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  • Hasan Holander was awarded Dissertation Year Fellowship for AY 2020/21. For more on Hasan’s research accomplishment. click here for detail

  • Dr. Wnuk with his former and present students Y. Liang, Z.-W. Wen, M. de Cabrera, and A. H. Howlader published comprehensive review on “Purines” in the monograph “Science of Synthesis” DOI: 10.1055/sos-SD-116-01081

  • Dr Wnuk and his student Hasan Howlader submitted two patent applications in 2020. One on the “synthesis of iodoindenes”, and the second in the collaboration with Professor Barry Rosen from College of Medicine on the “Synthesis of the organoarsenical antibiotic Arsinothricin and derivatives thereof”.

  • Hasan Howlader attended 259th ACS National Meeting in April 2020 giving remotely oral presentation on novel synthesis of 5, 6, and 7-Iodoindenes.

  • Congratulations to Maria de Cabrera for defending her doctoral dissertations on Jun. 27, 2019.

  • Dr. Wnuk's research group attended the 257th ACS National Meeting in Orlando; April 2019

  • Congratulations to Zhiwei Wen for defending his doctoral dissertations on Jun. 25, 2018. Dr. Wen currently holds a position of postdoctoral fellow in NIH/NIDDK in the laboratory of Professor Kenneth A Jacobson.

  • Dr.Wnuk's research group attended the 255th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 18th to March 22nd, 2018 (Click here for photos)

  • Dr. Stanislaw Wnuk recieved patent award for "2-Methylthiopyrrolidines and their use for modulating bacterial quorom sensing" Patent WO 2012/174511 (Click here for more photos)

  • Congratulations to Cesar Gonzalez for the Best Dissertation Award for FIU's Chemistry and Biochemistry Department 2017. 

  • Congratulations to undergraduate Paloma Tuttle for the Outstanding Achievement Award in Chemistry. In Fall 2018, Paloma will matriculate in Harvard University's Chemistry program, where she will study applications of organic synthesis in chemical biology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow.

  • Congratulations to Sazzad Suzol for the excellent defense of his doctoral dissertation on June 28th, 2017.

  • Congratulations to Cesar Gonzalez for the excellent defense of his doctoral dissertation on June 26th, 2017.

  • Dr. Wnuk's research group attended the 253rd ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, California from April 2nd to April 6th, 2017 (photos)

  • Congratulations to Mukesh Mudgal for the excellent defense of his doctoral dissertation on June 30, 2016. (Dissertation Defense Announcement)

  •  Dr. Wnuk research group attended the 251st National ACS Meeting & Expo in San Diego, CA from March 13th to March 17th, 2016. (photos)

  •  To celebrate accomplishments of Yong Liang, Jessica Zayas and Ramanjaneyulu Rayala on their graduation, Dr. Wnuk organized farewell fishing party @ Bayside Marketplace Marina in Miami on July 19, 2015. (Click here for Photos).

  • Congratulations! Jessica Zayas and Dr. Wnuk published a paper entitled "Strain Promoted Click Chemistry of 2- or 8-Azidopurine and 5-Azidopyrimidine Nucleosides and 8-Azidoadenosine Triphosphate with Cyclooctynes. Application to Living Cell Fluorescent Imaging" in Bioconjugate Chem.

  •  On Jun. 17th, 2015, Dr. Wnuk group members had a graduation party for Ramanjaneyulu Rayala at CP320. (Click here for more information).

  • Congratulations to Ramanjaneyulu Rayala for excellent defense of his doctoral dissertation on Jun. 17th 2015. (Dissertation Defense Announcement)

  •  On Jun. 10th, 2015, Dr. Wnuk group members had a graduation party for Jessica Zayas at CP320. (Click here for more information).

  •  Congratulations to Jessica Zayas for excellent defense of her doctoral dissertation on Jun. 10th 2015. (Dissertation Defense Announcement)

  •  Welcome the new REU undergraduate students, Minh Quan Dinh, from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and, Isadora De Jesus da Silva, from Brazil under the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program.

  • Congratulations to Mr. Yong Liang for the best dissertation award and Mr. Alain Artiles for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Biological Sciences.

  • Congratulations! Yong Liang and Dr. Wnuk published a paper entitled "Modification of Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleosides by Direct C-H Bond Activation" in Molecules, 2015, 20, 4874-4901.

  • Congratulations to Mr. Yong Liang to be recognized as a Worlds Ahead Graduate. On Dec. 14th, 2014, He and his research group members attended the graduation ceremony. (Click here for more information)

  • On Dec. 13th, 2014, Dr. Wnuk hosted annual Christmas party at his residence. (Click here for more information).

