Publications

Mentored Publications from MEM's Postdoc, Graduate, and Undergraduate Research:

9. McCallum, M.E.; Balskus, E.P. “Enzymes that detoxify marine toxins” Nature 2019, 570, 315. [News and Views commentary] doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01742-1

8. Ng, T.L.%; McCallum, M.E.%; Zheng, C; Wang, J.X.; Wu, K.J.Y.; Balskus, E.P. “The L-alanosine gene cluster encodes a pathway for diazeniumdiolate biosynthesis” ChemBioChem 2019, 21, 1155. doi:10.1002/cbic.201900565; First appeared as a pre-print on bioRxiv 2019 doi: 10.1101/763607

7. Timmerman, J.C.; McCallum, M.E.; Wood, J.L. “Synthesis and biological evaluation of hippolachnin A analogues” Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1242.

doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00377

6. McCallum, M.E.; Smith, G.M.; Matsumaru, T.; Kong, K.; Enquist, J.A, Jr.; Wood, J.L. “Synthetic studies toward citrinadin A: construction of the pentacyclic core” J. Antibiotics 2016, 69, 331. [Special Issue in honor of Prof. Amos B. Smith III]

doi: 10.1038/ja.2016.25

5. McCallum, M.E.%; Rasik, C.M.%; Wood, J.L.; Brown, M.K. “Collaborative total synthesis: routes to (±)-hippolachnin A enabled by quadricyclane cycloaddition and late-stage C-H oxidation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2437.

doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b13586

4. Cleary, L.; Mak, V.M.; Pitzen, J.; McCallum, M.E.; Loo, M.M.; Shea, K.J. “Studies toward the synthesis of  (–)-stenine” Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 3497.  [Memorial Symposium-in-Print for Harry Wasserman]

doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.03.043

3. Matsumaru, T.; McCallum, M.E.; Enquist, J.A., Jr.; Smith, G.M.; Kong, K.; Wood, J.L. “Synthetic studies toward the citrinadins: enantioselective preparation of an advanced spirooxindole intermediate.” Tetrahedron 2014, 70, 4089.  [Special issue in honor of Prof. Sarah E. Reisman for receipt of the Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award]

doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.02.046

2. Kong, K.; Enquist, J.A., Jr.; McCallum, M.E.; Smith, G.M.; Matsumaru, T.; Menhaji-Klotz, E.; Wood, J.L. “An enantioselective total synthesis and stereochemical revision of (+)-citrinadin B.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10890.

doi: 10.1021/ja405548b

1. Zeng, Z.; Patel, J.; Lee, S.-H.; McCallum, M.E.; Tyagi, A.; Yan, M.; Shea, K.J. “Synthetic polymer nanoparticle-polysaccharide interactions: a systematic study.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2681.

doi: 10.1021/ja209959t