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March 30, 2021 – Femil Completes His Literature Seminar
Congratulations to Femil with his celebratory Chick-fil-A for completing his Literature Seminar, entitled “Catalytic Enantioselective Conversion of Nitriles to α-Secondary Amines”!
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December 7, 2020 – Graduate Student Matt Sherwood Joins the Andrade Lab
The Andrade Lab would like to extend a warm welcome to our new group member – first year PhD student Matt Sherwood! We wish him the best of luck as he begins his research.
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December 3, 2020 – Po-Cheng Wins Daniel Swern Research Award
Congratulations to Po-Cheng for being chosen as a recipient of the Daniel Swern Award for Excellence in Graduate Research for the 2019-2020 academic year!
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August 19, 2020 – Publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
As former lab member, Sam, continues his postdoc at Rutgers University, we would like to congratulate him for his publication of work he conducted in the Andrade lab, “Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Semi-Synthetic Albocycline Analogs” in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters! Check it out here!
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July 29, 2020 – Publication in the Journal of Natural Products
Congratulations to Alex and Jinfeng for the publication of their paper, “Synthesis of (–)-Melodinine K: A Case Study in Efficiency” in the Journal of Natural Products! Check it out here!
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July 1, 2020 – Femil Passes His Cumulative Exams
Congratulations to Femil for passing his fifth and final cumulative exam! His passes included four exams in Organic and one exam in Inorganic.
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April 14, 2020 – Anupam Completes His Literature Seminar
Congratulations to Anupam for completing his Literature Seminar, entitled “A Radical Approach to the Copper Oxidative Addition Problem: Trifluoromethylation of Bromoarenes”!
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March 31, 2020 – Jinfeng Completes His Literature Seminar
Congratulations to Jinfeng for completing his Literature Seminar, entitled “Asymmetric Functionalization of sp3 C-H Bonds via Copper Catalyzed Radical Relay”!
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January 25, 2020 – Andrade Lab New Year’s Party
The group celebrated their annual New Year’s Party at Rod’s home on the day of the Chinese New Year with current and former group members! Thai and passionfruit bubble tea attracted everyone’s interest, and a Secret Santa gift exchange kept up with the tradition of celebrating the community that the Andrade Lab has built.
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January 22, 2020 – Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) Poster Session
Po-Cheng and Anupam traveled to the University of the Sciences this week to present their work on N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Metallodienamine Reactions with the Davis-Ellman Auxillary!
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December 26, 2019 – Publication in Tetrahedron Letters
Congratulations to Po-Cheng for the publication of his paper, “The Vinylogous Aldol Reaction of N-Sulfinyl metalloenamies” in Tetrahedron Letters! Check it out here!
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December 18, 2019 – Alex Wins Guy Allen Teaching Award
Congratulations to Alex for being chosen as a recipient of the Guy Allen Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching for the 2018-2019 academic year!
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December 13, 2019 – Alex Passes His ORP
Congratulations to Alex for successfully defending his Original Research Proposal, entitled “Achieving Full Indole Regiocontrol: Silane-Directed Iridium-Catalyzed Meta-Borylation and Applications to Complex Natural Product Synthesis” and for becoming a PhD candidate!
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December 10, 2019 – Po-Cheng Passes His ORP
Congratulations to Po-Cheng for successfully defending his Original Research Proposal, entitled “Oxidative Coupling of N-Sulfinyl Enamine Derivatives and Synthesis of (+)-Chimonanthine” and for becoming a PhD candidate!
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December 2, 2019 – Graduate Student Femil Shajan Joins the Andrade Lab
The Andrade Lab would like to extend a warm welcome to our new group member – first year PhD student Femil Shajan! We wish him the best of luck as he begins his research.
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October 25, 2019 – Goodbye Lunch for Givago
It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later. Today, the group held Givago’s goodbye lunch as he returns to Brazil to defend his PhD thesis. Throughout his four months at Temple, he has worked toward the total synthesis of (+)-longifolene and explored many national landmarks! We wish him the best of luck in becoming Dr. Perecim and hope that he can return to the Andrade lab as a postdoctoral fellow!
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August 26, 2019 – Undergraduate Classes Begin
The new academic year calls for a new logo in the Andrade Lab, and with a new logo comes new targets and new goals. Aside from research progress, best of luck to Alex, Anupam, and Jinfeng as they begin teaching Organic I and II labs and recitations.
