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Nov 111 min read

Front Cover of Organic Letters

We are thankful for getting the honor to be on the cover of the November 2024 Organic Letters Journal!

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Anthoteibinenes A–E from the Irish Deep-Sea Coral Anthothela grandiflora: An Amination Puzzle

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Sep 41 min read

Anthoteibinenes A–E from the Irish Deep-Sea Coral Anthothela grandiflora: An Amination Puzzle

Chemical investigation of extracts from the Irish deep-sea soft coral Anthothela grandiflora revealed cadinene-like sesquiterpenes,...

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Aug 211 min read

Podcast: Studying for the Scrubs

Arya Paghdal Interviews our own Dr. Bill Baker on natural Products drug discovery and Isolation. Listen to the podcast here!...

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Congratulations Sarah, Sefat and Stephanie!

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Dec 15, 20230 min read

Congratulations Sarah, Sefat and Stephanie!

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These strange underwater animals could save our lives. If we don’t destroy them first.

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Oct 21, 20231 min read

These strange underwater animals could save our lives. If we don’t destroy them first.

Deep-sea mining threatens the world’s untapped and unknown underwater pharmacies. Read the full article here

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Neosuberitenone, a New Sesterterpenoid Carbon Skeleton, from the Antarctic Sponge Suberites

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Feb 2, 20231 min read

Neosuberitenone, a New Sesterterpenoid Carbon Skeleton, from the Antarctic Sponge Suberites

(2023) Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a highly contagious human pathogen that poses a significant threat to children under the age...

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Tuaimenals B–H, Merosesquiterpenes from the Irish Deep-Sea Soft Coral Duva florida with Bioactivity

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Feb 2, 20231 min read

Tuaimenals B–H, Merosesquiterpenes from the Irish Deep-Sea Soft Coral Duva florida with Bioactivity

(2022) Previous chemical investigation of the Irish deep-sea soft coral Duva florida led to the identification of tuaimenal A (10), a new...

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Chemistry and Bioactivity of the Deep-Water Antarctic Octocoral Alcyonium sp.

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Feb 1, 20231 min read

Chemistry and Bioactivity of the Deep-Water Antarctic Octocoral Alcyonium sp.

(2022) Chemical investigation of an Antarctic deep-water octocoral has led to the isolation of four new compounds, including three...

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Meet Our New Post Doctoral Student: Sam Afoullouss

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Nov 8, 20221 min read

Meet Our New Post Doctoral Student: Sam Afoullouss

Sam Afoullouss Completed his B.Sc. in Biopharmaceutical Chemistry at the National University of Ireland Galway. Here he researched the...

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ezequiel cruz rosa

Oct 24, 20221 min read

Happy Halloween 2022!

From the baker Lab, we wish you a very spooky Halloween!

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ezequiel cruz rosa

Sep 13, 20221 min read

Keys Marine Lab Sampling Trip 2022

Located just south of Miami, the florida keys are a wonderful archipelago that is bustling with life and chemistry. In August of 2022 the...

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ezequiel cruz rosa

Aug 25, 20221 min read

Searching The Ocean's Depths for Future Medicines: an interview with Sam Afoullouss

Sam Afoullouss Talks about his experiences as a deep-sea researcher and his search for unique chemistry that may one day become a...

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ezequiel cruz rosa

Aug 24, 20221 min read

Teamwork on the Reef

It's been a long time since the lab went out diving. Last week Dr. Baker along with Stine and Ben went on a diving trip off the coast off...

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Meet our graduate student! Sarah Dietrick

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Jul 7, 20221 min read

Meet our graduate student! Sarah Dietrick

Sarah is a graduate student doing research in Marine Natural Products Chemistry and Drug Discovery. She is currently looking into the...

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Meet our Graduate Student! Stephen Thompson

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Jul 7, 20221 min read

Meet our Graduate Student! Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson obtained his bachelor's in chemistry from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 2019. From...

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Meet our graduate student! Benjamin Smith

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Jul 6, 20221 min read

Meet our graduate student! Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Graduated from his bachelor's degree in biochemistry and integrative biology from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 2014...

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ezequiel cruz rosa

Jul 6, 202225 min read

Bibliography of articles

Bracegirdle, J.; Olsen, S. S.; Teng, M. N.; Tran, K. C.; Amsler, C. D.; McClintock, J. B.; Baker, B. J. Neosuberitenone, a new...

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ezequiel cruz rosa

Jun 11, 20221 min read

Happy Kamehameha Day!

Today we celebrated Kamehameha Day, in honor of Kamehameha the Great, the monarch who first established the unified Kingdom of Hawaiʻi....

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Meet our new grad student! Sylvester Osei Bobbie

ezequiel cruz rosa

Jun 6, 20221 min read

Meet our new grad student! Sylvester Osei Bobbie

Sylvester earned his bachelor's degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana in 2020. During this time, he...

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Meet our new grad student! Sefat E Munjerin

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Jun 6, 20221 min read

Meet our new grad student! Sefat E Munjerin

Sefat earned her bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and master's degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh...

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