ASDRP Principal Investigators and Student Researchers Publish in Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry Letters

ASDRP principal investigators Dr. Zane Chen, Dr. Tracy Zhang and Dr. Edward Njoo and students from their collaboration have published "Synthesis, antiproliferative activity and biological profiling of C-19 trityl and silyl ether andrographidolide analoges in colon cancer and breast cancer cells" in Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Over two years of student development and research collaboration went into the most recently published work by the three laboratories.

A core aspect of ASDRP's mission is to foster principal investigator and student researcher laboratory interdisciplinary collaboration. It plays a crucial role in advancing knowledge, solving complex problems, and fostering innovation. Demonstrating the rewards and challenges working across departments is an important component of student researcher development. All three departments at ASDRP were directly involved: Department of Chemistry, Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program, Department of Biological and Life Sciences, Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program and the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program

Congratulations to the students and principal investigators!

Tiffany Gu, The Harker School '25; Rushika Raval, Irvington High School '26; Zachary Bashkin, COIL '24 & UC Berkeley '28, Carina Zhou, Mission San Jose High School '25; Sanghyuk Ko, Homestead High School '25; Natalie Kong, American High School '25; Seoyeon Hong, Leigh High School '24 & UC Davis '28); Aditya Bhaskara, Dougherty Valley High School '25, Samarth Shah, BASIS Independent Fremont '25; Aditi Joshi, Leigh High School '24; Samahith Thellakal, BASIS Independent Fremont '26; Kaitlyn Rim, Amador Valley High School '27; Anushree Marimuthu, Mission San Jose High School '24 & University of Washington '28; Srishti Venkatesan, Leigh High School '24 & MIT '28; Emma Wang, Sequoia High School '26, Sophia Li, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley '25; Aditi Jayabalan, Fremont High School '25; Alice Tao, The Harker Upper School '24 & UC Berkeley '28; Yilin Fang, Los Gatos High School '25; Lorelei Xia, Irvington High School '24; Aidan Chui, Amador Valley High School '24; Emily Shu, Irvington High School '24 & UC Berkeley '28; Dr. Tracy Zhang, Dr. Zhan Chen, and Dr. Edward Njoo.