  • On Nov. 7th, 2014, Dr. Wnuk group members had a graduation party for Yong Liang at CP320. (Click here for more information).

  • Congratulations to Yong Liang for excellent defense of his doctoral dissertation on Nov. 5th 2014. (Dissertation Defense Announcement)

  • Congratulations! Ramanjaneyulu Rayala and Dr. Wnuk published a paper entitled "One-Electron Oxidation of Gemcitabine and Analogs: Mechanism of Formation of C3′ and C2′ Sugar Radicals" in J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 15646-15653. (Click here for PDF file)

  • On Aug 1st, 2014, part of Dr. Wnuk group went to lunch with Kaylan Coke, a senior at Miami Palmetto Senior High, interned with Dr. Wnuk's research group for a week under the mentorship of graduate students Jessica Zayas and Cesar Gonzalez. (Click here for more information).

  • On Jul 25, 2014, Dr. Wnuk group members had a farewell lunch with Brenna Walsh, a visiting REU student. (Click here for more information).

  • On May 22, 2014, ACS Chemistry Ambassadors, Jessica Zayas and Cesar Gonzalez were invited to speak at Phillis Wheatley Elementary School’s Career Day (Click here for more information).

  • Congratulations! Ramanjaneyulu Rayala and Dr. Wnuk published a paper entitled "Synthesis of Purine and 7-Deazapurine Nucleoside Analogues of 6-N-(4-Nitrobenzyl)adenosine; Inhibition of Nucleoside Transport and Proliferation of Cancer Cells" in ChemMedChem 2014, 9, 2186-2192. (Click here for PDF file)

  • On April 29th, 2014, Dr. Wnuk group members went to the graduation commencement of class of 2014. Congratulations to Dr. Jesse Pulido, Dr. Christiane Chbib and Patritia Theard. (Click here for more pictures)

  • Congratulations! Yong Liang and Dr. Wnuk published a paper entitled "Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of 5-Halouracils and 5-Halouracil Nucleosides with Arenes and Heteroarenes Promoted by TBAF" in J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 4094-4103. (Click here for PDF file)

  • Dr. Wnuk group graduate students (Dr. Jesse Pulido, Jessica Zayas and Mukesh Mudgal) went to the 2014 SoFlACS (South Florida American Chemistry Society) Banquet which was held on April 19, 2014 on BBC campus. (Click here for more information)

  • Guest speaker Dr. Katarzyna Blazewska from Lodz University of Technology, who is hosted by Dr. Wnuk, will give a seminar entitled “From Anti-Osteoporotic Drugs to Potential Anticancer Therapy” on April 16th, 2014. (Click here for PDF announcement and For more Pictures)

  • Guest speaker Dr. Marc Greenberg from Johns Hopkins University, who is hosted by Dr. Wnuk, will give a seminar entitled “Looking Beneath the Surface to Determine and Exploit What Makes DNA Damage Deleterious” on April 4th, 2014. (Click here for PDF announcement)

  • Congratulations to Christiane Chbib for excellent defense of her doctoral dissertation on March 27th 2014. (Dissertation Defense Announcement)

  • Dr. Wnuk research group attended the 247th National ACS Meeting & Expo in Dallas, TX from March 15th to March 21st, 2014. (For more information click here)

  • Congratulations to Jesse Pulido for excellent defense of his doctoral dissertation on March 6th 2014. (Dissertation Defense Announcement, For pictures click here)

  • Dr. Wnuk research group attended annual canoeing trip on Feb. 23rd, 2014. (Click here for trip pictures)

  • Jesse Pulido and Dr. Wnuk published a paper entitled "Synthesis and Cytostatic Evaluation of 4‑N‑Alkanoyl and 4-N-Alkyl Gemcitabine Analogues" in J. Med. Chem., 2014, 57, 191-203. (Click here for PDF file)

  • Yong Liang and Dr. Wnuk published a paper entitled "Hydrogermylation of 5‑Ethynyluracil Nucleosides: Formation of 5‑(2-Germylvinyl)uracil and 5‑(2-Germylacetyl)uracil Nucleosides" in J. Org. Chem., 2013, 78, 5761-5767. (Click here for PDF file)

  • Carlos Valdez, a chemist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, was invited to share career advice and life experience during Panther Alumni Week. Dr. Valdez is an FIU Alumni (B.S. in Chemistry, 2000) and former Wnuk research group member (Detail in FIU News).

  • Visiting scholars Justyna Nagaj and Kamila Stokowa-Soltys from University of Wroclaw, Poland, were awarded a three-month internship program supported by the European Union to conduct research with the Wnuk research group. (For more information click here).

 

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