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Publications

Piles of Paper

Original research at ASDRP is disseminated in the form of peer-reviewed publications in various journals. 

 

All publications have one or multiple high school co-authors. Check out the list below for a glimpse of the publication track at ASDRP.

Publications | 2026

  1. [Njoo Lab] Raval, Rushika; Yu, Allyson; Chen, Lavernie; Yee, Abigail; Liu, Ruirui; Gribok, Anna; Njoo, Edward. " Incorporation of organosilicon motifs in natural and synthetic small molecules for anticancer therapeutics: Current perspectives and future opportunities in drug design" Molecules 2026, invited contribution, in rev.
     

  2. [Pazzi Lab + Yamamoto Lab + Njoo Lab] Chang, Lillian; Devendiran, Divya; Gard, Julian; Gu, Tiffany; Guan, Annie; Yamamoto, Akira; Sarkar, Jay Tapash; Njoo, Edward & Pazzi, Joseph. "Large-Scale Fluorescence Microscopy Analysis of Lipid Membrane Conformational Changes Optimized and Enabled by an AI-Guided Image Detection Method." Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Analyses 2026, 4(1), 3. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/jeta4010003 [Full Article Link]
     

  3. [Njoo Lab] Somani, Shreya; Yang, Stella; Menta, Lekhya; Xie, Yining; Gribok, Anna; Hsen, Evy; Njoo, Edward; Johanning, Gary; Wang-Johanning, Feng. "C-4 analogs of podophyllotoxin inhibit tubulin polymerization: A generalizable platform for the discovery of antimitotic therapeutics for cancer." Cancer Research 2026, 86(7_Supplement), 3658-3658. DOI: doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2026-3658 [Abstract Link]
     

  4. [Njoo Lab + Downing Lab] Chalasani, Abhinav Sai, Deb, Sourodeep; Anand, Aarav; Li, Yuhan; Downing, Robert, & Njoo, Edward. "Evaluation of machine learning models for condition optimization in diverse amide coupling reactions." ACS Omega 2026, in review. ChemRXiv Preprint online. DOI: doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-s9391 [Full Article Link]
     

  5. [Brah Lab] Shah, Nisarg; Sharma, Gargi; Patel, Vihaan; Wu, Melinda; Mummadi, A., Taneja, A.; & Brah, Harman. "Computational Design of a TCR-Based Bispecific Engager Targeting Cancerous KRAS G12V Mutations." ACS omega 2026, 11(11), 17366-17380. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c10229 [Full Article Link]
     

  6. [Njoo Lab] Raval, Rushika; Xi, Selina; Liu, Ruirui; Yee, Abigail; Pak, Aileen; Njoo, Edward; Johanning, Gary; & Wang-Johanning, Feng. "A-ring analogs of Andrographolide inhibit wnt1 signaling and exhibit potent anticancer activity in breast and colorectal cancer models." Cancer Research 2026, 86(7_Supplement), 3656-3656. DOI: doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2026-3656 [Full Abstract Link]
     

  7. [Njoo Lab] Lee, Harahng; Chalsani, Abhinav Sai; Chen, Hengrui; Bailey, Jacob; Njoo, Edward. "Hammett-driven secondary ligand effects control geometry and electronic structure of 5-substituted copper (II) cytosine complexes" Inorg. Chem. 2026, in submission.
     

  8. [Qin Lab] Noguchi, Renturo; Mahadevu, Ashrita; Aggarwal, Aariv; & Qin, Huifang. "A Sentiment-Informed Algorithmic Cryptocurrency Trading Strategy Validated Across Diverse Market Conditions." IEEE Access 2026, 71309-71333. DOI: doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3691381 [Full Article Link]
     

  9. [Poudyal Lab] Fu, Alvin; Liu, Jason; & Poudyal, Bharat Kumar. "Dose-response Effects of Murashige and Skoog Salt Concentrations on the in vitro Morphogenesis and Explant Viability of Vitis vinifera ‘Thompson Seedless’." Natl. H.S. J. Sci. 2026, online. [Full Article Link]
     

  10. [Njoo Lab] Somani, Shreya; Menta, Lekhya; Johanning, Gary; Wang-Johanning, Feng; & Njoo, Edward. "Preclinical discovery of proscillaridin A glycan analogs for the in vitro and in vivo treatment of solid tumors." Cancer Research 2026, 86(7_Supplement), 3657-3657. DOI: doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2026-3657 [Full Abstract Link]
     

  11. [Jahanikia Lab] Taada, Anvi; George, Ava; Biruduraju, Dhatrisri; Lu, Emily; Singh, Isha; Chhajer, Khushi; Wang, Madeline; Pentela, Tanvi; Jahanikia, Sahar. "A Systematic Approach Toward Implementing Machine Learning Techniques to Analyze Gut Microbiome Data." bioRxiv preprint 2026, 2026-04. DOI: doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.22.720178 [Preprint Link]
     

  12. [Njoo Lab] Vaidya, Sanika; Mo, Ashley; Yee-Xin Chia, Alyssa; Li, Katelyn; Somani, Shreya; Lo, Isabella; Johanning, Gary; Wang-Johanning, Feng; Njoo, Edward. "Silyl ethers analogs of SN-38 with unique blue-fluorescent properties exhibit potent anti-cancer activity through topoisomerase I inhibition." Cancer Research 2026, 86(7_Supplement), 986-986. DOI: doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2026-986 [Full Abstract Link]
     

  13. [Jahanikia Lab] Jahanikia, Sahar; Sandru, Edward; Hsian, Maya; Nistala, Sahasra; Wang, Helena, Srivastava, Diigant; Jiju, Sneha. "A Comprehensive Framework for Chronic Pain and Headache Assessment via Innovative Dynamic Pain Tracking Platform. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface 2026, 29(1), S37. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2025.09.012 [Full Abstract Link]
     

  14. Next one could be you!

Publications | 2025

  1. [Njoo Lab + Pazzi Lab + Yamamoto Lab] Lo, Isabella; Vaidya, Sanika; Mo, Ashley; Chia, Alyssa Yee-Xin., Li, Katelyn; Parvin, Jessica; Sadagopan, Sripathy; D'souza, Zane; Baratoff, Isa; Somani, Shreya; Menta, Lekhya; Xie, Yining; Kwok, Olivia; Zhang, Jenny; Sanchez, Thomas; Chen, Rebecca; Wang, Terry; Yamamoto, Akira; Pazzi, Joseph; & Njoo, Edward. "Blue fluorescent siloxytecans exhibit potent anti-cancer activity and enable direct real time quantification of intracellular uptake." ACS Bio & Med Chem Au 2025, manuscript accepted. DOI:doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomedchemau.5c00155 [Full Article Link]
     

