Year of Graduation: 2013
Research Lab: Prof. Alexander Leggy Arnold
Major Area of Focus: Biochemistry

Thesis: Evaluation of VDR-coactivator Inhibitors Using Biochemical and Cell-based Assays

Publications:

1. Premchendar Nandhikonda, Adam Yasgar, Athena M. Baranowski, Preetpal S. Sidhu, Megan M. McCallum, Alan J. Pawlak, Kelly A. Teske, Belaynesh Feleke, Nina Y. Yuan, Chinedum Kevin, Daniel D. Bikle, Steven D. Ayers, Paul Webb, Ganesha Rai, Anton Simeonov, Ajit Jadhav, David Maloney, Leggy A. Arnold “PPARδ agonist GW0742 interacts weakly with multiple nuclear receptors including the vitamin D receptor” Biochemistry 2013, 52, 4193-4203.
2. Premchendar Nandhikonda, Wen Z. Lynt, Megan M. McCallum, Tahniyath Ara, Athena M. Baranowski, Nina Y. Yuan, Dana Pearson, Daniel D. Bikle, R. Kiplin Guy, Leggy A. Arnold “Discovery of the First Irreversible Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Interaction between the Vitamin D Receptor and Coactivators” Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2012, 55(10), 4640-4651.