Departmental News

■ Prof. Kristin Hutchins gave an invited lecture Design of hydrogen-bonding receptors for pharmaceutical contaminants, Midwest Organic Solid State Chemistry Symposium, June 8-9, 2018, St. Louis, MO.

■ Prof. Anthony Cozzolino gave a talk at the 3^rd International Symposium for Halogen Bonding entitled Pnictogen Bonding in Solution: From Catalysis to Reversed Bilayer Formation

■ Prof. Anthony Cozzolino also gave a talk at the IUPAC workshop on Interactions Involving Group 14 - 16 Elements as Electrophilic Sites: A World Parallel to Halogen Bond entitled The Secondary Bonding Interactions of the Heavy p-Block Elements: Classification of Interactions with Electron Donors O and N. Authors: Anthony F. Cozzolino, Shiva Moaven and Henry Trubenstein

■ Prof. Bill Poirier gave a talk at the QuSeT 2018 conference he is hosting Trajectory-based Theory of Relativistic Quantum Particles on June 12.

■ Prof. Yehia Mechref gave an invited lecture entitled 'Reliable Quantitation of Glycan and Glycopeptide Isomers to Acquire a Better Understanding of Biological Roles of Glycoproteins' at the 66^th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, June 4-9, San Diego, CA.

■ Prof. Mechref group presented 13 posters at the 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, June 4-9, San Diego, CA:
- Isomeric Separation of Permethylated O-Glycans Derived from Glycoproteins Using PGC-LC-MS at High Temperature; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- Microfluidic Chip Enzyme Reactors for Fast Enzymatic Digestion Facilitating Peptides and Glycans LC-MS/MS Analyses; Aiying Yu; Veronica J Lyons; Dimitri Pappas; Yehia Mechref.
- Online Post-Column Enzyme Reactors Facilitating Rapid Isomeric Identification of Glycopeptides in Conjunction with PGC-LC-MS/MS; Yifan Huang; Aiying Yu; Jieqiang Zhong; Yehia Mechref.
- Idnetifying Potential N-glycan Biomarkers for Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder by LC-MS/MS; Xue Dong Stefania Mondello; Firas Kobeissy; Farid Talih; Raffaele Ferri; Yehia Mechref.
- Proteomic Study of Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Restless Leg Syndrome Using LC-MS/MS for Candidate Biomarker Identification; Jingfu Zhao; Firas Kobeissy; Firid Talih; Raffaele Ferri; Yehia Mechref; Mondello Stefania.
- Carbon Dot@Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Co-Matrix Enhancing MALDI-MS Detection of Glycans; Alireza Banazadeh; Yehia Mechref.
- Glucose Unit Index (GUI) of Permethylated Glycans Enabling Effective Identification of Glycans and Glycan Isomers; Sakshi Gautam; Wenjing Peng; Xue Dong; Yifan Huang; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- Purification of Permethylated N- and O-Glycans by Using In-House Carbon Nanoparticle-Packed Off-Line Trap for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry; Jieqiang Zhong; Yifan Huang; Byeong Gwan “Andrew” Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- O-Glycome Profiling of Breast Cancer Cell Lines to Reveal the Biological Mechanism of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis; Wenjing Peng; Mona Goli; Parvin Mirzaei; Akhila Reddy; Yehia Mechref.
- Investigation of Glycan’s 15N Labeling Efficiency in Cells and Their Biosynthetic Pathways; Mona Goli; Wenjing Peng; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Jingfu Zhao; Xue Dong; Yifan Huang; Marla Popov2; Ron Orlando; Yehia Mechref.
- Site-Specific Identification of Isomeric Glycopeptides Derived from Serum Alpha-1-Acid Glycoprotein (AGP) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma; David M. Lubman; Jianhui Zhu; Jing Liang; Yifan Huang; Jie Zhang; Mingrui An; Yehia Mechref.
- Microwave-Assisted Pronase Digestion Allowing Efficient Release of O-Glycans for Sensitive LC-MS/MS Analysis; Parvin Mirzaei; 'Andrew' Cho; Mona Goli; Yehia Mechref.
- Lipidomics Approach to Understand the Mechanism of Brain Metastatic Breast Cancer; Masoud Zabet Moghaddam; Wenjing Peng; Susan San Francisco; Yehia Mechref.