  2. [Wang Lab] Bharath, M., Le, A., Konda, V., Srivastava, S., Beliaev, M., Chen, M., George, A., Zhang, A., Tan, S., Ginto, E., Awatiger, A., Bahuguna, K., Li, V., Kedamani, S., Cao, X., Zeng, H., Xiong, G., Prabhu, M., Modi, A., Wang, Y. & Wang, J.  Quantitative flow cytometry using quantitative streptavidin-protein G-biotin beads (qBeads). Journal of Immunological Methods 2025, 113883. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2025.113883. [Full Article Link]
     

  3. [Chen Lab + Njoo Lab] Chen, Jason; Tran, Tuyen; Wong, Anthony; Wang, Luofei; Annaluru, Pranavi; Sreekanth, Vibha; Murthy, Samika; Munjeti, Laasya; Park, Tanya; Bhat, Utkarsh; Leong, Glynnis; Li, Yumeng; Chen, Simeng; Kong, Natalie; Raval, Rushika; Xie, Yining; Somani, Shreya; Bhambhani; Aditi; Zhu, Zoey; Chu, Landen; Dosch, Kimai; Njoo, Edward; Chen, Zhan."Direct Expression of CPT1a Enables a High Throughput Platform for the Discovery of CPT1a Modulators." Applied Biosciences 2025 4(2), 25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci4020025 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  4. [Njoo Lab + Downing Lab] Chalasani, Abhinav Sai, Deb, Sourodeep; Anand, Aarav; Li, Yuhan; Downing, Robert, & Njoo, Edward. "Evaluation of machine learning models for condition optimization in diverse amide coupling reactions." ChemRXiv 2025, online. DOI: doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-s9391 [Full Article Link]
     

  5. [Njoo Lab] Panda, Raina, & Liu, Dennis "Performance of Identity-Aware Finetuned Diffusion Models for Customized Comic Character Generation. Authorea Preprints." TechRXiv 2025, preprint online. DOI: doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.176159626.64784474/v1. [Full Article Link]
     

  6. [Pazzi Lab + Njoo Lab] Gu, Tiffany; Lu, Amber; Wang, Xina; Brahan, Natalie; Xu, Lexi; Zhang, Leyuan; Su, Kaitlyn; Seow, Kody; Vu, Julia; Luk, Charissa; Lee, Jade; Raman, Anirudh; Pazzi, Joseph; Njoo, Edward. "Synthesis and Evaluation of Carmofur Analogs as Antiproliferative Agents, Inhibitors to the Main Protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2, and Membrane Rupture-Inducing Agents." Discover Chemistry 2025, ASAP. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.11.617727  [Full Article Link]
     

  7. [Njoo Lab] Somani, Shreya; Menta, Lekhya; Wang-Johanning, Feng; Johanning, Gary; Hong, Seoyeon; Njoo, Edward. "Synthesis, anticancer properties, and biological profiling of synthetic glycan analogs of proscillaridin A." Discover Pharmaceutical Sciences 2025, 25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44395-025-00025-1. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  8. [Pazzi Lab + Yamamoto Lab + Njoo Lab] Chang, Lillian; Devendiran, Diya; Gard, Julian; Gu, Tiffany; Guan, Annie; Yamamoto, Akira; Sarkar, Jay Tapash; Njoo, Edward; Pazzi, Joseph. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Analysis, 2025 manuscript accepted. (embargo on patent until Dec. 2025)
     

  9. [McMahan Lab] McMahan, L., Das, A., Ren, S., Das, S., Huang, E., Devi, S. S., & Ghosh, A. "Python-Based Architectural Framework of End-to-End BB84 Noise Simulation." IEEE 16th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) 2025, 0542-0547). [Full Article Link]
     

  10. [Qin Lab] Goyal, G., Phadke, S., Sharma, A., & Qin, H. Leveraging Social Media Sentiment for Predictive Algorithmic Trading Strategies. arXiv preprint 2025, arXiv:2508.02089. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2508.02089 [Full Article Link]
     

  11. [Njoo Lab + Zhang Lab + Chen Lab] Gu, Tiffany; Raval, Rushika; Bashkin, Zachary; Zhou, Carina; Ko, Sanghyuk; Kong, Natalie; Hong, Seoyeon; Bhaskara, Aditya; Shah, Samarth; Joshi, Aditi; Thellakal, Samahith; Rim, Kaitlyn; Marimuthu, Anushree; Venkatesan, Srishti; Wang, Emma; Li, Sophia; Jayabalan, Aditi; Tao, Alice; Fang, Yilin, Xia, Lorelei; Chui, Aidan; Shu, Emily; Zhang, Tracy; Chen, Zhan; Njoo, Edward. "Synthesis, antiproliferative activity, and biological profiling of C-19 trityl and silyl ether andrographolide analogs in colon cancer and breast cancer cells." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2025, 121, 130163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130163 [Full Article Link]
     

  12. [Qin Lab] Noguchi, R., Mahadevu, A., Aggarwal, A., & Qin, Huifang. "Forecasting Cryptocurrency Markets: An Algorithmic Approach with Reddit-Based Relative Volume and Sentiment." SSRN papers, 2025, [Full Article Link]
     

  13. [Chen Lab + Yamamoto Lab + Njoo Lab] Shu, Emily; Lloyd, Madeleine; Marimuthu, Anushree; Kulkarni, Anika; Chen, Rosie; Venkatesan, Srishti; Athreya, Samyukta; Kulkarni, Riya; Wang, Jonathan; Sreedhar, Aditya; Bianco, Nadia; Hyunh, Kaithlyn; Han, Eric; Gore, Adrian; Chen, Raymond; Yamamoto, Akira; Njoo, Edward.  Journal of Emerging Investigators 2025, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/22-281 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  14. [Njoo Lab] Gutti, Mihira; Tsui, Melanie; Yang, Stella; Xi, Selina; Luo, Jennifer; Desarkar, Arshia; Xie, Yining; Feng, Mirabelle; Avadhani, Udbhav; Raghavan, Shloka; Brierley-Green, Elena; Yu, Erika; Njoo, Edward. "Synthetic derivatives of vinpocetine as antiproliferative agents" Drugs and Drug Candidates 2025, in review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.15.643482. [Full Article Link] 
     

