List of Poster Presentations
1.
Virtual Screening and MD simulations reveal potential inhibitors to the Nucleotide
Excision Repair pathway.
K. Barakat, Torin Huzil, Jack Tuszynski,* Department of Physics, University of Alberta.
2.
Mass spectrometric Fingerprints of Novel Synthetic Gemini Surfactant
Nanoparticles: Preliminary Findings.
Joshua Buse,1 Anas El-Aneed,1* Ildiko Badea,1 and Ronald E. Verrall,21.College of
Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, 2.Department of Chemistry, University of
Saskatchewan.
3.
Analogs of 3,5-bis(benzylidene)-4-piperidones: potent cytotoxins with multidrug
resistant revertant properties.
Swagatika Das,1 Umashankar Das,1 Jan Balzarini,2 Erik De Clercq,2 Joseph Molnar,3
Masami Kawase,4 Hideki Nakashima,5 Taisei Kanamoto,5 Brian Bandy,1 Dennis K. J.
Gorecki,1 Jonathan R. Dimmock,1* 1.College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of
Saskatchewan, 2.Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium,
3.Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Szeged, Hungary, 4.Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University, Japan, 5.Department of Medical Microbiology,
St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan.
4.
Synthesis and Characterization of Peptide Stabilized Nanoparticles for Drug
Delivery.
Mita Dasog,1 Matthew Paige,1 Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz,2 Robert Scott,1* 1.Department of
Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 2.Department of Chemistry, University of Western
Ontario.
5.
Acylphosphonate esters are potent competitive inhibitors of MenD, a putative antituberculosis drug target.
Maohai Fang and David R. J. Palmer,* Department of Chemistry, University of
Saskatchewan.
6.
Investigation of tail-body electrostatic interactions in alpha-tubulin as a potential
factor in microtubule destabilization and its blockage by NDGA.
Holly Freedman and Jack Tuszynski,* Department of Physics, University of Alberta.
7.
Synthesis of 2-deoxy glycosides via 2,3-anhydrosugar thioglycosides.
Dianjie Hou,Todd L. Lowary,* Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta.
8.
The heme-oxygenase system attenuates kidney histopathological lesions in
hypertension.
Ashok Jadhav and Joseph Fomusi Ndisang,* Department of Physiology, College of
Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.
9.
UDP-galactopyranose mutase: A Potential Target for Antibacterial Drug Design.
Sarathy Karunan Partha and David A. R. Sanders,* Department of Chemistry, University of
Saskatchewan.
10.
Novel acetylcholinesterase-inhibiting steroidal alkaloids from Buxus natalensis.
Daniel J. Kozera, Athar Ata,* & Shamsul Zahid, Department of Chemistry, University of
Winnipeg.
11.
Synthesis of Sulfonium-ion Analogs of Galactofuranose Rings.
Jing Li, Todd L. Lowary,* Department of Chemistry and the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for
Carbohydrate Science, University of Alberta.
12.
Phase 2 Protein Inducing Activity of Alkamides from Echinaceae angustifolia
(Asteraceae).
Yuping Lu,1# Alena Corcoran,2# Gen Wang,2 David Konkin,1 Michael Mayne,2 James
Johnston2 and Jonathan Page,1* 1. NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, SK, 2.
NRC Institute of Nutrisciences and Health, Charlottetown, PEI, #These authors contributed
equally to this work.
13.
Synthesis of Several ABO Blood Group Oligisaccarides for Glycosyl Transferase
and Antigen Affinity Studies.
P. Meloncelli, T. Lowary,* Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, Department of
Chemistry, University of Alberta.
14.
Simulation studies of the trace amine, phenylethylamine diffusing through a
neuronal membrane.
Jarrod Nickel,* B. Tomberli, Mark D. Berry, Department of Chemistry, Brandon University.
15.
Thioredoxin System from Gastric Pathogen, Helicobacter pylori
Josiah Obiero, Salina Pervin, David Sanders,* University of Saskatchewan, Department of
Chemistry
16.
Base-Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reactions.
Eduardo Sánchez-Larios, Michel Gravel,* Department of Chemistry, University of
Saskatchewan.
17.
Exploring the Metabolism of Cruciferous Phytoalexins by the Fungus
Leptosphaeria Maculans.
Ryan Snitynsky, Dr. M. S. C. Pedras,* Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan.
18.
Preliminary crystallographic studies of the PR domain of human tumor
suppressor RIZ1.
Wanpeng Sun and Jian Yang,* College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of
Saskatchewan.
19.
Guanidines as Lewis Acid Activators.
Karen Thai, Michel Gravel,* Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan.
20.
Expression and Biophysical Properties of Novel Splice Variants of Rat Cav2.1
Calcium Channels
D. Wang,1 K. Rajapaksha,1 J. Davies,2 L. Chen,2 G.W. Zamponi,2 and T.E. Fisher,1* 1.
Neural System and Plasticity Research Group, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine,
University of Saskatchewan 2. Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary.
21.
N- Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Ring Expansion of Oxacycloalkane-2carboxaldehydes.
Li Wang, Karen Thai and Michel Gravel, * Department of Chemistry, University of
Saskatchewan.
22.
Protective Effect of Ascorbic Acid against Oxidative Stress and Inhibition of
Hoxa2 Gene Expression in Valproic Acid Treated Mouse Embryos in Vitro.
Xia Wang and Adil J Nazarali,* Laboratory of Molecular Biology, College of Pharmacy and
Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan.
23.
Isolation of a key double bond reductase invovled in artemisinin biosynthesis
from Artemisia annua.
Yansheng Zhang, Darwin Reed, Teoh Keat, Patrick Covello,* National Research Council
Canada, Plant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, SK.