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July 16, 2019 – Sam and Xiao Begin Their Postdoctoral Research
For every great beginning, there is also an end. After clearing off their desks and emptying their hoods, Sam and Xiao are officially off to begin their postdoctoral research. Sam will begin working at Rutgers University with Joel Freundlich and Xiao will begin working at Fox Chase Chemical Diversity Center with Allen Reitz. We wish them continued success in their respective fields!
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July 3, 2019 – PhD Candidate Givago Perecim Joins the Andrade Lab
The Andrade Lab would like to extend a warm welcome to Givago Perecim, a PhD candidate in Organic Chemistry from the Federal University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil. During his four months in the United States, Givago will work toward a short, novel synthesis of (+)-longifolene, a tricyclic sesquiterpene.
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July 1, 2019 – Anupam Passes His Cumulative Exams
Congratulations to Anupam for passing his fifth and final cumulative exam! His passes included four exams in Organic and one exam in Inorganic.
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June 19, 2019 – Summer Group Lunch at Penang
A goodbye celebration for Sam and Xiao before they start their new postdocs turned into a surprise celebration for Rod’s promotion to Full Professor as former group members Vijay, Ian, and Senzhi surprised Rod during a group lunch at Penang in Chinatown!
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June 19, 2019 – Rod Promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Rod as he is officially promoted from Associate Professor to Full Professor! When asked about the news, he stated that “this odyssey is far from over,” and encouraged others to heed the wise words of Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation Starship, USS Enterprise-D: “Make it so!”
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June 3, 2019 – Jinfeng Passes His Cumulative Exams
Congratulations to Jinfeng for passing his fifth and final cumulative exam, as well as breaking the Andrade lab record for quickest completion of the cumulative exams! His passes included four exams in Organic and one exam in Inorganic.
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June 1, 2019 – Publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Congratulations to Sam and Xiao for the publication of their paper, “Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Solithromycin Analogs Against Multidrug Resistant Pathogens” in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters! We wish them the best of luck in their postdoctoral endeavors.
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May 29, 2019 – Steric Block Begins the Volleyball Season With a Win
Formerly “The A-Team,” the Andrade lab has reinvented their departmental summer volleyball team and returned as “Steric Block” with all new blue t-shirts. Steric Block started out the season strong and “made it so” with a win!
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May 20, 2019 – Undergraduate Micah Morton Joins the Andrade Lab
The Andrade Lab would like to extend a warm welcome to our new undergraduate researcher, Micah Morton. Micah will be assisting the Alkaloids Team in the synthesis of complex mono- and bis-indole alkaloids with a variety of biological activity!
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May 8, 2019 – Sam Passes His PhD Dissertation Defense
Congratulations to Dr. Samer Daher for the successful defense of his PhD Dissertation, entitled “Synthesis and Evaluation of Antibiotics Targeting Resistant Pathogens and Efforts Toward Longifolene”! Sam will now begin postdoctoral fellowship research at Rutgers University with Joel Freundlich of small molecule derivatization targeting infectious diseases.
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May 6, 2019 – Xiao Passes Her PhD Dissertation Defense
Congratulations to Dr. Xiao Jin for the successful defense of her PhD Dissertation, entitled “Discovery of Novel Macrolide Antibiotics and Methodology Development of N-Sulfinyl Metallodienames”! Xiao will now begin postdoctoral fellowship research at the Fox Chase Chemical Diversity Center with Allen Reitz.
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May 3, 2019 – Frontiers in Chemistry and Biology Interface Symposium (FCBIS) Poster Session
Alex and Po-Cheng traveled to Bethesda, Maryland to present their research with a focus on biological activity at the National Institute of Health.
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April 27, 2019 – Young Researchers Conference (YRC) Poster Session
With all new posters in hand, Po-Cheng, Alex, Jinfeng, and Anupam presented their research at the Young Researchers Conference (YRC) at Drexel University this weekend.
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March 28, 2019 – Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club (POCC) Poster Session
Xiao, Po-Cheng, and Alex presented their research at the Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club (POCC) Poster Session at the University of Pennsylvania before a seminar by Dr. Gregory Ott of the applications and synthesis of N-N-bond containing heterocycles.