  15. [Njoo Lab] Gutti, Mihira; Luo, Jennifer; Sharma, Vihaan; Lee, Emilia; Desarkar, Arshia; Raval, Rushika; Soedarmono, Augustus; Zhu, Joy; Njoo, Edward. BioRXiv Preprint 2025, in review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.11.632297. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v12i2.4213 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF] 
     

  16. [Jahanikia Lab] Melwani, R., Noru, K., Kondapalli, S., Ravi, A., Shah, S., Sashtry, S., ... & Jahanikia, S. "Severity and duration of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection symptoms: Focus on physiological and cognitive effects." Microbes & Immunity 2025, 2(2), 106-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36922/mi.8545  [Article Link]
     

  17. [DeGrendele Lab] Fang, Matthew; Li, Weiping; Kaul, Aditya; Gkatzimas, Efthimios; Pant, Ashita; Haridas, Rhea; &; DeGrendele, Christopher. "Challenges in 2D Hybrid Non-Quasineutral Hall Thruster Simulation" IEEE MIT URTC Conference Proceedings 2025, online.
     

  18. [Jahanikia Lab] George, A., Dongara, D., Raghuraman, D., Li, J., Bhatia, M., Nagpal, N., & Jahanikia, S. "Design Thinking and its Application to Healthcare Innovation: An AI‐Enhanced Framework for Drug Discovery." Preprints 2025, in review. DOI:doi.org/10.20944/preprints202505.0044.v1 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF] 
     

  19. [Dharmale Lab] Kumar, A., Khadtare, M., & Dharmale, Pragati. "Enhancing Human-Computer Interaction: An Accurate Video-Based American Sign Language Translation Model Using Machine Learning Techniques." In 2025 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. 2025. [Full Article Link]
     

  20. [Liu Lab] Hu, Niel; Liu, Viktoriia. "Impact of Pressure Release Valves on Infiltration in Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles" Int. J. High School Research 2025, in review.
     

  21. [Dharmale Lab] Gupta, P., Lee, H., Laxmanan, A., Khadtare, M., Dharmale, Pragati, & Ahire, D. "Automated Recognition of Autism Spectrum Disorder from EEG Signals Using a CNN-LSTM Hybrid Model." In 2025 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. 2025, online. [Full Article Link]
     

  22. [Dharmale Lab] Sobalkar, A., Khadtare, M., Dharmale, P., & Kharate, G. K. "Exploration of New Models to Enhance Treadmill Usage and Analyze Optimal Use Cases for All Age Groups." In 2025 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. 2025, online. [Full Article Link]
     

  23. [Mui Lab] Mui, T.; Mui, Phil. "Mapping Collective Cynicism: How Discourse Narrowing Undermines Institutional Trust on College Campuses" ACM 2025, online. [Full Article Link]
     

  24. [Jahanikia Lab] Jahanikia, S., Sharma, N., Gor, A., Lao, S., Park, E., Nanjanagud, S., Wang, J. & Srivastava, D. Unveiling the Impact of Multidimensional Gamification on Dual N-Back Task Performance: A Pilot Study Using aWeb-Based Cognitive Training Game." Preprint 2025 [Full Article Link]
     

  25. [Liu Lab] Xie, John; Arya, Eva; Sun, Zoe; Liu, Viktoriia. "Evaluation of SSIM in pneumonia X-ray images under noise and distance variability" J. Emerg. Invest. 2025, in review.
     

  26. [Mui Lab] Mui, T.; Mui, Phil. "Why are we Cynical? A Semantic Analysis of College Newspaper Opinions." 2025 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics (ICAIDE) [Full Article Link] 
     

  27. [Poudyal Lab] Munimadireddy, S. D., Anadure, N., Ginjupalli, G. ., & Poudyal, B. "The Effects of AMF on Nitrogen-Rich Soil and Normal Soil in a Normal Environment on clitoria ternatea (butterfly pea plants)." Journal of Student Research 2025, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v13i4.8270 [Full Article Link]
     

  28. [Brah Lab] Shah, N.; Sharma, G.; Patel, V.; Le, G. B.,; Wu, M.; Mummadi, A.; Taneja, A.; Shah, M.; Krishna, M. & Brah, Harman. "In Silico Design of Blinatumomab: A conventional Bispecific T Cell Engager for Targeted Immunotherapy." ChemRXiv 2025, preprint in rev. [Full Article Link]
     

  29. [Downing Lab] Baronia, Shreya; Downing, Robert. "Marine, Biologic-Inspired Soft Robotic Drone Swarm for Ocean Trash Cleanup" Academia.edu 2025, preprint online. [Full Article Link]
     

  30. [Downing Lab] Trumic, Ajla; Sobalkar, Aneya; Tandirlie, Efe; Yadav, Nishka; Culinco, Isabelle; Nedumaran, Shriya; Liu, Kaylee; Tran, Phiet; Pai, Aadhya; Downing, Robert. "Revisiting Stellar Systems J0946 and V723 Monocerotis: A Study of Mass Gap Black Hole Candidates" rXiv 2025, online. [Full Article Link] 
     

  31. [Jahanikia Lab] Sharma, Neha; Gor, Aidan; Lao, Samuel; Park, Ethan; Nanjanagud, Shriya; Wang, Jason; Srivastava, Diigant ; Jahanikia, Sahar. "Unveiling the impact of Multi dimentional gemification on Dual N-Back Task performance: A pilot study using a web-based cognitive training game" Frontiers in Psychology, 2025, in rev.
     

  32. Raghavendra, Abhay; Garg, Aarnav; Thirumurugan, Kavinharish; Liu, Viktoriia. "The impact of pulmonary arterial vessel diameter on U-Net segmentation accuracy during early-stage training" J. Emerg. Invest. 2025, in review.
     

  33. Xie, Larry; Srikanth, Saahithi; Yashar, Kimberly; Formanek, Saree; Yin, Phinna; Gao, Darvas; Starostina, Nataliya. "Chemical Etchants for Dihedral Angle Measurements of Twin Boundaries in Pure Copper" IEEE MIT URTC Conference Proceedings 2025.
     

  34. Hu, Niel; Liu, Viktoriia. "A data-driven analysis of market and company influences on Netflix stock prices" J. Emerg. Invest. 2025, in review.
     

  35. Baghel, Anish; Liu, Viktoriia. "Explaining pneumonia predictions: How lung region complexity affects Grad-CAM and Deep Taylor outcome" J. Emerg. Invest. 2025, in review.
     