■ From 12-14 June, 2018, Prof. Bill Poirier hosted the first Interdisciplinary Focus Workshop on Quantum and Semiclassical Trajectories (QuSeT).

■ Prof. Yehia Mechref organized a workshop entitled 'Quantitative Glycomics and Glycoproteomics: Needs of Standards or Methods?' on June 5th at the 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, San Diego, CA.

■ A new machinist, Jamar Murray, will be joining the Machine shop on July 9^th

■ The TTUHSC School of Medicine hosted Dorothy Dent and Dr. Robert Long and other advisors from the TTU campus for meetings regarding admission to their programs. The information provided was quite useful and included the fact that they don’t accept online or AP course credits (except for English) but such deficiencies can be offset by additional upper division coursework in the discipline, average MCAT scores and GPA’s, and programs for early admission.

Departmental News

■ Prof. Kristin Hutchins gave an invited lecture Design of hydrogen-bonding receptors for pharmaceutical contaminants, Midwest Organic Solid State Chemistry Symposium, June 8-9, 2018, St. Louis, MO.

■ Prof. Anthony Cozzolino gave a talk at the 3^rd International Symposium for Halogen Bonding entitled Pnictogen Bonding in Solution: From Catalysis to Reversed Bilayer Formation

■ Prof. Anthony Cozzolino also gave a talk at the IUPAC workshop on Interactions Involving Group 14 - 16 Elements as Electrophilic Sites: A World Parallel to Halogen Bond entitled The Secondary Bonding Interactions of the Heavy p-Block Elements: Classification of Interactions with Electron Donors O and N. Authors: Anthony F. Cozzolino, Shiva Moaven and Henry Trubenstein

■ Prof. Bill Poirier gave a talk at the QuSeT 2018 conference he is hosting Trajectory-based Theory of Relativistic Quantum Particles on June 12.

■ Prof. Yehia Mechref gave an invited lecture entitled 'Reliable Quantitation of Glycan and Glycopeptide Isomers to Acquire a Better Understanding of Biological Roles of Glycoproteins' at the 66^th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, June 4-9, San Diego, CA.

■ Prof. Mechref group presented 13 posters at the 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, June 4-9, San Diego, CA:
- Isomeric Separation of Permethylated O-Glycans Derived from Glycoproteins Using PGC-LC-MS at High Temperature; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- Microfluidic Chip Enzyme Reactors for Fast Enzymatic Digestion Facilitating Peptides and Glycans LC-MS/MS Analyses; Aiying Yu; Veronica J Lyons; Dimitri Pappas; Yehia Mechref.
- Online Post-Column Enzyme Reactors Facilitating Rapid Isomeric Identification of Glycopeptides in Conjunction with PGC-LC-MS/MS; Yifan Huang; Aiying Yu; Jieqiang Zhong; Yehia Mechref.
- Idnetifying Potential N-glycan Biomarkers for Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder by LC-MS/MS; Xue Dong Stefania Mondello; Firas Kobeissy; Farid Talih; Raffaele Ferri; Yehia Mechref.
- Proteomic Study of Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Restless Leg Syndrome Using LC-MS/MS for Candidate Biomarker Identification; Jingfu Zhao; Firas Kobeissy; Firid Talih; Raffaele Ferri; Yehia Mechref; Mondello Stefania.
- Carbon Dot@Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Co-Matrix Enhancing MALDI-MS Detection of Glycans; Alireza Banazadeh; Yehia Mechref.
- Glucose Unit Index (GUI) of Permethylated Glycans Enabling Effective Identification of Glycans and Glycan Isomers; Sakshi Gautam; Wenjing Peng; Xue Dong; Yifan Huang; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- Purification of Permethylated N- and O-Glycans by Using In-House Carbon Nanoparticle-Packed Off-Line Trap for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry; Jieqiang Zhong; Yifan Huang; Byeong Gwan “Andrew” Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- O-Glycome Profiling of Breast Cancer Cell Lines to Reveal the Biological Mechanism of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis; Wenjing Peng; Mona Goli; Parvin Mirzaei; Akhila Reddy; Yehia Mechref.
- Investigation of Glycan’s 15N Labeling Efficiency in Cells and Their Biosynthetic Pathways; Mona Goli; Wenjing Peng; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Jingfu Zhao; Xue Dong; Yifan Huang; Marla Popov2; Ron Orlando; Yehia Mechref.
- Site-Specific Identification of Isomeric Glycopeptides Derived from Serum Alpha-1-Acid Glycoprotein (AGP) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma; David M. Lubman; Jianhui Zhu; Jing Liang; Yifan Huang; Jie Zhang; Mingrui An; Yehia Mechref.
- Microwave-Assisted Pronase Digestion Allowing Efficient Release of O-Glycans for Sensitive LC-MS/MS Analysis; Parvin Mirzaei; 'Andrew' Cho; Mona Goli; Yehia Mechref.
- Lipidomics Approach to Understand the Mechanism of Brain Metastatic Breast Cancer; Masoud Zabet Moghaddam; Wenjing Peng; Susan San Francisco; Yehia Mechref.