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March 31, 2019 – Thi Presents at ACS National Meeting
This month, Thi was awarded the CARAS Travel Grant Award, which funded her trip to present at the Division of Chemical Education Undergraduate Research portion of the ACS National Meeting in Orlando, Florida. She was also awarded the Philadelphia ACS Scholaristic Achievement Award as well as the Herbert M. Winegard Memorial Award for the highest Chemistry GPA in her graduating class!
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March 26, 2019 – Alex Passes His Cumulative Exams
Congratulations to Alex for passing his fifth and final cumulative exam! His passes included three exams in organic, one in inorganic, and one in biochemistry.
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January 26, 2019 – Andrade Lab New Year’s Party
The group celebrated the beginning of a new year with the annual New Year’s Party at Rod’s home with dinner, desserts, coffee, and many different types of tea! The group reinstated a tradition of a Secret Santa gift exchange and were joined by previous group members and their families with some surprise appearances!
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January 1, 2019 – New Year, New Logo
The Andrade Lab has a fresh new logo for a fresh new year, as well as a new website layout with updated research and group member tabs. Check them out! Also, check us out on Instagram and Facebook at “natprodsynth”!
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12.12.18 The Andrade Lab would like to extend a warm welcome to our new undergraduate researchers – Nathan Mackouse and Alba Fombona!
12.04.18 The Andrade Lab would like to extend a warm welcome to our new graduate students – Anupam Karmakar and Jinfeng Kang!
11.06.18 Congratulations to Alex for successfully completing his Literature Seminar, “Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-6 C-H Functionalization of Indoles”!
09.24.18 Congratulations to Xiao for successfully completing her Original Research Proposal, “Radical Addition to Imines Initiated by Hydrogen Atom Transfer to Alkenes and Applications to Natural Product Synthesis” and becoming a PhD candidate!
09.17.18 Congratulations to Manish for his paper, “Two Tabersonine 6,7-Epoxidases Initiate Lochnericine-Derived Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus” accepted to Plant Physiology! Check it out!
08.23.18 Congratulations to Xiao for her paper, “Ribosome-Templated Azide–Alkyne Cycloadditions Using Resistant Bacteria as Reaction Vessels: in Cellulo Click Chemistry”, and we are in the news! Check it out!
08.17.18 Congratulations to Sam for successfully completing his Original Research Proposal, “Expanding the Scope of Intramolecular Hydrogen Abstraction via an Interrupted-Suarez and Further Synthetic Applications” and becoming a PhD candidate!
03.22.18 Congratulations to Po-Cheng for passing all his cumes! Way to go!
12.02.17 The Andrade Lab would like to extend a warm welcome to Alex Gardner, Jenna Stasko, and Erica Boileau! Welcome to the A Team!
10.12.17 Congratulations to Xiao for receiving Guy Allen Award for Outstanding Teaching!
06.31.17 The Andrade lab sends Dr. Christiana Teijaro warm wishes as she starts her post-doc at the Scripps Research Institute in Florida with Ben Shen!
05.31.17 The Andrade lab sends Dr. Miseon Lee warm wishes as she starts her post-doc at Broad Institute with Amit Choudhary!
05.10.17 Congratulations to Christiana, Praveen, Miseon and Vijay for successfully defending their Ph.D. dissertation!
04.28.17 The Andrade lab sends Dr. Praveen Kokkonda warm wishes as he starts his post-doc at Harvard University with Christina Woo!
04.13.17 Congratulations to Vijay on his paper “Total Synthesis of (-)-Albocycline” being accepted to Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.! Check it out here!
03.31.17 Congratulations to Manish on passing all of his cumulative exams!
12.06.16 The Andrade Group would like to extend a warm welcome to the labs newest member Po-Cheng Yu!
11.29.16 Congratulations to Senzhi on his paper “Development and Scope of the Arene-Fused Domino Michael/Mannich Reaction: Application to the Total Syntheses of Aspidosperma Alkaloids (-)-Aspidospermidine, (-)-Tabersonine, and (-)-Vincadifformine” being accepted to JOC! Check it out here!
11.08.16 Congratulations to Praveen, Miseon and Vijay for receiving the Completion Grant from the College of Science and Technology! Way to go!
10.25.16 Congratulations to Sam for winning the poster presentation award at the NYAS: Emerging Paradigms in Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology!
