NEWS AND EVENTS

October 28, 2023

Congratulations to Keyara Piri on receiving a presentation award for her research and presentation skills at 2023 SACNAS.

August 16, 2023

Congratulations to Khamyl Cooksey on being accepted to the Chemistry Ph.D. program at UC Merced!

July 6, 2023

Welcome our two new graduate students: Roxana Gonzalez and Jasmine Hang!

June 30, 2023

Dennis Ashong receives a CSUPERB Faculty-Graduate Student Research Collaboration award! Congratulations!

June 20, 2023

Our manuscript entitled “Crosstalk between Microtubule Stabilizing Agents and Prostate Cancer” has been accepted for publication in Cancers!

June 12, 2023

Our manuscript entitled “Tricyclic Diterpenoids Selectively Suppress Androgen Receptor-Positive Prostate Cancer Cells” has been accepted for publication in Molecules. Congratulations to Inderpal, Keyara, Seiji, and Dennis!

April 3, 2023

Roxana Gonzalez has been selected for the 2023 ASP (American Society of Pharmacognosy) Summer Research Fellowship. Congratulations!

March 31, 2023

Our manuscript entitled “Core Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of 5,7,20-O-Trimethylsilybins in Prostate Cancer Cell Models” has been accepted for publication in Pharmaceuticals. Congratulations to the silibinin research team!

January 26, 2023

Roxana Gonzalez has been selected to receive a 2023 Doris A Howell Foundation –CSUPERB Research Scholar Award. Congratulations!

November 5, 2022

Congratulations to Jasmine Hang on receiving a presentation award for her research and presentation skills at 2022.

October 7, 2022

Inderpal Sekhon has successfully passed his thesis defense. Congratulations!

August 6, 2022

Very glad to be part of the inaugural Princeton Chemistry Visiting Faculty Research Partnership summer program for 2022.

August 6, 2022

Stan Gomez and Esveidy Oceguera Nava have been promoted to Master Graduate Students. Congratulations!

August 6, 2022

Congratulations to our two former group members on starting their respective Ph.D. Graduate Program from Fall 2022. Well done! Sitong Wu, UC San Diego

Erick Munoz, UC Davis

June 27, 2022

Our manuscript on Niclosamide PROTACs accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters is now available online. Congratulations to Erick and the research team!

April 15, 2022

Esveidy Oceguera Nava has been selected for the ASP (American Society of Pharmacognosy) Summer Research Fellowship. Congratulations!

March 25, 2022

Sitong Wu has successfully passed her thesis defense. Congratulations!

March 14, 2022

Erick Munoz has successfully passed his thesis defense. Congratulations!

March 6, 2022

Welcome three new group members: Calicia Dahna (New Graduate Student), Seiji Shinkawa (New Undergraduate Student), Zachary Padilla (New undergraduate Student)!

October 21, 2021

Our manuscript on 3-O-Carbamoyl-5,7,20-O-trimethylsilybins has been accepted for publication in Molecules. Congratulations to Sitong and the research team!

August 17, 2021

Welcome our new graduate student: Dennis Ashong!

July 30, 2021

Sitong Wu received a CSUPERB 2021 Graduate Student Research Restart Award. Congratulations!

March 17, 2021

Congratulations to Alyssa Rivera on being nominated by the College of Science and Mathematics for the 2021 University Undergraduate Medalist!

March 13, 2021

Our manuscript on an amide mimic of desTHPdactylolide has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Congratulations to our zampanolide research team!

December 9, 2020

Esveidy has been selected to receive a 2021 Doris A. Howell Foundation - CSUPERB Research Scholar Award. Congratulations!

November 9, 2020

Sitong Wu has been selected as one of five finalists for the 2021 Don Eden Graduate Research Award. Congratulations!

November 9, 2020

Two abstracts have been accepted for presentation during the 33rd Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium on January 7-10, 2021. Sitong Wu and Erick Munoz are the presenting authors. Congratulations!

August 17, 2020

Welcome our three new graduate students: Nancy Martinez, Zhora Pogosyan, and Inderpal Sekhon!

April 24, 2020

Congratulations to Ziran Jiang on passing his thesis defense and being accepted to the Chemistry Ph.D. program at UC San Diego!

April 24, 2020

The inspiring story about Ziran Jiang: Ziran Becomes the First Graduate with a Masters Degree in His Family

March 23, 2020

Congratulations to Pravien Rajaram on passing his thesis defense and being accepted to the Chemistry Ph.D. program at UC Merced!

January 16, 2020

Welcome our new graduate student, Erick Munoz!

