News

New Publication in Org. Lett.

      Our paper entitled “Diastereoselective Base-Catalyzed Formal [4+2] Cycloadditions of N-Sulfonyl Imines and Cyclic Anhydrides” has been published in Organic Letters. Check it out in the publications section!

New Publication in MedChemComm

Our paper entitled “Targeting quinolone- and aminocoumarin-resistant bacteria with new gyramide analogs that inhibit DNA gyrase” appears online in MedChemComm. Check it out in the publications section!

New Post-Doc

The Shaw group welcomes our new post-doctoral researcher, Jesus Cordova Guerrero.

New Graduate Students

The Shaw Group welcomes our two new incoming first year graduate students, Nina Howard and Lucas Souza.

New Publication in J. Org. Chem.

Our paper entitled “Asymmetric Synthesis of Homocitric Acid Lactone” appears online in Journal of Organic Chemistry. Check it out in the publications section!

New Publication in J. Org. Chem.

Our paper entitled “Comparative Evaluation of Substituent Effect on the Photochromic Properties of Spiropyrans and Spirooxazines” appears online in Journal of Organic Chemistry. Check it out in the publications section!

Doctor Mike!

Congrats to (Dr.) Mike Di Maso! We wish him luck as he begins his career at Merck Process.

New Publication in J. Org. Chem.

Our paper entitled “Synthesis of Esters by in Situ Formation and Trapping of Diazoalkanes” appears online in Journal of Organic Chemistry. Check it out in the publications section!

Congrats, Ada!

Congratulations to Ada Kwong for receiving the Beckman award. Read more about this prestigous award here!

Welcome, PUC Delegation!

Dr. Shaw hosts delegation from Pontificia Universidad Católica (Santiago, Chile) for symposium and poster session.

New Publication in Org. Lett.

Our paper entitled “Synthesis of (±)-Bisavenanthramide B-6 by an Anionic Anhydride Mannich Reaction” appears online in Organic Letters. Check it out in the publications section!

New Publication in Chem. Eur. J.

Our paper entitled “Diastereoselective Synthesis of and Mechanistic Understanding for the Formation of 2-Piperidinones from Imines and Cyano-Substituted Anhydrides” appears online in Chemistry a European Journal. Check it out in …

Congrats, Ada

Congratulations to Ada Kwong on receiving the UC Davis Provost Undergraduate Fellowship!

Pacifichem ’15

Prof. Shaw presents the lab’s work on rhodium catalyzed C–H insertion at Pacifichem!

New Publication in Org. Syn.

Our procedure to synthesize “4-Methyl-1-(2-(phenylsulfonyl)ethyl)-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane” appears in Organic Syntheses. Check it out in the publication section!

Professor Max!

Former Shaw group post-doc, Max Mahoney, accepts an Assistant Professorship at Folsom Lake College. Congrats, Max!

Congrats, Mike

Congratulations to Mike Di Maso for winning the R. Bryan Miller Graduate Research Fellowship!

New Publication in Tetrahedron Lett.

Our paper entitled “Synthesis of the diaryl ether cores common to chrysophaentins A, E and F ” appears online in Tetrahedron Letters. Check it out in the publications section!

New Publication in ACS Med. Chem. Lett.

Our paper entitled “Synthesis and Evaluation of Quinazolines as Inhibitors of the Bacterial Cell Division Protein FtsZ ” appears online in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Check it out in the …

New Graduate Students

The Shaw Group welcomes our new first year graduate students Carla Saunders, Noah Burlow and Leslie Nickerson; and undergraduate student Jacob Cook!

Congrats, Flora

Flora Rutaganira (Shaw Group alum, center left at table) receives UCSF Chancellor’s Diversity Award for 2014!

New Publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.

Congratulations to Cristian Soldi, Kellan Lamb, Richard Squitieri, Marcos González-López, and Mike Di Maso whose paper entitled “Enantioselective Intramolecular C–H Insertion Reactions of Donor–Donor Metal Carbenoids” was recently accepted to JACS. Check …

Jared on the Radio

Jared Shaw and Bruce German were invited to Insight with Beth Ruyak on Capitol Public Radio for this month’s upcoming Science Café! Listen in here!

Congrats, Gabby

Congratulations to Gabby Nepomuceno on winning an outstanding poster award at Chemical Biology in the Bay Area (CBBA) Day!

Beckman Award

Zi Yao joins the Shaw group as a Beckman Scholar. Read more about this prestigous award here!