Mara Tsesarskaia, Ms

JOINED BARRY: APRIL, 1997 COURSES CHE 111, CHE 111L General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis with Lab CHE 112, CHE 112L General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis with Lab CHE 152, CHE 152L Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry with Lab CHE 343L Organic Chemistry Lab CHE 344L Organic Chemistry Lab SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Mara Tsesarskaia, Thomas P. Clearly, Steven Miller, John E. Trafton, George W. Gokel, Simon Bott, Jerry Atwood; "Tribrichial Lariat Ethers: Synthesis, Binding, and Formation of an Intermolecular Macroring-Sidearm Complex in the Absence of Any Cation". J. Incl. Phenom., 1992; 12, 187-197. Shigeru Watanabe, Mara Tsesarskaia, Bert C. Lynn, Jeanette C. Hernandez, Tianbao Lu, Qi Li, Jeffrey I. Gordon, and George W. Gokel; "Macrocycles Used as Models to Probe the Interaction of Fatty Acid Derivative With Its Natural Receptor". Pure & Applied Chemistry, 1993; 65(3), 467-472. Bert C. Lynn, Mara Tsesarskaia, Otto F. Schall, Jeanette C. Hernandez, Shigeru Watanabe, Angel Kaifer, Jerry L. Atwood, and George W. Gokel; "Hydrogen Bonding in Macrocyclic Receptor Systems"; contribution to the 7th International Symposium on Molecular Recognition and Inclusion; Kyoto, Japan; July 1992. Supramolecular Chemistry, 1993; Vol. 1, 253-260. Kristin A. Arnold, Jeanette C. Hernandez, Chengsheng Li, Jesus V. Mallen, Akio Nakano, Otto F. Schall, John E. Trafton, Mara Tsesarskaia, Banita D. White, and George W. Gokel; "Analysis of Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, and Ammonium Cation Binding and Selectivity in One-and Two-Armed Nitrogen Pivot Lariat Ethers". Supramolecular Chemistry, 1995; Vol. 5, 45-60. Chengsheng Li, Mara Tsesarskaia, and George W. Gokel; "Ferrocene as a Molecular Building Block in Lariat Ethers and Other Complexing Agents". Supramolecular Chemistry, 1995; Vol. 6, 79-85. Antimo D'Aniello, Antonella De Simone, Patrizia Spinelli, Salvatore D'Aniello, Margherita Branno, Francesco Aniello, Jeanette Rios, Mara Tsesarskaja, and George Fisher. "A Specific Enzymatic High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Method to Determine N-methyl-D-aspartic acid in Biological Tissues". Analytical Biochemistry, 2002; Vol. 308, 42-51. A. D'Aniello, A. De Simone, P. Spinelli, S. D'Aniello, M. Branno, F. Aniello, J. Rios, M. Tsesarskaja, and G. Fisher. A Specific Enzymatic HPLC Method to Determine N-Methyl-D-Aspartic Acid in Biological Tissues. Anal. Biochem., 308:42-51, 2002. S. D'Aniello, P. Spinelli, G. Ferrandino, K. Peterson, M. Tsesarskaja, G. Fisher, and A. D'Aniello. Cephalopod Vision Involves Dicarboxylic Amino Acids: D-Aspartate, L-Aspartate and L-Glutamate. Biochem. J., 386:331-340, 2005. M. Tsesarskaia, E. Galindo, G. Szókán and G. Fisher. A sensitive direct HPLC method for simultaneous determination of N-methyl- (d and l)-aspartate, N-methyl-(d and l)-glutamate and (d and l)-aspartate in biological tissues. Chapter 2.4, pp. 41-47, in: D-Amino Acids: A New Frontier in Amino Acid and Protein Research: Practical Methods and Protocols, Konno, Brueckner, D'Aniello, Fisher, Fujii, and Homma, eds., Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2006. E. Galindo, M. Tsesarskaia, S. Lopez, C. Boston, A. D'Aniello, and G. Fisher. An Improved HPLC Method for Determination and Quantification of D- and L-Asp. Chapter 2.6, pp. 59-64, in: D-Amino Acids: A New Frontier in Amino Acid and Protein Research: Practical Methods and Protocols, Konno, Brueckner, D'Aniello, Fisher, Fujii, and Homma, eds., Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2006. G. Fisher, S. Lopez, K. Peterson, T. Goff, I. Philip, R. Gaviria, N. Lorenzo, and M. Tsesarskaia. Is There A Correlation Between Age and D-Aspartic Acid In Human Knee Cartilage? Amino Acids, 32:27-30, 2007; published on-line, June 1, 2006. M. Tsesarskaia, E. Galindo, G. Szókán and G. Fisher. HPLC determination of acidic D-amino acids and their N-methyl derivatives in biological tissues. Biomedical Chromatog. 23:581-587, 2009 (published on line March, 2009) SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS M. Tsesarskaia. Sensitive Direct HPLC Method for Simultaneous Determination of N-Me(D/L)-Asp, N-Me(D,L)-Glu and D/L-Asp. Presented at the 9th International Congress on Amino Acids, Vienna, Austria, August 10, 2005. HONORS / AWARDS Teaching and Service Award, Department of Physical Sciences, 2014 Women who Rock, Tribute to Excellence, 2013 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Miami, College of Arts & Sciences, Miami, FL, 1990 Third Prize Winner, New Product Category, International Industrial Fair, Budapest, Hungary, 1983 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Chemical Society Gamma Sigma Epsilon, the Chemical Society Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society