Role call!!! UIC is Iowa-bound for the annual MIKIW meeting!! #MIKIW2026

Spent a fantastic weekend at KU for the annual MIKIW conference. It was a blast showing the group where the magic all started. And we capped it off with Lisa Rusali bringing home the gold with an awesome oral presentation. #MIKIW2025 #noplacelikehome

The latest Riley Lab paper using a Ritter-like reaction to form aristoquionline analogues is now out in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Check out this Virtual Special Issue on Natural Products Driven Medicinal Chemistry!! pubs.acs.org/page/vsi/natura…

Really excited to see our latest manuscript published today in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry! Here we report the first structure-activity relationships for the naturally occurring kappa opioid receptor agonist, akuammicine. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Great weather to cheer on ⁦@TheChicagoDogs⁩!!

Hot day in Chicago. That means a group trip to Mario’s!

Check out our group's latest pre-print describing the SAR of the natural product akuammicine! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

I'm very excited to announce that our group has been awarded an R01 from NIDA entitled "Selective Targeting of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes for Cocaine Use Disorder"

Check out this cover featuring artwork designed my Riley lab member Carolyn Straub! #MyACSCover