09.15.16 Congratulations to Praveen for successfully completing his Original Research Proposal and becoming a PhD candidate!
08.26.16 Congratulations to Vijay and Miseon for successfully completing their Original Research Proposal and becoming a PhD candidate!
07.08.16 Congratulations to Senzhi and Christiana on their paper “Concise Syntheses of bis-Strychnos Alkaloids(-)-Sungucine, (-)-Isosungucine, and (-)-Strychnogucine B from (-)-Strychnine” being accepted in Euro. J. Chem.! Check it out here!
06.01.16 Congratulations to Praveen and Christiana for receiving the Daniel Swern Research Fellowship!
02.19.16 Congratulations to Sam on receiving the College of Science and Technology Outstanding Teaching award!
02.12.16 Congratulations to Ian, Christiana and Sam on their paper “Ribosome-templated azide−alkyne cycloadditions: synthesis of potent macrolide antibiotics by in situ click chemistry” being accepted to JACS! Check it out here!
01.11.16 The Andrade lab sends Senzhi Zhao warm wishes as he starts his post-doc at the University of Delaware with William Chain!
11.25.15 The Andrade lab would like to extend a warm welcome to Manish Walia!
09.16.15 The full account of the trials and tribulations on the Desmethyl Marcolide project titled “Total Synthesis of Desmethyl Macrolide Antibiotics” was accepted to Synlett and dedicated to the memory of former lab member Dr. Tapas Paul (1976–2012). ‘Chemistry creates its object.’ – Marcelin Berthelot (1860) Check it out here!
08.27.15 Congratulations to Praveen and Keaon on their paper “Biomimetic Total Syntheses of (−)-Leucoridines A and C through the Dimerization of (−)-Dihydrovalparicine” being accepted to Angew. Chem. Check it out here!
08.14.15 Congratulation to Miseon and Vijay on receiving the the Guy Allen Teaching Award!
04.09.15 Congratulations to Christiana, Senzhi, and Praveen on their paper “Total Syntheses of (–)-Alstolucines A, B, and F, (–)-Echitamidine, and (–)-N-Demethylalstogucine” being accepted to Synthesis and making the front cover! Check it out here!
03.11.15 Congratulation to Senzhi on receiving the College of Science and Technology’s Outstanding Research award and to Christiana on receiving the College of Science and Technology’s Outstanding Teaching award!
11.24.14 Congratulations to Christiana, Chary, Senzhi, and Praveen on their paper “Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Pentacyclic Strychnos Alkaloids as Selective Modulators of the ABCC10 (MRP7) Efflux Pump” being accepted to J. Med. Chem. Check it out here!
07.22.14 Congratulations to Ian and Miseon on their paper “Desmethyl Macrolides: Synthesis and Evaluation of 4-Desmethyl Telithromycin” being accepted to ACS Med. Chem. Lett. Check it out here!
06.22.14 Good luck to Ian as he starts his 1 year co-op at GSK!
04.01.14 Congratulations to Christiana on receiving the NSF graduate research fellowship!
02.01.14 Congratulations to Chary, and Praveen on their paper “Synthesis and evaluation of Strychnos alkaloids as MDR reversal agents for cancer cell eradication” being accepted to Bioorg. Med. Chem. Check it out here!
12.18.13 The Andrade lab extends a warm welcome to Samer Daher and Xiao Jin!
11.20.13 Congratulations to Christiana on passing all of her cumulative exams!
09.17.13 Congratulations to Bharat and Ian on their paper “Desmethyl Macrolides: Synthesis and Evaluation of 4,8,10-Tridesmethyl Cethromycin” being accepted to ACS Med. Chem. Lett.! Check it out here!
08.23.13 Congratulation to Senzhi on his paper “Domino Michael/Mannich/N-Alkylation Route to the Tetrahydrocarbazole Framework of Aspidosperma Alkaloids: Concise Total Syntheses of (−)-Aspidospermidine, (−)-Tabersonine, and (−)-Vincadifformine” being accepted to JACS! Check it out here!
06.18.13 Good luck to Justin as he starts his 1 year co-op at GSK!
05.15.13 Congratulations to Bharat Wagh for successfully defending his Ph.D.!
12.16.12 The Andrade lab extends a warm welcome to Christiana Teijaro!