William Walkowicz, PhD

Graduate Student

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William E. Walkowicz

Office Fax

646-422-0416

Lab Phone

646-888-2560

Email

WalkowiW@mskcc.org

Dissertation

Design and Synthesis of Quillaja Saponin Adjuvants and Synthesis of Lablaboside Saponins

Mentor

David Y. Gin, PhD

Start Year

2008

End Year

2014

Education

University of Wisconsin–La Crosse

Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Samuel J. Danishefsky
Sloan Kettering Institute

Graduate Student with Prof. David Y. Gin
Sloan Kettering Institute

PhD, Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 2013

MS, University of California, San Diego, 2008
with Prof. Michael Burkart
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

BS, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2006
with Prof. Aaron Monte
Chemistry Department

Thesis: Design and Synthesis of Quillaja Saponin Adjuvants and Synthesis of Lablaboside Saponins, December 13, 2013

Publications

Fernández-Tejada A, Walkowicz WE, Tan DS, Gin DY. (2017) Semisynthesis of Analogues of the Saponin Immunoadjuvant QS-21. Methods Mol Biol. 1494, 45-71. PMCID: PMC5120590

Walkowicz WE, Fernández-Tejada A, George C, Corzana F, Jiménez-Barbero J, Ragupathi G, Tan DS, Gin DY. (2016) Quillaja Saponin Variants with Central Glycosidic Linkage Modifications Exhibit Distinct Conformations and Adjuvant Activities. Chem Sci, 7, 2371-2380. PMCID: PMC4800320.

Gauthier N, Soufi B, Walkowicz W, Pedicord V, Mavrakis K, Macek B, Gin D, Sander C, Miller M. (2013) Cell-selective labeling using amino acid precursors for proteomic studies of multicellular environments. Nat Methods, 10, 768-773.