The Musacchio team discovers a new use for a classical building block in synthesis. The work revealed a new mechanism that will lead to the develop of more unique transformations. The team also introduces the concept of electrophilic shuttling.
Prof. Sherry Chemler has been selected to receive the UB Distinguished Professor Award. This award recognizes full professors who have achieved true distinction and who are recognized as national and international leaders in their fields.
David Heppner, Jere Solo Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, has been named an associate editor of the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Journal of Medicinal chemistry - regarded as the flagship journal for drug discovery research worldwide.
Human cancer cell cultures in the lab of David Heppner. Heppner's team recently found that faster binding for targeted covalent inhibitor drugs was linked to greater potency, but only to a certain point