  36. You could be next!

2025

Publications | 2024

  1. Li, Sophia; Wang, Emma; Pei, Leia; Deb, Sourodeep; Panda, Raina; Prabhala, Prashanth; Eltepu, Shiven; Akl, Marx; McMahan, Larry; Njoo, Edward. "Evaluation of machine learning models for the accelerated prediction of Density Functional Theory calculated 19F chemical shifts based on local atomic environments." Artificial Intelligence Chemistry 2024, in press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aichem.2024.100078 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  2. Bordia, A., Chawla, A., Gao, K., & McMahan, Larry. "A Multimodal Approach for Skin Lesion Diagnosis." In 2024 2nd DMIHER International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Education and Industry (IDICAIEI) (pp. 1-5). IEEE 2024. [Full Article Link]
     

  3. Cui, M., Chang, L., Chau, A., Mekuria, H., Adwankar, L., Pendyala, S., & McMahan, L. "Efficient and Optimized Small Organic Molecular Graph Generation Pathway Using a Quantum Generative Adversarial Network." In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) (Vol. 1, pp. 1565-1570). IEEE. 2024, online. [Full Article Link]
     

  4. Chyu, Andrew; Xi, Selina; Kim, Joshua; Liu, Galen; Chan, Indalina; Hong, Seoyeon; Ke, Allen; Lavery, Thomas; Marimuthu, Anushree; Akula, Arjun; Njoo, Edward. "Benchtop 19F NMR Spectroscopy optimized Knorr pyrazole synthesis of Celecoxib and Mavacoxib, 3-(trifluoromethyl) pyrazolyl benzenesulfonamides Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)." Spectroscopy Journal 2024, 2(4), 206-215. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/spectroscj2040014 [Full Article Link]
     

  5. Bodapati, P., Zhang, E., Padmanabhan, S., Das, A., Bhattacharya, M., & Jahanikia, Sahar. "A Global Network Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution to Predict Breakthrough Cases among the Vaccinated Population." COVID 2024, 4(10), 1546-1560. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/covid4100107 [Full Article Link] 
     

  6. Lu, Breanna; Xu, Lexi; Chen, Harriet; Yu, Grace; Khow, Kimberly; Yang, Stella; Dinker, Arushi; Njoo, Edward. "C-4 analogs of podophyllotoxin as tubulin inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation, and structure-activity relationship." Natural Product Research 2024, 1, 1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2024.2410410  [Full Article Link] 
     

  7. Tran, Kara; Shah, Aashi; Saha, Rittika; Song, Claire; Liang, Emily; Njoo, Edward. "Mechanistic Deconvolution of Autoreduction in Tetrazolium-based Cell Viability Assays." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2024, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/22-186  [Article Link]
     

  8. Dileep, R., Patil, M., Mahesh, T., Deshmukh, A., Liu, S., Narayanan, A., & McMahan, Larry. "Predicting college retention rates from Google Street View images of campuses." Academia.edu 2024, online preprint. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF] 
     

  9. Chunduri, Krishna; Srinivas, Vishnu; Larry McMahan. "Jet optimization using a hybrid multivariate regression model and statistical methods in dimuon collisions." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2024, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/23-180 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  10. Pan, Michelle; Vaiyakarnam, Viabhav; Li, Allen; McMahan, Larry. "Impact of carbon number and atom number on cc-pVTZ Hartree-Fock Energy and program runtime of alkanes." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2024, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/23-130 [Full Article Link] [Full Article PDF]
     

  11. Gangal, Krish; Gerz, Ipek; Goyal, Tanvi; Iyer, Ajeeth; Vaiyakarnam, Vaibhav; McMahan, Larry. "Modeling Hartree-Fock approximations of the Schrödinger Equation for multielectron atoms from Helium to Xenon using STO-nG basis sets." J. Emerging Investigators 2023, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/22-211 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  12. Bhatnagar, Sweekrit; Cao, Yue; Hasteer, Diya; Li, Joshua; McMahan, Larry. "Relating socioeconomic position (SEP) and vaccination with Covid-19 rates in select populations." J. Emerging Investigators 2023, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/22-144 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  13. Baranwal, Tanish; Huang, Howard; Avadhani, Udbhav; Goyal, Anya; Samavedam, Akhil; Hu, Timothy; Kale, Mihir; Nepani, Tvisha; Njoo, Edward; Downing, Robert. "Quantitative definition of chemical synthetic pathway complexity of organic compounds." J. Emerging Investigators 2023, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/22-009 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  14. Lu, Breanna; Xu, Lexi; Chen, Harriet; Yu, Grace; Khow, Kimberly; Yang, Stella; Dinker, Arushi; Njoo, Edward. "C-4 analogs of podophyllotoxin as tubulin inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation, and structure-activity relationship." ChemRXiv, 2023. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-d5lcg  [Preprint Link]
     

  15. Liu, Bridget; Zhong, Alan; Ferguson, Adrienne; Shah, Aashi; Hsu, Nathan; Agarwal, Yash; Yu, Erika; Njoo, Edward. "Mass spectrometry enabled quantification of dopamine and metabolites." Manuscript in review. 
     

  16. Raghavan, Shloka; Nambiar, Niharika; Thomas, Nathaniel; Brierly-Green, Elena; Nepani, Tvisha; Babu, Suhani; Njoo, Edward. "In vivo and in silico structure activity relationship of nematocidal activity of spiroketal-functionalized avermectin-related macrolides." J. Emerging Investigators 2023, ASAP

2024

Publications | 2023

  1. Chen, Rosie; Singh, Pratyush; Su, Sarah; Kocalar, Selin; Wang, Xina; Mandava, Neha; Venkatesan, Srishti; Ferguson, Adrienne; Rao, Aishi; Le, Emma; Rojas, Casey; Njoo, Edward. “Benchtop 19F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Provides Mechanistic Insight into the Biginelli Condensation towards the Chemical Synthesis of Novel Trifluorinated Dihydro- and Tetrahydropyrimidinones as Antiproliferative Agents.” ACS Omega 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00290 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  2. Cui, Max; Chau, Adelina; Pan, Michelle; Vaiyakarnam, Vaibhav; McMahan, Larry. "Molecular Geometry Generation Processes Through Hybrid Quantum-Classical Generative Adversarial Networks and Python-Based Self-Consistent Field Molecular Calculations" IEEE Xplore, online. [Full Article Link]
     

