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4-Dimethylamino Pyridine (DMAP) Catalyst with Fluxional Chirality: Synthesis and Applications
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Organocatalysis using small organic molecules to catalyze organic transformations, has emerged as a powerful synthetic tool that is complementary to metal-catalyzed transformations and remarkably promote stereoselective ... -
Achiral Templates in Asymmetric Catalysis: Applications in Construction of All Carbon Quaternary Centers
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Conjugated olefins are readily available and inexpensive starting materials and their functionalization offers a rapid access to many important building blocks for organic synthesis. The functionalization of these olefins ... -
Acyl Imidazole : A Promising Template for Asymmetric Lewis and Brønsted Acid Mediated 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Construction of chiral complex molecules continues to be a challenge for organic chemists all over the world and to address this challenge numerous methodologies have been developed. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reactions is ... -
Adsorption Kinetics and Dynamics of Small Molecules on Graphene and Graphene oxide
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Graphene is an allotrope of carbon composed of sp2 hybridized carbon and arranged into a honeycomb lattice. Graphene is a mechanically strong material (200 times stronger than steel) and has high carrier mobility, high ... -
Apoptosis-Inducing Factor Mediates Metabolism and Oxidative Stress Signaling through Functionally Uncoupled Mechanisms to the Benefit of Tumorigenesis
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world, arising when cells accumulate genomic mutations that render them incapable of controlling their own proliferation and survival. While substantial improvements in ... -
Applications of Dithieno [3,2-B2',3'-D] Pyrroles and its Analogues to Conjugated Materials
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The promise of semiconducting materials with tunable electronic and optical properties that share the same mechanical flexibility, low production costs and ease of processing displayed by traditional polymers fuels the ... -
Atropisomeric Chromophores as Catalysts and Substrates for Asymmetric Light Induced Transformations
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Photochemical transformations hold a unique place as they can provide access to molecules with unique stereochemical and structurally complex scaffolds, thus serving as a complementary approach to thermal transformations. ... -
Attempted Total Syntheses of a Novel Lycopodine-Class Alkaloid and (R)-Myricanol, Compounds for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a significant challenge to both the pharmaceutical world as well as the synthetic organic chemistry world. One of the most important problems in this field is the lack of a unified approach to ... -
Biochemical and Epidemiological Analysis of Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis and Investigation of its Relationship to Crohn's Disease in Humans
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Background: Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine in humans, with no known cause. Johne's disease is a chronic intestinal disease of ruminants caused by Mycobacterium avium suhspecies ... -
Biochemical and Functional Characterization of Rpa2 N-Terminal Phosphorylation during DNA Repair and Checkpoint Adaptation in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
(North Dakota State University, 2018)In response to DNA damage, a signaling cascade is activated within cells that promotes cell cycle arrest in order to provide adequate time for DNA repair to occur. Replication Factor A (RFA) is an essential, heterotrimeric ... -
Biological Effects of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide Receptor 1 (VPAC1) and VPAC2 on Chemotaxis and its Regulation of the Tumor Suppressor Ikaros in Leukemic T Cells
(North Dakota State University, 2012)One in three children diagnosed with cancer has leukemia. Leukemia patients with mutations in the tumor suppressor transcription factor Ikaros (IK), an anti-leukemic factor that is critical for the development of blood ... -
Biophysical Studies of Ligand Binding to Human Histone Deacetylase-8
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Due to an involvement in various patho-physiological conditions, human histone deacetylases (HDACs) are high priority drug targets for the treatment of several diseases, such as cancer, heart failure, neurodegeneration, ... -
Carbon Nanotubes-Based Lateral Flow Biosensor for Sensitive and Rapid Detection of DNA Sequence
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Sensitive detection for DNA has drawn great attention in plenty of different areas such as genetics therapy and basic discovery research. Recently, nucleic acid lateral flow biosensor (NALFB) has gained considerable attention ... -
Characterization of RPA2 N-terminal Function in the DNA Damage Response in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
(North Dakota State University, 2015)In response to DNA damage, two general but fundamental processes occur in the cell: (1) a DNA lesion is recognized and repaired, and (2) concomitantly, the cell halts the cell cycle to provide a window of opportunity for ... -
Characterizing the Roles of Exit Tunnel Residues in Ligand Binding and Catalysis of Histone Deacetylase-8
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Histone deacetylases are an important class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of acetyl-L-lysine side chains in histone and non-histone proteins to yield L-lysine and acetate, effecting the epigenetic regulation of ... -
Delineating Signaling Mechanisms Involved in Lymphocyte Chemotaxis, Immune Homeostasis and Allergic Asthma
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) signaling axis constitutes VIP and its two G protein coupled receptors (GPCR) termed vasoactive intestinal/pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (VPAC) 1 and 2. This ... -
Designing Ru Catalysts for Selective C-H Bond Oxidation Reactions
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Typically, C-H bond oxidation proceeds via formation of high-valent metal oxo species. Attaining a high oxidation state of the metal complex is critical as it is the key step for many catalytic processes. Understanding ... -
Developing Platform Chemicals from Renewable Resources
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The Department of Energy has listed 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) as two of the twelve building blocks derived from cellulosic biomass. HMF can serve as a renewable platform for the ... -
The Development and Use of Chiral 4-Dimethylaminopyridine-N-Oxide as an Organocatalyst
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Organocatalysis is a field that has bloomed over the last decades. With the field’s promise of being able to mimic nature and afford products in a synergistic manner to traditional Lewis acid catalysis, several interesting ... -
Development of Quantitative Lateral Flow Strip Biosensors for the Detection of Cancer Biomarkers
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The detection of cancer biomarkers is of great importance in oncology. Cancer biomarkers can provide diagnostic information which can aid disease screening and early diagnosis. Further, cancer biomarkers can help predict ...