January 16-18, 2020

Ziran Jiang, Pravien Rajaram, and Nicholas Olveda present their research results at the 32nd Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium in Santa Clara. Well done!

January 13, 2020

Our new zampanolide manuscript has been accepted for publication in Molecules. Congratulations!

December 17, 2019

Congratulations to Alyssa Rivera on receiving the American Chemical Society Student Exchange Award to attend one upcoming ACS national meeting.

December 16, 2019

Congratulations to Ziran Jiang and Pravien Rajaram on receiving their Graduate Student Research and Creative Activities Support Awards from the Division of Graduate Studies.

November 15, 2019

Congratulations to Alyssa Rivera on receiving a presentation award for her research and presentation skills at 2019 SACNAS. https://www.sacnas.org/2019/11/14/stem-students-recognized-for-research-and-presentation-skills-at-2019-sacnas-the-national-diversity-in-stem-conference/ !

April 26, 2019

Congratulations to Alyssa Rivera on being selected as a 2019 Goldwater Scholar (https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/2019-goldwater-scholars-by-institution-state/)!

April 8, 2019

Congratulations to Maricarmen on being accepted to the Chemistry Ph.D. program at The Ohio State University!

March 31-April 4, 2019

Kevin, Pravien, and Ziran present their research results at the 257th ACS National Meeting in Orlando. Well done!

March 25, 2019

Our zampanolide manuscript has been accepted for publication in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. Congratulations to zampanolide team!

March 15, 2019

Our manuscript on tetramethylquercetins has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic Chemistry. Congratulations to Pravien, Ziran, Alyssa, and Alison!

January 3-5, 2019
Ziran, Maricarmen, and Dr. Chen present our research results at the 31st SCU Annual Biotechnology Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Orange County.

November 28, 2018
Our manuscript on O-Aminoalkyl-O-trimethyl-2,3-dehydrosilybins has been accepted for publication in Molecules. Congratulations to our Silybin Research Team!

November 28, 2018
Congratulations to Ziran on receiving a Fall 2018 CSUPERB Student Travel Grant!

November 19, 2018
Congratulations to Ziran and Pravien on achieving their College Faculty Sponsored Student Research Awards!

November 6, 2018
Dr. Chen and Ziran present at the Inaugural CSU-Interdisciplinary Cancer Meeting at CSU Northridge.

October 3, 2018
Congratulations to Maricarmen on receiving a 2018-2019 Graduate Research Fellowship from the Graduate Net Initiative.

September 30-October 2, 2018
Maricarmen presents her results at the Emory University-Laney Graduate School STEM Research and Career Symposium. Well done!

August 17, 2018
Our manuscript on 3-O-substitutedflavonols has been accepted for publication in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Jimmy (Xiang), Pravien, Maizie, Ryan, and Aaron.

August 12, 2018
Manee’s manuscript on diarylpentadienones has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations!

August 12, 2018
Pravien and Ziran have been promoted to graduate students. Congratulations!

July 1, 2018
Congratulations to Maricarmen on achieving her Graduate Equity Fellowship!

June 5, 2018
Congratulations to our FOUR GROUP MEMBERs on starting their respective Ph.D. Graduate Program from Fall 2018. Well done! We are so proud of you!

Manee Patanapongpibul, University of Twente in Netherlands
Maizie Lee, Emory University
Xiang Li, University of Florida
Bao Vue, University of California, Davis

May 17, 2018
Our manuscript on dactylolide has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to dactylolide research team!

May 10, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Chen on receiving a 2017-2018 Provost’s Award for Research, Scholarship and Creative Accomplishment!

May 1, 2018
Jennifer Phan has been selected to receive a 2018 CSUPERB Presidents’ Commission Scholar Award. Congratulations!

April 25, 2018
Bao, Kevin, Maricarmen, Pravien, Ziran, Alyssa, and Dr. Chen present our research data at the 39th Annual Central California Research Symposium in Fresno. Congratulations to Ziran on receiving an Outstanding Oral Presentation Award!

March 18-22, 2018
Bao, Maizie, Pravien, and Dr. Chen present our research data at the 255th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans.

March 9, 2018
Manee was selected as Department Outstanding Graduate. Maizie was selected as Department Outstanding Undergraduate, B.S. Chemistry. Ziran receives CSM Distinguished International Student Service Award. Congratulations!

January 11-13, 2018
Bao, Maizie, Kevin, Pravien, and Ziran present our research results at the 30th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium in Santa Clara.

November 29, 2017
Congratulations to Pravien Rajaram on receiving a Fall 2017 CSUPERB Travel Grant.

