Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Loving the seasons
Rain today in Utah, But the leaves on the mountains are beautiful!!
From almost anywhere in the valley you are surrounded by a blend of earth tones... leaves in orange, yellow, red. Amazing
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Sigman Group Alumni- Amy Heaton Utah
Sigman Group Alumni
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Keith Gligorich
(Ph.D. 2009) | Postdoctoral Fellowship with Bryan E. Welm University of Utah, Huntsman Cancer Institute keith.gligorich@hci.utah.edu | ||||
Candace Cornell
(Ph.D. 2007) | Moving to Seattle cornell@chem.utah.edu | ||||
Ben Dible
(Ph.D. 2006) | Postdoctoral Fellowship with Patrick Holland University of Rochester bdible@mail.rochester.edu | ||||
Mitchell Schultz
(Ph.D. 2006) | Research Scientist Bristol-Myers Squibb mitchell.schultz@bms.com | ||||
Greg Mercer
(Ph.D. 2006) | Senior Research Scientist Albany Molecular Research, Rensselaer, NY gregory.mercer@amriglobal.com | ||||
Sridhar Rajaram
(Ph.D. 2005) | Postdoctoral Fellowship with Jean Frechet University of California Berkeley sridharr@berkeley.edu | ||||
Jaime Mueller
(Ph.D. 2005) | Assistant Professor of Chemistry Saint Mary's University of Minnesota jmueller@smumn.edu | ||||
David Jensen
(Ph.D. 2004) | Senior Scientist Nektar Therapeutics, Huntsville, AL djensen@nektar.com | ||||
Ryan Adler
(M.S. 2004) | Scientist Tandem Labs, Salt Lake City, UT Ryan.Adler@tandemlabs.com | ||||
Carol Bills
(2008) | Undergraduate University of Utah | ||||
Karisa Snow
(2008) | Undergraduate University of Utah | ||||
Dennis Poth
(2007) | Student at TU Braunschweig Braunschweig, Germany dennispoth@web.de | ||||
Sebastian Herbrich
(2006) | Student at TU Braunschweig Braunschweig, Germany s.herbrich@gmx.net | ||||
Laura Cotter
(2006) | Undergraduate University of Utah | ||||
Kara Stowers
(2005-2006) | Graduate Student in the Sanford Group University of Michigan kstowers@umich.edu | ||||
Matthew Weinstock
(2005) | Graduate Student in the Biological Chemistry Department University of Utah | ||||
Cornelia Pfaffenroth
(2004) | M.S. Student at TU Braunschweig Braunschweig, Germany | ||||
Steve Hamilton
(2003-2004) | Medical Student at the Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Hamilton.Steven@mayo.edu | ||||
Amy Heaton
(2003-2004) | Graduate Student in the Armentrout Group University of Utah heaton@chem.utah.edu | ||||
Chris Goller
(2003-2004) | Magpie Systems Inc. Salt Lake City, UT goller@gmail.com | ||||
Megan Sturdy
(2003-2004) | Graduate Student in the Medicinal Chemistry Department University of Illinois at Chicago | ||||
Justin Litchfield
(2002-2003) | Graduate Student in the Du Bois Group Stanford University litch@stanford.edu | ||||
Candice Park
(2000-2001) | M.D. Residency Program Arizona | ||||
Jacob Pugsley
(2000-2001) | M.D. | ||||
Dennis Hobuss
(2000) | Graduate Student in the Laschat Group Universität Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany | ||||
Drew Camelio
(2008) | Undergraduate SUNY Oswego | ||||
Rajan Pragani
(2002) | Graduate Student in the Vedejs Group University of Michigan | ||||
Abril Estrada
(2001) | Graduate Student in the Waite Group University of California, Santa Barbara | ||||
Dr. Sarah Cummings
(2006-2007) | Lecturer and Organic Chemistry Coordinator Department of Chemistry University of Nevada, Reno sac@unr.edu | ||||
Dr. Yang Zhang
(2006-2007) | Principle Scientist Pharmatechs Shanghai, China yang_zhang@pharmatechs.com | ||||
Dr. Amy Balija
(2005-2006) | |||||
Dr. Maryann Endoma
Visiting Professor (2005-2006) | Faculty University of Philippines Diliman, Quezon City | ||||
Dr. Jae-Young Lee
(2003-2004) | Researcher Department of Chemistry Kangwon National University, Korea | ||||
Dr. Sunil Mandal
(2002-2003) | Sr. Scientific Manager Biocon-Bristol-Myers Squibb R & D center (BBRC) Syngene International Ltd Bangalore, India sunilkumar.mandal@syngeneintl.com | ||||
Speaking on Stage in Salt Lake City Utah
Speaking to the Science beyond the Testimonials in Basic Research/ Limitless Worldwide LLC headquarters.... Both Before I go on stage & on stage
Dr. Amy Heaton PhD
Dr. Amy Heaton PhD
Amy Heaton - Utah Days
| Amy L. Heaton
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Graduate Student
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 Ph.D. Recipient Department of Chemistry University of Utah ayamie@gmail.com | |||
| MSPIRE Research Interests Heaton’s MSPIRE research used the free electron laser for infrared experiments (FELIX) facility at FOM ”Rijnhuizen” to measure infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) action spectra of metallated asparagine. Amy studied M+(Asn) complexes where M+ = H+, Li+, Na+, K, Rb+, Cs+., and Ba2+. Accurate quantum chemical calculations on these systems allow the conformations involved to be identified. The results demonstrate that the heavier alkali metals exhibit multiple conformers, whereas the lighter alkali metals and hydrogen have only a tridentate configuration. For the barium complex, in contrast to all other amino acids which have zwitterionic structures when complexed to Ba2+, Ba2+(Asn) exhibits only a charge-solvated tridentate conformation. In her Ph.D. studies, Heaton examined the interactions of alkali metal cations with a range of small biologically relevant molecules. Notably she used threshold collision induced dissociation (TCID) in a guided ion beam tandem mass spectrometer to measure the binding energies of Na and K+ with aspartic acid (Asp), asparagine (Asn), glutamic acid (Glu), and glutamine (Gln), determining several interesting trends in this thermochemistry. In addition, she has characterized both experimentally and theoretically the deamidation of Asn upon collisional activation of Na+(Asn) and H+(Asn). Additional studies include the binding of Na+ to simple sugars as measured using TCID as well as Rb+ to several amino acids. Heaton received her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Utah in 2009. She is currently working at Basic Research, Salt Lake City, UT. 
Figure. The IRMPD spectra of H+(Asn), Cs+(Asn), and Ba2+(Asn) complex show distinct behavior.  | |||
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