■ From 12-14 June, 2018, Prof. Bill Poirier hosted the first Interdisciplinary Focus Workshop on Quantum and Semiclassical Trajectories (QuSeT).

■ Prof. Yehia Mechref organized a workshop entitled 'Quantitative Glycomics and Glycoproteomics: Needs of Standards or Methods?' on June 5th at the 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, San Diego, CA.

■ A new machinist, Jamar Murray, will be joining the Machine shop on July 9^th

■ The TTUHSC School of Medicine hosted Dorothy Dent and Dr. Robert Long and other advisors from the TTU campus for meetings regarding admission to their programs. The information provided was quite useful and included the fact that they don’t accept online or AP course credits (except for English) but such deficiencies can be offset by additional upper division coursework in the discipline, average MCAT scores and GPA’s, and programs for early admission.

Departmental News

■ Prof. Kristin Hutchins gave an invited lecture Design of hydrogen-bonding receptors for pharmaceutical contaminants, Midwest Organic Solid State Chemistry Symposium, June 8-9, 2018, St. Louis, MO.

■ Prof. Anthony Cozzolino gave a talk at the 3^rd International Symposium for Halogen Bonding entitled Pnictogen Bonding in Solution: From Catalysis to Reversed Bilayer Formation

■ Prof. Anthony Cozzolino also gave a talk at the IUPAC workshop on Interactions Involving Group 14 - 16 Elements as Electrophilic Sites: A World Parallel to Halogen Bond entitled The Secondary Bonding Interactions of the Heavy p-Block Elements: Classification of Interactions with Electron Donors O and N. Authors: Anthony F. Cozzolino, Shiva Moaven and Henry Trubenstein

■ Prof. Bill Poirier gave a talk at the QuSeT 2018 conference he is hosting Trajectory-based Theory of Relativistic Quantum Particles on June 12.

■ Prof. Yehia Mechref gave an invited lecture entitled 'Reliable Quantitation of Glycan and Glycopeptide Isomers to Acquire a Better Understanding of Biological Roles of Glycoproteins' at the 66^th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, June 4-9, San Diego, CA.