November 29, 2017
Congratulations to Maizie Lee and Pravien Rajaram on receiving their student Travel Awards from the San Joaquin Local Section of the ACS!

November 17, 2017
Maizie Lee has been selected to receive a 2018 Doris A Howell Foundation – CSUPERB Research Scholar Award. Congratulations!

November 6, 2017
Congratulations to Maizie Lee on being selected as one of nine finalists for the 2018 Glenn Nagel Undergraduate Research Award!

November 2, 2017
Congratulations to Maizie Lee and Kevin Muthima on achieving their College Faculty Sponsored Student Research Awards!

November 1-4, 2017
Maizie Lee presents her poster at the 2017 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Phoenix, AZ.

September 25, 2017
Congratulations to Maizie Lee on receiving an Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Student Travel Award.

August 25, 2017
Our NIH SC2 grant to support the zampanolide project has been funded. Great thanks to NIH/NIGMS.

August 18, 2017
Welcome our three new graduate students: Kevin Muthima, Maricarmen Gonzalez, and Ankita Mali!

July 17, 2017
Our manuscript on silybins has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Bao Vue, Xiaojie Zhang, Timmy Lee, Nandini Nair, and Sheng Zhang!

July 11, 2017
Our manuscript on 3',4',5'-trimethoxyflavonols has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Xiang (Jimmy) Li and Maizie Lee!

May 31, 2017
Our manuscript on asymmetric diarylpentadienones has been accepted for publication in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Xiaojie Zhang, Chengsheng Chen, German Ruiz Perez, Manee Patanapongpibul, Nithya Subrahmanyam, Rubing Wang, and Joshua Keith.

April 21, 2017
Congratulations to Manee Patanapongpibul on successfully passing her thesis defense!

April 18-19, 2017
Eight presentations are given by our research group members at the 38th Annual Central California Research Symposium. Congratulations to Kevin Muthima and Maizie Lee on achieving UCSF-Fresno Outstanding Oral Presentation Award and Honorable Mention Oral Presentation Award, respectively.

April 2, 2017
Dr. Chen gives a talk on our zampanolide project at the 253rd ACS National Meeting in San Francisco.

March 26, 2017
Our manuscript on diarylheptatrienones has been accepted for publication in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Dr. Rubing Wang, Xiaojie Zhang, Chengsheng Chen, and Cristian Sarabia.

January 5-7, 2017
Three posters are presented at the 29th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium, Santa Clara, California.

December 15, 2016
Congratulations to Xiang (Jimmy) Li and Manee Patanapongpibul on receiving their Graduate Student Research and Creative Activities Support Awards from the Division of Graduate Studies.

November 14, 2016
Congratulations to Manee Patanapongpibul and Xiang (Jimmy) Li on receiving 2016-2017 CSM Faculty Sponsored Student Research Awards.

November 10, 2016
Congratulations to Xiang (Jimmy) Li on being selected as one of seven finalists in the 2017 Don Eden Graduate Research Award competition at the 29th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium.

October 5, 2016
Congratulations to Manee Patanapongpibul on being awarded a 2016-2017 Graduate Research Fellowship from the Graduate Net Initiative at Fresno State.

August 21-25, 2016
Bao Vue, Xiang Li, and Manee Patanapongpibul present their research findings at the 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA. Well done.

August 22, 2016
Our review article on flavonolignans has been accepted for publication in Current Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Ms. Bao Vue!

August 4, 2016
Our manuscript on 9-carbon linker curcumin mimics has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Xiaojie Zhang, Dr. Rubing Wang, and German Ruiz Perez!

July 21, 2016
Our manuscript on flavonols has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Congratulations to Xiang (Jimmy) Li and Xiaojie Zhang!

July 6, 2016
Welcome our new group member, Nandinin Nair.

July 1, 2016
Congratulations to Xiang (Jimmy) Li and Manee Pantanapongpibul on achieving 2015-2016 Graduate Net Initiative Graduate Conference Travel Awards and the Division of Graduate Studies Graduate Student Travel Awards.

June 13, 2016
Welcome our new group members, Maizie Lee, Aaron Gonzalez, and Ryan Fong!

May 23, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Chen on achieving 2015-2016 College of Science and Mathematics Outstanding Faculty Research Award!

May 21, 2016
Our manuscript on 3-O-alkyl-2,3-dehydrosilibinins has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Congratulations to Sheng Zhang, Bao Vue, Michael Huang, Xiaojie Zhang, and Timmy Lee!

