During my rotation in the Miller lab I worked with Steve Tajc synthesizing small molecule receptors for glucose-6-phosphate. These receptors were based on a 1,3,5 tri-substituted cyclohexane ring with different amino acids linked in the three positions. These compounds were then attached to a microchip and analyzed for their ability to bind Lipid A or whole cell lysate by reflective interferometry. Recently, I decided to join the Miller lab permanently and I am now beginning my Ph D research. My current project entails synthesizing a library of cyclic peptides designed to mimic one protein of a protein-protein interface. The protein interfaces that are of particular interest are those between proteins secreted via the type III secretion pathway of enterropathogenic bacteria and their host cell surface protein.