Department of Chemistry

2018 Leonard W. Sandridge Outstanding Contribution Award

Cindy Knight has been named recipient of the 2018 Leonard W. Sandridge Outstanding Contribution Award. This is the most prestigious award that a staff member can earn. Her award includes Dinner at the Boar’s head with President Sullivan, a lunch with the Board of Visitors, and consideration for nomination for Governor’s Awards.

Selection Criteria

• Outstanding contribution to the overall mission, objectives, and values of the University

Instrumented Tissue-in-a-Chip: A Bridge from In Vitro to In Vivo

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Jefferson Lecture: New Photoredox Reactions

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Congratulations to Ken Hsu, selected to receive a Young Investigator Award!

Congratulations to Lindsay Wheeler and Michael Palmer on their recently published article in Science!

New Chemical Probe Technologies: Applications to Imaging, Target Identification and Drug Discovery

Hydrolases are enzymes that often play important roles in many common human diseases such as cancer, asthma, arthritis, atherosclerosis and infection by pathogens. Therefore tools that can be used to dynamically monitor their activity can be used as diagnostic agents, as imaging contrast agents and for the identification of novel classes of drugs. In the first part of this presentation, I will describe our efforts to design and synthesize small molecule probes that produce a fluorescent signal upon binding to tumor associated protease targets.

Professor DuBay Receives 2018 University Teaching Award!

Professor Kateri DuBay has been chosen to receive the 2018 Alumni Board of Trustees Teaching Award. The Teaching Awards Committee was reportedly impressed by the support of Kateri’s colleagues and students and found the evidence of her commitment to excellence in the classroom compelling. She will be recognized officially at an awards program – a celebration dinner to recognize the recipients of all University-wide teaching awards – later this semester. Congratulations, Kateri!!!!