  3. Raman, Sankrith; Tailor, Isha; Kallahalla, Smriti; Cheung, Stephanie; Poon, Chloe; Parashar, Vivek, Brah, Harman. "Structure-activity relationship of berberine and G4 DNA reveals aromaticity’s effect on binding affinity." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2023, online. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  4. Wang, Xina; Vu, Julia; Luk, Charissa; Njoo, Edward; "Benchtop 19F nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy enabled kinetic studies and optimization of the synthesis of carmofur." Canadian J. Chem 2023, online. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-9213j [Full Article Link] [Preprint Link]
     

  5. Ting, Patrick; Sahu, Aayaan; Wajge, Nishad; Rao, Vineet; Poosarla, Hiresh; Mui, Phil. "Using Model Classification to detect Bias in Hospital Triaging." Annals of Biomedical Science and Engineering 2023. [Full Article Link] 
     

  6. Chhatare, Falak; Deshpande, Sudhanva; Malik, Sidhant; Yan, Grace; Subramaniam, Suresh. "Brain Tumor Detection Using Convolutional Neural Network." J. Student. Research 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v12i2.4213 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF] 
     

  7. Rustagi, Aaryan; Padisetti, Vajraang; Subramaniam, Suresh. "Fake Review Detection Using Machine Learning." Journal of Student Research, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v11i1.3281  [Article Link]
     

  8. Sikdar, Diptanshu; Cui, Max; Chau, Adelina; Bhamra, Arjun; Prasanna, Satvik; McMahan, Larry. "Hybrid Quantum-Classical Generative Adversarial Network for synthesizing chemically feasible molecules"  J. Emerging Investigators 2023, online. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF] 
     

  9. Mandava, Neha; Avadhani, Udbhav; Le, Stacey; Goyal, Emily; Njoo, Edward. "Quantitative NMR spectroscopy reveals solvent effects in the photochemical degradation of thymoquinone" J. Emerging Investigators 2023, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/22-116 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  10. Thomas, Nathaniel; Bhatnagar, Sweekrit; Agarwal, Avirral; Iyer, Anya; Sankar, Niranjana; Bhargava, Manav; Ye, Spencer; Li, Edwin; Nandi, Ritam; Njoo, Edward; Downing, Robert. "Key Molecular Descriptors Distinguishing Between Synthetic and Natural Products." ChemRXiv 2023, online. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-t2lwf [Preprint Link] 
     

  11. Gangal, Krish; Gerz, Ipek; Goyal, Tanvi; Iyer, Ajeeth; Vaiyakarnam, Vaibhav; McMahan, Larry. "Modeling Hartree-Fock approximations of the Schrödinger Equation for multielectron atoms from Helium to Xenon using STO-nG basis sets." J. Emerging Investigators 2023, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/22-211 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  12. Bhatnagar, Sweekrit; Cao, Yue; Hasteer, Diya; Li, Joshua; McMahan, Larry. "Relating socioeconomic position (SEP) and vaccination with Covid-19 rates in select populations." J. Emerging Investigators 2023, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/22-144 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  13. Baranwal, Tanish; Huang, Howard; Avadhani, Udbhav; Goyal, Anya; Samavedam, Akhil; Hu, Timothy; Kale, Mihir; Nepani, Tvisha; Njoo, Edward; Downing, Robert. "Quantitative definition of chemical synthetic pathway complexity of organic compounds." J. Emerging Investigators 2023, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59720/22-009 [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  14. Lu, Breanna; Xu, Lexi; Chen, Harriet; Yu, Grace; Khow, Kimberly; Yang, Stella; Dinker, Arushi; Njoo, Edward. "C-4 analogs of podophyllotoxin as tubulin inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation, and structure-activity relationship." ChemRXiv, 2023. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-d5lcg  [Preprint Link]
     

  15. Liu, Bridget; Zhong, Alan; Ferguson, Adrienne; Shah, Aashi; Hsu, Nathan; Agarwal, Yash; Yu, Erika; Njoo, Edward. "Mass spectrometry enabled quantification of dopamine and metabolites." Manuscript in review. 
     

  16. Raghavan, Shloka; Nambiar, Niharika; Thomas, Nathaniel; Brierly-Green, Elena; Nepani, Tvisha; Babu, Suhani; Njoo, Edward. "In vivo and in silico structure activity relationship of nematocidal activity of spiroketal-functionalized avermectin-related macrolides." J. Emerging Investigators 2023, ASAP.
     

  17. Li, Shelley; Pandrangi, Kavya; Njoo, Edward. "High-Throughput Virtual Screening and Homology Modeling Enables the Identification of Hit Analogs of Efavirenz." J. Emerging Investigators 2023, ASAP. Manuscript accepted.
     

  18. Su, Sarah; Le, Emma; Singh, Pratyush; Sri Indran, Karthikha; Pal, Sohie; Regan, Anika; Jain, Meher; Shah, Aashi; Njoo, Edward. "Singlet oxygen production analysis of reduced berberine analogs via NMR spectroscopy" J. Emerging Investigators 2023, online. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF] 

2023
2022

  1. Yu, Erika; Raghavan, Shloka; Anand, Shreya; Xu, Harrison, Nepani, Tvisha; Nambiar, Niharika; Vu, Julia; Zhang, Alivia; Babu, Suhani; Brierley-Green, Elena; Peer, Anushka; Finkelstein, Alice; Ferguson, Adrienne; Avadhani, Udbhav, Nittala, Sanhita; Njoo, E.S. "Modular mimics of neuroactive alkaloids: design, synthesis, and cholinesterase activity of novel rivastigmine analogs", J. Emerging Invesitgators, 2022, online. [Full article link] [Article PDF]
     

  2. Kocalar, Selin; Njoo, E.S. "Taft linear free-energy relationships in the biocatalytic hydrolysis of sterically hindered nitrophenyl ester substrates" J. Emerging Investigators, 2022, online. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  3. Chen, Rosie; Singh, Pratyush; Su, Sarah; Kocalar, Selin; Wang, Xina; Mandava, Neha; Venkatesan, Srishti; Ferguson, Adrienne; Rao, Aishi; Le, Emma; Rojas, Casey; Njoo, Edward. “Benchtop 19F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Provides Mechanistic Insight into the Biginelli Condensation towards the Chemical Synthesis of Novel Trifluorinated Dihydro- and Tetrahydropyrimidinones as Antiproliferative Agents.” ChemRxiv 2022. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-1371g-v2 [Full Article Link]
     

  4. Huang, Elijah; Mui, Phil. "Modeling Misinformation With Q-Learning, Nim, and Multi-Agents," MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC) 2022, accepted. 
     

