The Organic Retreat features one advisor-nominated graduate student to represent each participating research group within the organic division, for a total of ten oral presentations. The speakers and presentation titles are listed below.
A tandem benzannulation-Fischer indolization approach to highly substituted indoles
Nathan H. Faialaga, Danheiser Group
The ABCs of Faraday rotation in organic materials
Léo Delage-Laurin, Swager Group
New stereoselective cross-couplings enabled by dual CuH- and Pd-catalysis
James Levi Knippel, Buchwald Group
Development of a facile, fluorogenic protein delivery assay
JoLynn B. Giancola, Raines Group
Total synthesis of cyclotryptamine alkaloids via diazene-directed fragment assembly
Tony Z. Scott, Movassaghi Group
Synthetic carbohydrate ligands target dendritic cell lectins to facilitate efficient anti-tumor immune responses in vivo
Valerie Lensch, Kiessling Group
Synthesis and reactivity of tri-tert- butylphosphatetrahedrane
Martin-Louis Y. Riu, Cummins Group
Palladium-mediated synthesis of protein-polyarene conjugates
Jacob Rodriguez, Buchwald Group
Synthesis of trans-diequatorial diols through stereochemical editing strategy
Xin Gu, Wendlandt Group
Turning loops into lemonade: Topological toughening of polymer networks using loops for strand extension
Abe Herzog-Arbeitman, Johnson Group