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KU CMLD Publications Appear on JCC's First Quarter 2008 Most-Accessed Articles List
Three KU CMLD publications were among the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry's "Most-Accessed Articles: January-March 2008" list:

Fenster, E.; Rayabarapu, D. K.; Zhang, M.; Mukherjee, M.; Hill, D.; Neuenswander, B.; Schoenen, F.; Hanson, P. R.; Aubé, J. Three-Component Synthesis of 1,4-Diazepin-5-ones and the Construction of γ-Turn-like Peptidomimetic Libraries. J. Comb. Chem. 2008, 10(2), 230-234.
Vedantham, P.; Guerra, J. M.; Schoenen, F.; Huang, M.; Gor, P. J.; Georg, G. I.; Wang, J. L.; Neuenswander, B.; Lushington, G. H.; Mitscher, L. A.; Ye, Q.-Z.; Hanson, P. R. Ionic Immobilization, Diversification and Release: Application to the Generation of a Library of Methionine Aminopeptidase Inhibitors. J. Comb. Chem. 2008, 10(2), 185-194.
Nöth, J.; Frankowski, K. J.; Neuenswander, B.; Aubé, J.; Reiser, O. Efficient Synthesis of γ-Lactams by a Tandem Reductive Amination/Lactamization Sequence. J. Comb. Chem. 2008, 10(3), 456–459.

KU CMLD Makes JCC's Most-Cited Articles List for 2007
Two KU CMLD publications appear on the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry's "Most-Cited Articles Published in 2007" list:

Chaudhry, P.; Schoenen, F.; Neuenswander, B.; Lushington, G. H.; Aubé, J. One-Step Synthesis of Oxazoline and Dihydrooxazine Libraries. J. Comb. Chem. 2007, 9(3), 473-476.
Manyem, S.; Sibi, M. P.; Lushington, G. H.; Neuenswander, B.; Schoenen, F.; Aubé, J. Solution-Phase Parallel Synthesis of a Library of Δ²-Pyrazolines. J. Comb. Chem. 2007, 9(1), 20-28.

These articles are featured on the ACS Publications website as two of the Most-Cited Articles published in 2007 and cited through the period ending December 31, 2007. Most-Cited Articles listed are based on data from Thomson Web of Science®.

CMLD Advisor Also Appears in JCC's Most-Cited Articles List
The KU CMLD congratulates Professor Michael Organ of York University (former KU CMLD external advisory board member) for his report which was also recognized on the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry's "Most-Cited Articles Published in 2007" list:

Bremner, W. S.; Organ, M. G. Multicomponent Reactions to Form Heterocycles by Microwave-Assisted Continuous Flow Organic Synthesis. J. Comb. Chem. 2007, 9(1), 14-16.

2008 American Chemical Society National Award Winner
Mukund Sibi, a James A. Meier Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Biology at North Dakota State University, will receive a 2008 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award administered by the American Chemical Society. Prof. Sibi collaborated with the KU CMLD from 2005-2007 on a combinatorial heterocyclic chemistry project made possible by a supplemental grant from the NIH. Click here for access to NDSU's press release honoring Prof. Sibi.

2007 GRC on Combinatorial Chemistry Poster Awardee
Keith Buszek, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and KU CMLD Project Leader, was selected as a GRC Poster Awardee at the June 3-8, 2007 Gordon Research Conference on Combinatorial Chemistry. Chosen by a committee comprised of current and past GRC chairs in attendance at the event, Prof. Buszek has also been invited to return to the 2008 conference in Oxford, UK as a featured speaker.

CMLD Research Featured on Cover of May 11 Issue of JOC
Congratulations to Professor Brian Blagg (KU CMLD Project 4 co-investigator), whose article in the May 11, 2007 Journal of Organic Chemistry inspired the cover art for the issue!

For access to cover details and the article, "A Library of Noviosylated Coumarin Analogues", click here to connect to the JOC website.

2007 High Throughput Screening Symposium
Co-sponsored by the KU CMLD and KU's COBRE Center for Cancer Experimental Therapeutics, this March 12, 2007 event proudly featured three experts in the field of high throughput screening:

Dr. James Inglese, Director, Biomolecular Screening and Profiling Division, NIH Chemical Genomics Center; Associate Investigator, Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute
Dr. John S. Lazo, Director, Drug Discovery Institute, University of Pittsburgh; Allegheny Foundation Professor of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Dr. Bryan L. Roth, Director, NIMH Psychoactive Drug Screening Program; Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina

The symposium, which took place at the Higuchi Biosciences Center complex on KU-Lawrence's West Campus, also featured a poster session for KU CMLD and COBRE CCET participants. Click here to view the promotional flyer and list of poster titles for this event.

2006 KU Research Achievement Award Winner
Dr. David Vander Velde, director of KU's NMR Laboratory and co-director of KU CMLD's Library Design & Analysis Core, received the inaugural 2006 KU Research Achievement Award in recognition of outstanding research accomplishments. KU's Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere presented the award to Dr. Vander Velde at the November 2, 2006 research convocation.

NIH Pilot Scale Library Grant Recipients
In 2005, three members of the KU CMLD center were awarded an NIH/NIGMS Pilot Scale Libraries synthesis grant, which has Professor Paul Hanson as its principal investigator (the others are Professors Gunda Georg and Jeffrey Aubé). In 2006, Iowa State University Professor Richard Larock (KU CMLD Project 3 co-investigator) was also awarded a Pilot Scale Libraries synthesis grant. These awards permit the synthesis of libraries based on CMLD innovation, in addition to the demonstration libraries that are prepared under the CMLD program itself.