  5. Wang, Xina; Vu, Julia; Luk, Charissa; Njoo, Edward; "Benchtop 19F nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy enabled kinetic studies and optimization of the synthesis of carmofur." ChemRXiv 2022. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-9213j [Preprint Link]
     

  6. Luk, Charissa; Wu, Jeslyn; Njoo, Edward; "Homology modeling of clinically-relevant rilpivirine-resistant HIV-RT variants identifies novel rilpivirine analogs with retained binding affinity against NNRTI-resistant HIV mutations." J. Emerging Investigators 2022, online. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF] 
     

  7. Adhikesaven, Sanjay; Kapoor, Aradhya; Khowaja, Ali; Li, Vivian; Sabhanayakam, Karthik; McMahan, Larry. "Predicting the Instance of Breast Cancer within Patients using a Convolutional Neural Network." J. Emerging Investigators 2022, online. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF] 
     

  8. Kocalar, Selin; Zhou, Alice; Salahifar, Aylin; Njoo, Edward. "Spectrophotometric comparison of 4-Nitrophenyl carbonates & carbamates as base-labile protecting groups." J. Emerging Investigators 2022, online. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  9. Zhou, Alice; Chang, Warren; Wang, Tiffany; Wu, Jeslyn; Kocalar, Selin; Swaminathan, Lakshman; Rao, Aishi; Athreya, Samyukta; Chanda, Priya; Njoo, Edward. "Reactivity-informed design, synthesis, and Michael addition kinetics of C-ring andrographolide analogs." J. Emerging Investigators 2022, online. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF] 
     

  10. Udgaonkar, Aditya; Wu, Jeslyn; Rao, Aishi; Njoo, Edward. "Deuterated solvent effects in the kinetics and thermodynamics of keto-enol tautomerization of ETFAA." J. Emerging Investigators 2022, online. [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  11. Tran, Kara; Shah, Aashi; Saha, Rittika; Song, Claire; Liang, Emily; Njoo, Edward. "Mechanistic deconvolution of autoreduction in tetrazolium-based cell viability assays." J. Emerging Investigators, manuscript accepted, 2022. 
     

  12. Shu, Emily; Lloyd, Madeleine; Marimuthu, Anushree; Kulkarni, Anika; Chen, Rosie; Venkatesan, Srishti; Athreya, Samyukta; Kulkarni, Riya; Wang, Jonathan; Sreedhar, Aditya; Bianco, Nadia; Hyunh, Kaitlyn; Han, Eric; Gore, Adrian; Chen, Raymond; Yamamoto, Akira; Njoo, Edward. "High-performance liquid chromatography insight in pH-dependent hydrolysis of andrographolide acetonide" J. Emerging Investigators, manuscript accepted. 2022. 
     

  13. Su, Sarah; Le, Emma; Sri Indran, Karthikha; Pal, Sohie; Regan, Anika; Jain, Meher; Shah, Aashi; Njoo, E.S. "Singlet oxygen production of reduced berberine analogs via a 4+2 cycloaddition monitored by benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy."  J. Emerging Investigators, manuscript accepted, 2022
     

  14. Zhou, Alice; Li, Emily; Long, Vivian; Dai, Emily; Long, Lawrence; Njoo, Edward. "Strain selective in-vivo and in silico structure-activity relationship (SAR) of tetracycline antibiotics." J. Emerging Investigators, manuscript accepted, 2022. 
     

  15. Li, Shelley; Pandrangi, Kavya; Njoo, Edward; "High-Throughput Virtual Screening and Homology Modeling
    Enables the Identification of Hit Analogs of Efavirenz." J. Emerging Investigators, manuscript accepted, 2022. 
     

  16. Baranwal, Tanish; Huang, Howard; Avadhani, Udbhav, Goyal, Anya; Samavedam, Akhil; Kale, Mihir; Nepani, Tvisha; Hu, Timothy; Srikanth, Vishak; Downing, R.A. ; Njoo, E.S. "Quantitative Definition of Chemical Complexity Through Gaussian Mixture Models and Autoencoder Approaches." J. Emerging Investigators, manuscript accepted 2022.
     

  17. Raghavan, Shloka; Nambiar, Niharika; Thomas, Nathaniel; Brierley-Green, Elena; Nepani, Tvisha; Babu, Suhani; Njoo, Edward. "In vivo and in silico structure activity relationship of nematocidal activity of spiroketal-functionalized avermectin-related macrolides. manuscript submitted, 2022. 
     

  18. Suresh, Rohit; Sriram, Srinitya; Garg, Vivek; Kamdar, Yash; Kuchibhotla, Sahana; Renganathan, Gayathri. "In silico modeling of emodin’s interactions with serine/threonine kinases and chitosan derivatives" J. Emerging Investigators 2022, online. [Article Link] 

Publications | 2022

Publications | 2021

  1. Lutz, Michael; Gadaginmath, Sanjana; Vairavan, Natraj; Mui, Phil. "Examining Political Bias within YouTube Search and Recommendation Algorithms." IEEE XPlore, Symposium Series in Computational Intelligence, 2021. [Full Article Link]
     

  2. Luk, Charissa; Nepani, Tvisha; Bhattacharjee, Shamita; Raman, Thoya; Avadhani, Udbhav; Su, Sarah; Raghavan, Shloka; Mandava, Neha; Chanda, Priya; Rao, Aishi; Wang, Xina; Shah, Aashi; Wu, Jeslyn; Njoo, E.S. "In silico screen of a library of carmofur analogs as potential inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease and its variants through homology modeling." manuscript in review, 2021. 
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  3. Kocalar, Selin; Njoo, E.S. "Taft linear free-energy relationships in the biocatalytic hydrolysis of sterically-hindered nitrophenyl ester substrates." manuscript submitted 2021, [Preprint PDF]
     

  4. Wu, Jeslyn; Udgaonkar, Aditya; Rao, Aishi; Njoo, E.S.* "Deuterated solvent effects in the kinetics and thermodynamics of keto-enol tautomerization of ethyl 4,4,4-trifluoroacetoacetate." manuscript submitted, 2021.
     