May 5, 2016
Congratulations to Xiang (Jimmy) Li on achieving the second place award of the oral presentation section at the 8th Annual Graduate Research and Creative Activities Symposium, Fresno State.

May 5, 2016
Congratulations to Xiang (Jimmy) Li and Manee Patanopongpibul on achieving Howard P. Kubo Awards!

April 21, 2016
Welcome our new group members, Andre Vignau and Adrian Crosby!

April 20, 2016
Congratulations to Xiaojie Zhang on achieving the American Chemical Honorable Mention Award at the 37th Central California Research Symposium!

April 20, 2016
Kevin Yu, German Guiz, Timmy Lee, and Samantha Mallory presented their posters at the 37th Central California Research Symposium. Great Job!

April 20, 2016
Bao Vue, Xiaojie Zhang, Xiang Li, Manee Patanapongpibul, and Cristian Sarabia gave excellent oral presentations at the 37th Central California Research Symposium. Well done!

March 30, 2016
Congratulations to Sheng Zhang on being admitted to the Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology (MCP) Ph.D. Program at the University of California, Irvine, beginning Fall 2016.

March 29, 2016
Congratulations to Xiaojie (Jay) Zhang on being accepted as a graduate student in the Ph.D. program in the Department of Chemistry at Oregon State University, beginning Fall 2016.

March 19, 2016
Congratulations to Xiang (Jimmy) Li and Sheng Zhang on being accepted in to the 30th Annual California State University Student Research Competition as two members of Fresno State’s delegation.

February 17, 2016
Congratulations to Sheng Zhang on being recognized as an outstanding graduate student by the Division of Graduate Studies in the Graduate Education Recognition Week.

February 4, 2016
Congratulations to Sami Al-Jabban and Xiaojie Zhang. Their manuscript on quercetin project has been accepted for publication in Natural Product Communications.

January 11, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Rubing Wang, Xiaojie Zhang, and Chengsheng Chen! Their manuscript on the curcumin project was accepted for publication in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

January 7-9, 2016
Bao Vue, Sheng Zhang, Timmy Lee, and Cristian Sarabia present their posters at the 28th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium in Orange County, California.

December 21, 2015
One manuscript on the silibinin project was accepted for publication in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Bao Vue, Sheng Zhang, Xiaojie Zhang, and Konstantinos Parisis!

November 30, 2015
Congratulations to Sheng Zhang and Xiaojie Zhang on achieving their 2015-2016 College Faculty Sponsored Student Research Award!

November 6-8, 2015
Sheng Zhang and Xiaojie Zhang present two posters at the 250 American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting, San Marcos, CA.

October 16, 2015
Welcome Xiang (Jimmy) Li to join our group as a graduate student! Xiang was graduated from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

October 8, 2015
One manuscript entitled “Flavonoids with Therapeutic Potential in Prostate Cancer” has been accepted for publication in Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Bao Vue and Sheng Zhang!

October 6, 2015
Welcome Manee Patanapongpibul to join our group! Manee was graduated from Mahidol University, Thailand and is a chemistry graduate student.

October 1, 2015
One manuscript on the synergistic effects of dietary natural products was accepted for publication in Natural Product Communications. Congratulations to Bao Vue and Sheng Zhang!

September 28, 2015
Congratulations to Sheng Zhang and Xiaojie Zhang on achieving their 2015-2016 Graduate Research Fellowship from the Graduate Net Initiative at Fresno State!

September 1, 2015
Congratulations to Dr. Rubing Wang on starting his new position as an assistant professor at Peking Union Medical College in China!

September 1, 2015
Chengsheng Chen started her Ph.D. Program at the University of Connecticut, congratulations!

August 24, 2015
One manuscript on our curcumin-genistein hybrid project has been accepted for publication in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Congratulations to Kevin Yu, Xiaojie Zhang, Andrew Hoover, Francisco Leon, Dr. Rubing Wang, and Nithya Subrahmanyam!

August 16-20, 2015
Bao Vue and Dr. Chen present two posters at the 250 American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Boston, MA.

July 13, 2015
One manuscript on our curcumin project has been accepted for publication in Anticancer Research. Congratulations to Xiaojie Zhang and Dr. Rubing Wang!

May 28, 2015
It is awesome that Sheng Zhang achieved another award--Liliane D. Wells Scholarship. Congratulations!

May 19, 2015
Congratulations to Sheng Zhang on achieving Deans Scholarship Tuition Waiver for International Students!

May 11, 2015
One manuscript on our curcumin project has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Dr. Rubing Wang, Chengsheng Chen, and Xiaojie Zhang!!!

