Sailaja Arungundram, Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Selected presentations

 * indicates student presenter 

  • * Vivao, T-L; *Wilmoth, V.N; Arungundram, S. Exploring the Structure and Function of Malate Dehydrogenase Enzyme of Plasmodium falciparum using in silico and in vivo methods - An Undergraduate Biochemistry Lab CURE Project. (Poster) 2024 ACS PSS Undergraduate Research Symposium, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, April 20, 2024.
  • Arungundram, S; Gorzelsky, S. “Embedded library instruction for teaching scientific literature searching in first-year non-majors and upper division majors courses”. (Oral presentation). Friday Faculty Lunch presentation, Saint Martin’s Universitry, Lacey, WA, April 12, 2024. 
  • Gentile, L; Arungundram, S; Guevara, E. “Protein Centric Research in Undergraduate Labs: The Malate Dehydrogenase CURE Community (MCC)”. (Poster) ACS Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 17-21, 2024.
  • * Vivao, T-L, Arungundram, S. “Progress towards synthesis of 1,4-dertivatized glucose as potential monomers for a green polycarbonate”. (Poster) ACS Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 17-21, 2024.
  • * Fuquay-Paynter , J; Arungundram, S. “Compatibility of strontium aluminate with polylactic acid producing phosphorescent plastic’’. (Poster) ACS Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 17-21, 2024.
  • Arungundram, S; Swamy, U. “Implementing ASBMB core concepts to facilitate student centered learning in an upper-level undergraduate biochemistry course”. (Poster) 8th Annual SABER West Conference, University of California, Irvine, January 13-14, 2024.
  • Arungundram; Gorzelsky, S. “Embedded library instruction for teaching scientific literature searching in first-year non-majors and upper division majors courses”. (Oral presentation) 29th Annual Conference for the Washington College Chemistry Teachers Association, October 7, 2023, Sleeping Lady Resort and Conference Center Leavenworth, WA.
  • Arungundram. “Implementing Effective Active Learning Strategies in the Chemistry Classroom: A Successful Fellow/Mentor Relationship made possible by the PALM Network Fellowship”, Oral presentation at the 29th Annual Conference for the Washington College Chemistry Teachers Association, October 8, 2022, Sleeping Lady Resort and Conference Center Leavenworth, WA.
  • Metzger; Swamy, U; Arungundram, S. Using Active Learning in Large Classes. SABER/PALM Workshop. July 2022.
  • Modular Approach for Synthesis of Library of Heparan Sulfate Fragments Exhibiting for Alzheimer’s BACE1 Inhibitory Activity. UGA Conference on Drug Discovery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, November 5, 2009 (Awarded Graduate Student Poster Award) 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-20, 2009 (Talk).

Selected publications and patents

  • Raman, K.; Arungundram, S*. (*corresponding author). Chemical Approaches to Prepare Modified Heparin and Polymers for Biological Studies. In Glycosaminoglycans; Balagurunathan, K., Nakato, H., Desai, U., Saijoh, Y., Eds.; Springer US: New York, NY, 2022; Vol. 2303, pp 289–296. 
  • Sailaja Arungundram, Balagurunathan Kuberan. Chemical Biology Approaches to Understanding Heparan Sulfate Biosynthesis Enzymes, Manuscript in preparation
  • Chemical Modification of Heparin and Heparosan. Karthik Raman, Balagurunathan Kuberan, Sailaja Arungundram*. (*corresponding author) Methods Mol. Biol. Volume 1229, 2015, pp 31-36. 
  • Chemogenesis of an Antiangiogenic Glycosaminoglycan. Karthik Raman, Sailaja Arungundram, Balagurunathan Kuberan. ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2014 5 (6), 644-646.
  • A Modular Synthesis of Heparan Sulfate Oligosaccharides for Structure-Activity Relationship Studies. Sailaja Arungundram, Kanar Al-Mafraji, Jinkeng Asong, Franklin E. Leach III, I. Jonathan Amster, Andre Venot, Jeremy E. Turnbull, and Geert-Jan Boons.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 17394–17405.
  • Highlighted in C&E News in News of the Week Editorial: Borman, S. 2009. Giant Leap For Obstinate Targets. Chemical & Engineering News 87 (47): 10. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i47/8747notw7.html
  • Boons, Geert-Jan; Venot, Andre; Arungundram, Sailaja; Al-Mafraji, Kanar. (University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. Athens, GA, US). Heparan Sulfate Synthesis. US Patent 20120142560, June 07, 2012; Scifinder 2012: 20120607. (PATENT)