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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brooklyn College
Students
Brooklyn College, B.S. Chemistry major
cassandre.cheriska14@bcmail.cuny.edu
Project: Anti-cancer peptidomimetics targeting protein-protein interactions
Mentor: Prof. Guillermo Gerona-Navarro
Brooklyn College, B.S. Chemistry major
tatyana.popkova69@bcmail.cuny.edu
Project: Computational and experimental analysis of the selectivity of intermolecular oxidopyrylium [5 + 2] cycloaddition reactions
Mentor: Prof. Ryan Murelli
Sade Lamidi
Brooklyn College, B.A. Chemistry major
Project: Studying the interactions between organic photosensitizers and amyloids
Mentor: Prof. Ankit Jain
Brooklyn College Scholars Program
Moshe.Janani37@bcmail.cuny.edu
Project: Heterochromatin Protein 1 Dysregulation in ALS/FTD
Mentor: Prof. Mariana Torrente
2021-2023 Alumni
Coordinated BA-MD Program & Scholars Program & Brooklyn College
Project: The Role of Aurora B Kinase In Epigenetic Modulation in Yeast
Mentor: Prof. Mariana Torrente
Coordinated BA-MD Program & Macaulay Honors College & Brooklyn College
Project: Optical and Physical Properties of Eumelanin
Mentor: Prof. Laura Juszczak
Brooklyn College
Project: Acid/Base Properties of Carboxylic Acid Aggregates
Mentor: Prof. Mark Kobrak
2019-2020 Alumni
Brooklyn College
Project: Modeling and spectroscopic investigation of racemization rates of atropisomeric compounds
Mentor: Prof. Ryan Murelli
Brooklyn College
Project: Modeling and chemical investigation of gold-containing antibiotics
Mentor: Prof. Maria Contel
Brooklyn College
Project: Virtual screening and experimental characterization of Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors
Mentor: Prof. Mariana Torrente
Borough of Manhattan Community College of CUNY
Project: Using Large-Scale Chemical Databases and Binding Affinity Calculations To Predict the Estrogenic Behavior of Molecules
Mentor: Prof. Lauren Wickstrom
2018-2019 Alumni
Brooklyn College, Senior BS chemistry major 2019
Project: Effect of atropisomerism on the binding propensities of ɑ-hydroxytropolones
Mentor: Prof. Ryan Murelli
Brooklyn College, Senior BS chemistry major 2019
Project: Aggregation properties of amphipathic compounds for drug delivery
Mentor: Prof. Aneta Mieszawska
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Project: Peptide-binding properties of bacterial adhesins
Mentors: Prof. Lauren Wickstrom (modeling), Prof. Peter Likpe (experimental)
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brooklyn College
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brooklyn College
Department of Science, Borough of Manhattan Community College
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