Nicole Horenstein

Associate Professor Emerita

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Research Focus

Our laboratory is now retired. We studied the medicinal chemistry of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, azasugar biosynthesis, glycosyltransfer enzymology and synthesis of glycosidase inhibitors.

Education and Training

1989–1993: Post-doctoral studies, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (lab of Vern Schramm)

1988–1989: Post-doctoral studies, UC-Berkeley, (lab of Peter Schultz)

1986–1988: Ph.D. Chemistry, Columbia University (lab of Koji Nakanishi)

1983–1986: M.S. Chemistry, Michigan State University (lab of Stephen P. Tanis)

1981–1983: B.S. Chemistry, SUNY-Syracuse Environmental Science and Forestry

1979–1981: A.S. Pre-Forestry, Monroe Community College

Selected Awards

William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award (2018)

NSF CAREER Award (1995)

Selected Publications

Horenstein, N.A.*; Stokes, C.; Papke, R.L. Sulfonium Ligands of the α7 nAChR. Molecules, 2021, 26, 5643.

Nuñez, C.; Horenstein, N.A.* Functional Analysis of a Gene Cluster from Chitinophaga pinensis Involved in Biosynthesis of the Pyrrolidine Azasugar, DAB-1. J. Nat. Prod., 2019, 82, 3401–3409.

Arciola, J.; Horenstein, N.A.* Characterization of the PLP-dependent transaminase initiating azasugar biosynthesis” Biochemical J. 2018, 475, 2241–2256.