Patricia Boland

Research Interests:
 
1) Drug Discovery from marine invertebrates and algae: I am involved with a program designed to screen extracts of marine macro organisms for biomedical activity. Collections have been made in Florida, Bahamas and the east coast of Canada. My involvement is in the initial processing of the samples, extractions and fractionation. I also coordinate the distribution of samples for assays performed within our research group and through collaborations with groups in academia and industry.

2) Eleutherobin biosynthesis: I am collaborating with Dr. Fabrice Berrue (PDF) to isolate and purify a diversity of terpenes in Erythropodium caribaeorum with a goal to identify potential biosynthetic intermediates and new compounds for biological screening.
 
 
Education:
 
MSc in Chemistry
University of Prince Edward Island, PE
 
BSc Honours in Chemistry
University of Prince Edward Island,
 
  
Work Experience:
 
 
2007-2009  Marine Natural Products Laboratory Research Assistant, UPEI Chemistry Department
2005-2007  UPEI Chemistry Laboratory Instructor
2004            Fluorescence Spectroscopy Laboratory Research Assistant, UPEI Chemistry Department
 
 
Publications:
 
1) Wagner, B.D.; Boland, P.G.; Lagona, J.; Isaacs, L. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 7686-7691.
 
2) Baglole, K.N.; Boland, P.G.; Wagner, B.D. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, 2005, 173, 230-237.
 
3) Boland, P.G. “Fluorescence Investigations of Various Substituted Nanoballs”, Honours Thesis, April 2005.
 
4) Boland, P.G. “Investigations of the Host Properties of Three Fluorescent Cage Compounds”, Masters Thesis, March 2007.
 
5) Boland, P.G.; Accardi, S.J.; Snow, C.A.; Wagner, B.D. Can. J. Chem. 2009, 87, 448-452.
 
6) Berrue, F.; Ibrahim, A.; Boland, P.; Kerr, R.G. Pure Appl. Chem. 2009.