2025 Welch Conference Poster Session

Undergraduate Students

1. Punarvash Mitta, Rice University
   “Identifying TCR-T Target Epitopes via Integration of RNA-Seq Analysis and Mass-Spec Based Immunopeptidome in Sarcoma”
   
2. Isabella Vasquez, Texas Tech University
   “Second Window Surveillance: Albumin-Complexed Semiconducting Polymers for NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging of Pan-Ovarian Cancer”
3. Alyssa Kornegay, The University of Texas at San Antonio
   “Targeting TDP-43 Aggregation with Novel Small RNA Chaperones Using the FIT System”

Graduate Students

1. Sachin Giri, The University of Texas at Dallas
   “General Modular and Convergent Approach to Diversely Functionalized Allylic Systems”
   
2. Muhammad Fiji, University of Houston
   “Design Principles for the Synthesis of Self-Pillared ZSM-5 Zeolite Nanosheets”
3. Linqi Cheng, Rice University
   “Sequence Display-Enabled Machine Learning for Protein Evolution”

Postdoctoral Trainees

1. Teng Yuan, Rice University
   “Biocatalytic Synthesis of N-Protected a-Amino Acids through 1,3-Nitrogen Migration by Nonheme Iron Enzymes”
2. Sidhant Wagulde, The University of Texas at Dallas
   “Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of Aldehydes and Alkenes Toward Skipped Enones”
3. Haoxin Li, Scripps Research
   “A Covalent Molecular Clamp for TOE1 Illuminates Tunable Spliceosome Regulation”

Laboratory Heads

1. Anju Sreelatha, UT Southwestern Medical Center
   “A Repurposed AMP Binding Domain Reveals Protein AMPylation as a Regulator of Cellular Metabolism”
2. Abdoulaye Djire, Texas A&M University
   “Driving Selective Ammonia Catalysis via Sublattice-Nitrogen Chemistry of MNenes”
3. Rafael Verduzco, Rice University
   “Photoinitiated RAFT Copolymerization of α-Lipoic Acid and Acrylates for Degradable Polymers”