Amy
Deveau, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Chemistry &
Physics and member of the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences,
delivered a seminar on March 12, 2010 at Colby College titled "Addicted
to Medicinal Chemistry!: Progress in the Synthesis and Structural
Evaluation of Biologically Interesting Naltrexol Derivatives." The
research presented featured recent contributions by UNE undergraduate
students Elizabeth Andrews ('10, Biochem/Med Bio), Paul Fitz-Morris
('11, Biochem), Tanya Lawrence ('11, Biochem/Med Bio), Andrea Pelotte
('09, Biochem/Med Bio), Jen Bayron (Biochem/Med Bio), as well as
UNE-COM student David Martin ('12). The presentation also featured
collaborations with the laboratories of Drs. John Stubbs (assistant
professor, chemistry & physics, UNE), Edward Bilsky (rofessor of
pharmacology, UNECOM), Richard Rothman (chief of clinical
psychopharmacology, National Institute on Drug Abuse), and Wolfgang
Sadee (chair of pharmacology, Ohio State University).
Dr. Deveau's research students Elizabeth Andrews, Paul Fitz-Morris
and Michelle Forbes ('12, Med Bio/Env. Science) joined her on the trip
to tour the NSF-funded X-Ray Crystallography facility housed at the
Colby Chemistry Department and attend the seminar. |