Chemical Biology Symposium

5th Annual Chemical Biology Symposium 

Friday, October 16th – Jayhawk Welcome Center 

4:00 – 4:45Welcome session – Seymour Pub & Bruckmiller Room (second level) 

Check-in, Drinks, & Light Refreshments 

General Greeting – Symposium Organizers 

4:45 – 6:00Keynote Presentation – Berkley Presentation Room 

Anna Marstall, Session Chair 

Dr. Paul Hergenrother, Professor, Department of Chemistry 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

“Novel Antibiotics that Spare the Gut Microbiome” 

6:00 – 7:00Dinner Buffet 

7:00 – 8:00Lightning Talks! – Graduate Trainees 

Ashten Gentry, Session Chair 

Jane March, Chemistry, Whelan Lab 

“Increasing the Proteolytic Accessibility of Highly Glycosylated Mucins through  

Chemical Release of O-glycans” 

Tymber Moody, Molecular Biosciences, Dalton Lab 

“Identification and Analysis of Repurposed Therapeutics for the  

Rare Mitochondrial Disorder, WARS2 Deficiency” 

Jack Petersen, Chemistry, Hartley Lab 

“Defining the Role of ACAT1 in Cholesterol Recycling During Remyelination” 

Vanessa Schmidt, Molecular Biosciences, Chandler Lab 

“Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance in the Bacterial Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa” 

Anna Marstall, Chemistry, Hanson Lab 

“Novel Hapten Design for a Vaccine Against Dexmedetomidine Derivatives” 

Saturday, October 17th – School of Pharmacy (SOP) 

8:30 – 9:15Morning Social session – SOP Atrium 

Check-in, Light Refreshments 

9:15 – 10:00Session I (15-minute presentations followed by ~3 min questions) 2020 SOP 

Jane March, Session Chair 

Welcome and brief opening comments – Symposium Organizers 

Clarissa Durie, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry (University of Missouri) 

“Architectural Regulation of Metabolic Enzyme Complexes in Bacteria” 

Michaella Rekowski, Core Facility Director, Cancer Biology (KUMC) 

“Multiomic Capabilities at the Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Core at the  

University of Kansas Medical Center” 

10:00 – 10:45Poster Session I (Odd #’d posters) – SOP Atrium 

10:45 – 11:00 Break  

11:00 – 12:00 PMSaturday Keynote – 2020 SOP 

Andrew Daufel, Session Chair 

Dr. James Morris, Professor, Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University 

“Development of Novel Leads Against the Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae Naegleria fowleri” 

12:00 – 1:00Lunch (Boxed Lunches Available), Mortar & Pestle, SOP Basement 

1:00 – 2:00Session II (15-minute presentations followed by ~3 min questions), 2020 SOP 

Jane March, Session Chair 

Ilya Vakser, Professor, Molecular Biosciences (KU) 

“Atomic-Resolution Simulation of the Cell at Long Timescales” 

Dwight Deay III, Chief Scientific Officer, Design-Zyme LLC 

“Novel Hapten Design for a Vaccine Against Nitazene Opioids” 

Dingran Chang, Assistant Professor, Chemistry (KU) 

“Engineering Functional Nucleic Acids for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing” 

2:00 – 2:15Break 

2:15 – 3:15Session III (15-minute presentations followed by ~3 min questions), 2020 SOP 

Andrew Daufel, Session Chair 

Justin Randall, Assistant Professor, Science and Engineering (UMKC) 

“Rapid, Synthetic Discovery and Development of Therapeutic Antimicrobial Peptides” 

Kendrick Smith, Assistant Professor, Chemistry (KU)  

“TBD” 

Qiwen Dong, Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology (KUMC) 

“Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Clostridioides difficile Virulence” 

3:15 –4:00 PMPoster Session II (Even #’d posters) – SOP Atrium 

4:00 –4:15 PMBreak 

4:15 – 5:00Session IV (15-minute presentations followed by ~3 min questions), 2020 SOP 

Vanessa Schmidt, Session Chair 

Prakash Kharel, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (KUMC) 

“G-quadruplex Topology and their Neighborhood Determine the Mechanism of Bioactivities of Guanine-rich Therapeutic Oligos” 

Shikha Singh Chauhan, Assistant Professor, Chemistry (OU) 

“Decoding Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling: From Chemical Biology to New Therapeutic Opportunities” 

5:00 – 5:20Poster and Flash Talk Award Ceremony, 2020 SOP 

5:20 Conclude