Emily HICKS

Representative publications

Identification of Aloe-derived natural products as prospective lead scaffolds for SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) inhibitors

April 15, 2022September 17, 2022

In the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused over 5 million deaths and 250 million infections worldwide. Despite successful vaccination efforts and emergency… Read More »Identification of Aloe-derived natural products as prospective lead scaffolds for SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) inhibitors

Merger of Whole Cell Biocatalysis with Organocatalysis Upgrades Alcohol Feedstocks in a Mild, Aqueous, One-Pot Process

February 20, 2020February 10, 2021

Biosynthetic methods have the potential to deliver value-added chemicals from renewable feedstocks. However, despite major advances in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, the rapid engineering… Read More »Merger of Whole Cell Biocatalysis with Organocatalysis Upgrades Alcohol Feedstocks in a Mild, Aqueous, One-Pot Process