  5. Lutz, Michael; Gadaginmath, Sanjana; Vairavan, Natraj; Srivatsan, Sriram, Mui, Phil*. "Reflection of Political Bias within YouTube Search and Recommendation Algorithms." Young Scientists Journal 2021, online. [Full Article Link]
     

  6. Luk, Charissa; Wu, Jeslyn; Njoo, E.S. "Homology modeling of clinically-relevant rilpivirine-resistant HIV-RT variants identifies novel rilpivirine analogs with retained binding affinity against NNRTI-resistant HIV mutations", Journal of Emerging Investigators 2021, ASAP. [Preprint PDF]
     

  7. Kumar, Maithili; Lin, Justin; Loh, Angelina; Palle, Adithya; Mui, Phil.* "Demographic Bias in Unemployment Across the U.S. during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic." Young Scientists Journal 2021, [Full Article Link]
     

  8. Cheng, Ashley; Medikonduru, Isha; Mouli, Leela; Ramakrishnan, Akshaya; Mikhail, Nardeen*. "Isolation and Inhibition of Psychotropic Fungi in Dairy Products. Journal of Research High School 2021, [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  9. Ashok, Bhavesh; Hedvig, Danielle; Sundar, Shreya; Yadavalli, Arunaabha; Brah, Harman*; Clark, Scott.* "De novo design and computational structure activity relationship (SAR) of fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) protein inhibitors to combat obesity." manuscript submitted, 2021.
     

  10. Nandyala, Haasini; Pham, Ariel; Wagle, Anushka; Daggolu, Hansika; Guha, Amrita; Sankar, Reya; Chan, Chloe; Venkatesh, Dipti; Renganathan, Gayathri.* "Identification of Novel Protein Targets for Fenugreek to Treat Diabetes: A Molecular Docking Study." manuscript submitted, 2021.
     

  11. Ashok, Bhavesh; Baranwal, Tanish; Avadhani, Udbhav; Biddala, Geethika; Nepani, Tvisha; Srikanth, Vishak; Zaceria, Luqman; Williams, Natalia; Downing, R.A.*; Njoo, E.S.* "Development of a novel machine learning platform to identify structural trends among NNRTI HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors." manuscript submitted, 2021. [Preprint PDF]
     

  12. Shah, Aashi; Raghavan, Shloka; Bhattacharjee, Shamita; Rajasekhar, Anushka; Beldona, Varsha; Verma, Pranjal; Yuvaraj, Aishwarya; Rajkumar, Harsha; Njoo, E.S. "In silico comparative screening of anti-amyloidogenic properties of a targeted library of natural product polyphenols towards identification of potential leads in therapeutics for amyloid-linked neurodegenerative diseases" manuscript in review 2021, [Preprint PDF]
     

  13. Kocalar, Selin; Zhou, Catherine; Tan, Jadon; Liu, Alex; Chen, Elliot; Salahifar, Aylin; Verma, Pranjal; Pemmaraju, Saanvi; Njoo, E.S. "Hammett linear free-energy relationships in the biocatalytic hydrolysis of para-substituted nitrophenyl benzoate esters." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2021, ASAP. [Preprint PDF]
     

  14. Haque, Ayaan; Kukal, Aryaman; Rao, Yamuna; Cho, David; Rao, Keshav*. "A Computational Analysis on Nicotine Withdrawal and Cardiac Arrhythmia and Their Effects on COVID-19." Journal of Student Research 2021 10(1), https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v10i1.1302 [Link] [Full Article]
     

  15. Raghavan, Shloka; Anand, Shreya; Vittaladevuni, Ananya; Zhang, Alivia; Mandava, Neha; Biddala, Geethika; Gupta, Navya; Iglesias, David; Njoo, E.S. "Synthetic and Natural Phytohormones: A Review and Analysis of their Development, Functions, and Impacts." Journal of Research High School, manuscript accepted, 2021. 
     

  16. Suresh, Rohit; Sriram, Srinitya; Garg, Vivek; Kamdar, Yash; Kuchibhotla, Sahana; Renganathan, Gayathri*. "In silico screening of emodin's interactions with serine/threonine kinases and chitosan derivatives." manuscript submitted 2021, [Preprint PDF]
     

  17. Wu, Jeslyn; Luk, Charissa; Zhou, Catherine; Shah, Aashi; Yuvaraj, Aishwarya; Njoo, E.S. "Design and in silico screening of analogs of rilpivirine as novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) for antiretroviral therapy." Journal of Emerging Investigators, manuscript accepted, 2021. [Link] [Full Text PDF]
     

  18. Su, Sarah; Sri Indran, Karthikha; Pal, Sohie; Le, Emma; Regan, Anika; Jain, Meher; Shah, Aashi; Iglesias, David; Wang, Andrew; Njoo, E.S. "Comparative singlet oxygen photosensitizer efficiency of berberine, rose bengal, and methylene blue by time course nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) monitoring of a photochemical 4+2 cycloaddition endoperoxide formation." Jounal of Emerging Investigators 2021 online, [Link] [Full Text PDF]
     

  19. Khow, Kimberly; Nair, Ria; Chari, Sadhana; Xie, Katherine; Kale, Isha; Mikhail, Nardeen*. "Detection and control of spoilage fungi in refrigerated vegetables and fruits." Journal of Emerging Investigators  2021, online. [Link] [Full Text PDF]
     

  20. Suresh, Rohit; Garg, Vivek; Kamdar, Yash; Kalathoti, Angelina; Renganathan, Gayathri. "Evaluation of Improved and Current Vanillin Based Colorimetric Quantification Methods of Triterpenoids," Journal of Student Research 2021, manuscript accepted. [Preprint PDF]

Publications | 2020

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  1. Sun, Stephanie; Hamid, Saira; Su, Sarah; Su, Andrew; Ashok, Bhavesh; Simrun; Njoo, Edward "Strain-specific and photochemically-activated antimicrobial activity of berberine and two berberine analogs." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2020, [Article PDF] [Full Article Link]
     

  2. Sun, Stephanie; Su, Andrew; Sakhrani, Simrun; Ashok, Bhavesh; Su, Sarah; Rajamanickam, Sarada; Njoo, E.S. "Comparative screening of dose-dependent and strain-specific antimicrobial efficacy of berberine against a representative library of broad spectrum antibiotics." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2020, ASAP. [Preprint PDF]
     

  3. Surapaneni, Anvi; Surapaneni, Atri; Wu, Jeslyn; Bajaj, Ayush; Reyes, Katrina Mae; Adwankar, Rohan; Vittaladevuni, Ananya; Njoo, E.S. "Kinetic monitoring and Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of the green oxidation of (-)-menthol to (-)-menthone." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2020, ASAP. [Link] [Full Article]
     

  4. Surapaneni, Anvi; Surapaneni, Atri; Adwankar, Rohan; Wu, Jeslyn; Reyes, Katrina Mae; Vittaladevuni, Ananya; Njoo, E.S. "A Review of Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors’ Structure and Activity with HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase." Young Scientists Journal 2020, [Full Article Link]
     