■ Prof. Mechref group presented 13 posters at the 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, June 4-9, San Diego, CA:
- Isomeric Separation of Permethylated O-Glycans Derived from Glycoproteins Using PGC-LC-MS at High Temperature; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- Microfluidic Chip Enzyme Reactors for Fast Enzymatic Digestion Facilitating Peptides and Glycans LC-MS/MS Analyses; Aiying Yu; Veronica J Lyons; Dimitri Pappas; Yehia Mechref.
- Online Post-Column Enzyme Reactors Facilitating Rapid Isomeric Identification of Glycopeptides in Conjunction with PGC-LC-MS/MS; Yifan Huang; Aiying Yu; Jieqiang Zhong; Yehia Mechref.
- Idnetifying Potential N-glycan Biomarkers for Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder by LC-MS/MS; Xue Dong Stefania Mondello; Firas Kobeissy; Farid Talih; Raffaele Ferri; Yehia Mechref.
- Proteomic Study of Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Restless Leg Syndrome Using LC-MS/MS for Candidate Biomarker Identification; Jingfu Zhao; Firas Kobeissy; Firid Talih; Raffaele Ferri; Yehia Mechref; Mondello Stefania.
- Carbon Dot@Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Co-Matrix Enhancing MALDI-MS Detection of Glycans; Alireza Banazadeh; Yehia Mechref.
- Glucose Unit Index (GUI) of Permethylated Glycans Enabling Effective Identification of Glycans and Glycan Isomers; Sakshi Gautam; Wenjing Peng; Xue Dong; Yifan Huang; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- Purification of Permethylated N- and O-Glycans by Using In-House Carbon Nanoparticle-Packed Off-Line Trap for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry; Jieqiang Zhong; Yifan Huang; Byeong Gwan “Andrew” Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- O-Glycome Profiling of Breast Cancer Cell Lines to Reveal the Biological Mechanism of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis; Wenjing Peng; Mona Goli; Parvin Mirzaei; Akhila Reddy; Yehia Mechref.
- Investigation of Glycan’s 15N Labeling Efficiency in Cells and Their Biosynthetic Pathways; Mona Goli; Wenjing Peng; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Jingfu Zhao; Xue Dong; Yifan Huang; Marla Popov2; Ron Orlando; Yehia Mechref.
- Site-Specific Identification of Isomeric Glycopeptides Derived from Serum Alpha-1-Acid Glycoprotein (AGP) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma; David M. Lubman; Jianhui Zhu; Jing Liang; Yifan Huang; Jie Zhang; Mingrui An; Yehia Mechref.
- Microwave-Assisted Pronase Digestion Allowing Efficient Release of O-Glycans for Sensitive LC-MS/MS Analysis; Parvin Mirzaei; 'Andrew' Cho; Mona Goli; Yehia Mechref.
- Lipidomics Approach to Understand the Mechanism of Brain Metastatic Breast Cancer; Masoud Zabet Moghaddam; Wenjing Peng; Susan San Francisco; Yehia Mechref.

■ From 12-14 June, 2018, Prof. Bill Poirier hosted the first Interdisciplinary Focus Workshop on Quantum and Semiclassical Trajectories (QuSeT).

■ Prof. Yehia Mechref organized a workshop entitled 'Quantitative Glycomics and Glycoproteomics: Needs of Standards or Methods?' on June 5th at the 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, San Diego, CA.

■ A new machinist, Jamar Murray, will be joining the Machine shop on July 9^th

■ The TTUHSC School of Medicine hosted Dorothy Dent and Dr. Robert Long and other advisors from the TTU campus for meetings regarding admission to their programs. The information provided was quite useful and included the fact that they don’t accept online or AP course credits (except for English) but such deficiencies can be offset by additional upper division coursework in the discipline, average MCAT scores and GPA’s, and programs for early admission.

Departmental News

■ Prof. Kristin Hutchins gave an invited lecture Design of hydrogen-bonding receptors for pharmaceutical contaminants, Midwest Organic Solid State Chemistry Symposium, June 8-9, 2018, St. Louis, MO.

■ Prof. Anthony Cozzolino gave a talk at the 3^rd International Symposium for Halogen Bonding entitled Pnictogen Bonding in Solution: From Catalysis to Reversed Bilayer Formation

■ Prof. Anthony Cozzolino also gave a talk at the IUPAC workshop on Interactions Involving Group 14 - 16 Elements as Electrophilic Sites: A World Parallel to Halogen Bond entitled The Secondary Bonding Interactions of the Heavy p-Block Elements: Classification of Interactions with Electron Donors O and N. Authors: Anthony F. Cozzolino, Shiva Moaven and Henry Trubenstein

■ Prof. Bill Poirier gave a talk at the QuSeT 2018 conference he is hosting Trajectory-based Theory of Relativistic Quantum Particles on June 12.