April 21, 2015
Timmy Lee has been selected as a recipient of 2015 CSUPERB Presidents’ Commission Scholar Award. Congratulations!

April 16, 2015
Wow! Four group members won our Departmental awards. Congratulations!! Joshua Keith---Outstanding Undergraduate Student (B.S.); Eduardo De La Torre---Outstanding Undergraduate Student (Biochemistry); Chengsheng Chen---Outstanding Thesis Award; Timmy Lee---Professor Kenneth W. Chan Scholarship Award!

April 10, 2015
Congratulations to Sami Jabban on passing his thesis defense!

March 22-26, 2015
Bao Vue presents her silybin project at the 249th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Denver, Colorado.

March 20, 2015
Congratulations to Pahoua Xiong on passing her thesis defense!

March 6, 2015
Congratulations to Chengsheng Chen on passing her thesis defense!

January 17, 2015 Welcome our three new group members---Kevin Muthima, Timmy Lee, and Leyla Farshidpour!

December 10, 2014
Congratulations to Chengsheng Chen & Xiaojie Zhang on achieving 2014/2015 College Faculty Sponsored Student Research Awards.

October 17, 2014
Congratulations to Nithya Subrahmanyam on passing her thesis defense!

September 9, 2014
Welcome our four new group members---Sheng Zhang, Kevin Yu, Rachel Lee Nelson, and German Ruiz!

August 18, 2014
Congratulations to Nithya Subrahmanyam on starting her Ph.D. Graduate Program at the University of Utah!

August 10-14, 2014
Dr. Chen, Chengsheng Chen, and Xiaojie Zhang present three posters at the 248th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco, California.

July 14, 2014
Dr. Zhong (Joan) Zuo, Professor & Associate Director of Research and Graduate Affairs in the School of Pharmacy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, visited our laboratories and explored with Dr. Chen on potential research collaborations.

July 10, 2014
Welcome our three new group members---Michael Putnam, Francisco (Aaron) Leon, and Bao Vue.

May 16, 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Chen on receiving College Scholarly and Creative Activity Award 2014/2015.

May 29, 2014
The review article on zampanolide co-authored by Dr. Chen and Professor Kingston (University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech and Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery) was accepted for publication in Natural Product Reports.

May 28, 2014
The New California Ventures, LLC board approved to fund a 2014 Mini Grant to our "Therapeutic Uses of Curcumin Analogs for Treatment of Prostate Cancer and other Aggressive Cancers".

May 16, 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Chen on receiving CSU Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award for the 2014-2015 academic year.

April 29, 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Chen on receiving Provost’s Promising New Faculty Award for the 2013-2014 academic year.

March 16-20, 2014
Dr. Rubing Wang and Nithya Subrahmanyam present their posters on our zampanolide project at the 247th ACS National Meeting, Dallas, Texas.

March 9, 2014
Our paper on curcumin was published in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

January 29, 2014
Congratulations to Chengsheng Chen on receiving Spring 2014 International Dean’s Scholarship Tuition Waiver.

December 6, 2013
welcome Xiaojie (Jay) Zhang to join our group (and Dr. Dejean’s group)! Xiaojie graduated from Nanchang University, China and is a graduate student of Biotechnology.

August 30, 2013
Chengsheng Chen, graduated from Shanghai University, China, Joins the group as a graduate student.

August 28, 2013
Dr. Rubing Wang, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, joins the group as a postdoctoral associate.

August 22, 2013
Sami Jabban is formally accepted as a graduate student of Fresno State.

July 13-17, 2013
Nawras Samaan presents a poster at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy, Saint Louis, Missouri.

April 23, 2013
Our proposal “Development of Curcumin Analogs for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer” to the CSUPERB New Investigator Grant has been approved for funding.

March 31, 2013
Nithya Subrahmanyam will be attending the 245th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (April 7-11, 2013).

January 3, 2013
Dr. Chen attends the 25th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium in Anaheim, California. (January 3-5, 2013).

November 29, 2012
Ryan C Froese, graduated from Cal Poly SLO, joins the group as a graduate student.

October 5, 2012
Nithya Subrahmanyam, graduated from University of California Berkeley, joins the group as a graduate student.

September 7, 2012
Dr. Chen gives a seminar in the Department of Chemistry, Fresno State, entitled “A personal journey from natural products to bioorganic and medicinal chemistry”.

September 7, 2012
Pahoua Xiong, graduated from Fresno State, joins the group as the first graduate student of the group.

July 2, 2012
Dr. Chen moves in Fresno State.