squibb in New Jersey. Good Luck Jim!
April 2007: Research carried out by Jiachang Gong concerning the development of synthetic nucleosides to probe chemically induced DNA damage is the subject of a news report in the magazine Chemistry World, a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry. A preliminary communication of the findings appeared JACS ASAP!
April 2007: Dr. Shana Sturla receives
AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award.