■ Prof. Yehia Mechref gave an invited lecture entitled 'Reliable Quantitation of Glycan and Glycopeptide Isomers to Acquire a Better Understanding of Biological Roles of Glycoproteins' at the 66^th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, June 4-9, San Diego, CA.

■ Prof. Mechref group presented 13 posters at the 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, June 4-9, San Diego, CA:
- Isomeric Separation of Permethylated O-Glycans Derived from Glycoproteins Using PGC-LC-MS at High Temperature; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- Microfluidic Chip Enzyme Reactors for Fast Enzymatic Digestion Facilitating Peptides and Glycans LC-MS/MS Analyses; Aiying Yu; Veronica J Lyons; Dimitri Pappas; Yehia Mechref.
- Online Post-Column Enzyme Reactors Facilitating Rapid Isomeric Identification of Glycopeptides in Conjunction with PGC-LC-MS/MS; Yifan Huang; Aiying Yu; Jieqiang Zhong; Yehia Mechref.
- Idnetifying Potential N-glycan Biomarkers for Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder by LC-MS/MS; Xue Dong Stefania Mondello; Firas Kobeissy; Farid Talih; Raffaele Ferri; Yehia Mechref.
- Proteomic Study of Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Restless Leg Syndrome Using LC-MS/MS for Candidate Biomarker Identification; Jingfu Zhao; Firas Kobeissy; Firid Talih; Raffaele Ferri; Yehia Mechref; Mondello Stefania.
- Carbon Dot@Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Co-Matrix Enhancing MALDI-MS Detection of Glycans; Alireza Banazadeh; Yehia Mechref.
- Glucose Unit Index (GUI) of Permethylated Glycans Enabling Effective Identification of Glycans and Glycan Isomers; Sakshi Gautam; Wenjing Peng; Xue Dong; Yifan Huang; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- Purification of Permethylated N- and O-Glycans by Using In-House Carbon Nanoparticle-Packed Off-Line Trap for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry; Jieqiang Zhong; Yifan Huang; Byeong Gwan “Andrew” Cho; Yehia Mechref.
- O-Glycome Profiling of Breast Cancer Cell Lines to Reveal the Biological Mechanism of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis; Wenjing Peng; Mona Goli; Parvin Mirzaei; Akhila Reddy; Yehia Mechref.
- Investigation of Glycan’s 15N Labeling Efficiency in Cells and Their Biosynthetic Pathways; Mona Goli; Wenjing Peng; Byeong Gwan 'Andrew' Cho; Jingfu Zhao; Xue Dong; Yifan Huang; Marla Popov2; Ron Orlando; Yehia Mechref.
- Site-Specific Identification of Isomeric Glycopeptides Derived from Serum Alpha-1-Acid Glycoprotein (AGP) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma; David M. Lubman; Jianhui Zhu; Jing Liang; Yifan Huang; Jie Zhang; Mingrui An; Yehia Mechref.
- Microwave-Assisted Pronase Digestion Allowing Efficient Release of O-Glycans for Sensitive LC-MS/MS Analysis; Parvin Mirzaei; 'Andrew' Cho; Mona Goli; Yehia Mechref.
- Lipidomics Approach to Understand the Mechanism of Brain Metastatic Breast Cancer; Masoud Zabet Moghaddam; Wenjing Peng; Susan San Francisco; Yehia Mechref.

■ From 12-14 June, 2018, Prof. Bill Poirier hosted the first Interdisciplinary Focus Workshop on Quantum and Semiclassical Trajectories (QuSeT).

■ Prof. Yehia Mechref organized a workshop entitled 'Quantitative Glycomics and Glycoproteomics: Needs of Standards or Methods?' on June 5th at the 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, San Diego, CA.

■ A new machinist, Jamar Murray, will be joining the Machine shop on July 9^th

■ The TTUHSC School of Medicine hosted Dorothy Dent and Dr. Robert Long and other advisors from the TTU campus for meetings regarding admission to their programs. The information provided was quite useful and included the fact that they don’t accept online or AP course credits (except for English) but such deficiencies can be offset by additional upper division coursework in the discipline, average MCAT scores and GPA’s, and programs for early admission.

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