  5. Rajasekhar, Anushka; Khandepekar, Simone; Raghavan, Shloka; Suresh, S. "DNA Analysis of the Sucrose Synthase Enzyme in Genetically Modified and Heirloom Pisum sativum." Young Scientists Journal 2020, [Full Article Link]
     

  6. Sun, Stephanie; Anand, Kavya; Ashok, Ishani; Ashok, Bhavesh; Bajaj, Ayush; Beldona, Varsha; Chattopadhyay, Kushal; Kwan, Audrey; Mageswaran, Karankumar; Surapaneni, Anvi; Surapaneni, Atri; Verma, Pranjal; Chen, Allen; Kolala, Ria; Liang, Andrew; Poosarla, Ayeeshi; Premnath, Krithikaa; Sri Indran, Karthikha; Wu, Jeslyn; Yuvaraj, Aishwarya; Raj, Harsha; Sathish, Tanish; Shah, Aashi; Su, Sarah; Tran, Kara; Njoo, E.S. "Reactivity-guided de novo molecular design and high throughput virtual screening of a targeted library of peptidomimetic compounds reveals charge-based structure-activity
    relationship of potential covalent inhibitors of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2." Journal of Student Research 2020, 9(2), 1082. https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v9i2.1082     [Full Article Link] [Article PDF]
     

  7. Shrivastava, Anoushka; Downing, R.A. "A Quantitative Study of the Voynich Manuscript through the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test." manuscript in review, [Preprint PDF]
     

  8. Chang, Warren; Rajaram, Vigasini; Yallapali, Harshith; Dong, Arielle; Huang, Kimberly; Valiveru, Anirudh; Njoo, E.S. "Rational design, combinatorial synthesis, and antimicrobial activity of novel biaryl imines and amines as potential competitive inhibitors of dihydropteroate synthase." manuscript submitted. [Preprint PDF]
     

  9. Sun, Stephanie; Ashok, Bhavesh; Su, Andrew; Hamid, Saira; Sri Indran, Karthikha; Shah, Aashi; Su, Sarah; Sakhrani, Simrun; Njoo, E.S. "Computational structure-activity relationship (SAR) of berberine analogs reveals both position- and target-dependence in double stranded and G-quadruplex DNA binding." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2020, manuscript accepted, [Article PDF]
     

  10. Shrivastava, Anoushka; Kainth, Krrish; Yin, Bowen; Joshi, Mihir; Mehta, Sahil; Patel, Shervil; Shah, Rishabh; Sekar, Mythri; Downing, R.A. "An Application of Data Mining And Frequency Analyses to Determine Source Languages of the Voynich Manuscript" 2019, Academia.edu preprint [Full Article Link]
     

  11. Shern, Tyler; Rai, Ansh; Premanth, Krithikaa; Kolala, Ria; Ashok, Ishani; Kwan, Audrey; Njoo, E.S. "High-throughput virtual screening of novel dihydropyrimidine monastrol analogs reveals robust structure-activity relationship to kinesin Eg5 binding thermodynamics." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2020, manuscript accepted, [Preprint PDF]
     

  12. Premnath, Krithikaa; Kolala, Ria; Shern, Tyler; Rai, Ansh; Ashok, Ishani; Kwan, Audrey; Njoo, E.S. "Monastrol and Dihydropyrimidines: The Future of Small Molecule Kinesin Eg5 Inhibitors," Journal of Youths in Science 2021, [Full Article Link] [Full Text PDF]
     

  13. Chen, Allen; Poosarla, Ayeeshi; Liang, Andrew; Njoo, E.S. "Tracking Enzymatic Hydrolysis of an Amide Bond Using Highly Simplified 4-nitroanilide Colorimetric Substrates." National High School Journal of Science 2020 ASAP, [Preprint PDF]
     

  14. Vitalladevuni, Ananya; Mukkamala, Ishya; Das, Saahil; Suresh, S. "In silico development of a novel DNA-directed interfering RNA fragment to treat SARS-CoV-2." in progress, [Preprint PDF]
     

  15. Biddala, Geethika Reddy; Mandava, Neha; Makhija, Aarya; Liu, Edison; Suresh, S. "Effect of differential growth conditions and environmental stress factors in reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and polyphenol biosynthesis in Salvia Rosmarinus." [Preprint PDF]
     

  16. Chen, Allen; Poosarla, Ayeeshi; Mageswaran, Karan; Rajasekhar, Anushka; Fu, Brian; Liang, Andrew; Tran, Kara; Njoo, E.S. "Spectroscopic Kinetic Monitoring and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Biocatalytic Ester Hydrolysis in Non-Aqueous Solvent." Journal of Emerging Investigators 2020, ASAP [Article PDF]
     

  17. Ashok, Bhavesh; Bajaj, Ayush; Adwankar, Rohan; Surapaneni, Atri; Surapaneni, Anvi; Chen, Allen; Sun, Stephanie; Chattopadhyay, Kushal; Wu, Jeslyn; Liang, Andrew; Poosarla, Ayeeshi; Mageswaran, Karankumar; Rao, Isha; Kharshingher, Sania; Booma, Sushruth; Njoo, E.S.; Downing, R.A. "Pharmacophore-based screening and identification of molecular level descriptors applied to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)" manuscript in review, [Preprint PDF]
     

  18. Kwan, Audrey; Yuvaraj, Aishwarya; Raghavan, Shloka; Shern, Tyler; Rai, Ansh; Premnath, Krithikaa; Kolala, Ria; Ashok, Ishani; Njoo, E.S. "Computational sequence analysis and binding pocket homology modeling of kinesin-like proteins in model organisms provides insight into structural basis of the differential binding of the allosteric inhibitor monastrol." National High School Journal of Science 2020, online, [Full Article Link]
     

  19. Chen, Allen; Fu, Brian; Liang, Andrew; Mageswaran, Karankumar; Poosarla, Ayeeshi; Njoo, E.S. "β-Lactam Antibiotics: The Past, Present, and Future." manuscript in review, [Preprint PDF]
     

  20. Garg, Ananya; Jana, Pranava; Rai, Soumya; Wu, Jeslyn; Dantara, Hiral. "Analysis of Packaged Milk Quality Using Coliforms as Indicators" National High School Journal of Science 2020, [Full Article Link]
     

  21. Sun, Stephanie; Su, Andrew, Rajamanickam, Sarada; Njoo, E.S. "The Chemistry and Biological Activity of Berberine and Related Analogs." manuscript in review, [Preprint PDF]

2021
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