Submitted Posters for 2008
Here is the current list of poster titles that have been submitted for this years event.Graduate Students
| Presenter | Title | Advisor |
| Michael L. Van Linn | Insight into the mechanism of the Pictet-Spengler reaction for the synthesis of natural products | James M. Cook |
| Wanrong Hou | Cellular Functions of Metallothionein: Metal Ion Efflux and Superoxide Dismutase Modulation | David H Petering |
| Nazim Uddin | Enantioselective Chiral Bronsted Acid Catalysis | M Mahmun Hossain |
| Yun Teng Johnson | Synthesis of Selective Bivalent Ligands for GABAA/ Benzodiazepine Receptors | James M. Cook |
| Zeeshan Habeeb | A Surface Study of Selected Substituted Aryl Isocyanides as Potential Molecular Wires | Wilfred T. Tysoe |
| Christine A. Carlson | Development of Photonic Crystal Fiber Optical Tips for Near-field Imaging and Single Molecule Manipulations | Jorg C. Woehl |
| Judith Bates | Purification, Binding Constants and Reaction Kinetics of a Medically Relevant Flavin Dependent Hydroxylase | Graham Moran |
| Terry Clayton | Synthesis of Subtype Selective Ligands for α-Containing GABAA/BzReceptors to Treat Memory Deficits | James M. Cook |
| Yi Hu | Single Molecule Detection of Protoporphyrin IX at Room Temperature | Jorg C. Woehl |
| Mohd. Shahjahan Kabir | Straightforward and Efficient Cu-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction of Alkyl and Arylvinyl Iodides with Thiols: Facile Stereospecific Synthesis of Vinyl Sulfides | James M. Cook |
| Matthew E. Dudley | 3-Ethooxycarbonylbenzofurans from Salicylaldehydes and Ethyl Diazoacetate | M Mahmun Hossain |
| Veronica Rigo | Plasmon-Controlled Fluorescent Optical-Fiber Sensor for Ultrasensitive and Real Time Detection of Oxygen in Gas and Aqueous Media | Peter Geissinger |
| Matthew D. Youngblut | Cytochrome-c Nitrite Reductase from Shewanella Oneidensis | A. Andrew Pacheco |
| Rahul V. Edwankar | Progress toward the total synthesis of the bisindole alkaloid macrospegatrine: Emphasis on the northern hemisphere as well as the total synthesis of other monomeric indole alkaloids | James M. Cook |
| Chitra R.Edwankar | Progress toward the total synthesis of the alpha-adrenergic blocking agent dispegatrine, as well as the total synthesis of other monomeric indole alkaloids | James M.Cook |
| Eduardo Alberch | Towards the synthesis of artificial binding sites | Alan W. Schwabacher |
| Rajendra Kishore Kothinti | "Cadmium and Human Kidney Disease" Development & Use of a Facile Cell Culture Model | David H Petering |
| Ujala Rana | Metallothionein and Zinc Trafficking:"Accessible", "chelatable", "Loosely bound" Zinc within the Zinc Proteome | David H Petering |
| Karen Reabe | Is flavin wavin'? How this may present a hurdle in drug development for Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase. | Graham Moran |
| Robert William Hoppe | Synthesis of a Quinolone Towards the Construction of a Molecular Tweezer | Alan W. Schwabacher |
| Diab Qadah | Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in soils by Methylation Pyrolysis using Tetramethyl Ammonium Hydroxide and Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometric Detection | Joseph Aldstadt |
| John Frost | Photon Trapping Spectroscopy Theory and Design | Joseph Aldstadt, Peter Geissinger |
| Jorge Anibal Boscoboinik | Imaging of small organic molecules through scanning tunneling microscopy | Wilfred T. Tysoe |
| Octavio Javier Furlong | Lubrication of Electrical Contacts | Wilfred T. Tysoe |
| Paul E. Henning | Fabrication of Porous Cladding Materials for Crossed-Fiber Sensor Arrays Using Microsphere Templating | Peter Geissinger |
| Josh Kostera | Investigating NO. Reductase Activity in N. europaea Hydroxylamine Oxidoreductase | A. Andrew Pacheco |
| Robert Todd | New One-Pot Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Tryptophans via Phase-Transfer Catalysis | M Mahmun Hossain |
| Marina Sorokina-Kleczka | Phototherapy and Antibacterial Photosensitizing agents | Guilherme L. Indig |
| Michael Garvey | Determining site distribution on Au/Pd(111) alloys of varied composition. | W. T. Tysoe |
| Florencia C. Calaza | Exploring and suppressing decomposition pathways in Vinyl Acetate monomer synthesis | W. T. Tysoe |
| Nzagi Nyakirangani | Towards synthetic binding sites with molecular tweezers substructures | Alan W. Schwabacher |
| Zhenjun Li | Surface Chemistry of Acetic Acid on Clean and Oxygen Covered Pd(100) | W.T. Tysoe |
| Luke Burkholder | Enantioselctive expression of 1-(1-naphthyl)-ethylamine on Pd(111) | W.T. Tysoe |
| Jeff Meeusen | Ternary Protein binding of Fluorescent Indicators for Zinc | David H Petering |
Undergraduate Students
| Presenter | Title | Advisor |
| Joseph C. Siefert | Is Apometallothionein Folded? Chromatographic Studies with Denaturants. | David H Petering |
| Allyson A. Hanson | Cellular Zinc Trafficking: Ligand Substitution Properties of the Zinc Proteome | David H Petering |
| Sandra Simon | Atomic Force Microscope Images of Smallpox Virus | Wilfred T. Tysoe |
| Jia J. Feng | Towards new techniques for trapping single molecules in phospholipid films | Jorg C. Woehl |
| Maria Shevyrev | A synthesis of 2-Arylpropanoic Acids:Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents | M. Mahmun Hossain |
| Derek McLain | Etching of Optical Tips for Near-Field Imaging and Single Molecule Manipulation | Jorg C. Woehl |
| Craig Denny | Metallothionein Cluster Stability and Reactivity: Perturbation by Protein Denaturants | David H Petering |
| John Lukesh | Quinolone Synthesis for Molecular Tweezers | Alan W. Schwabacher |
| Derek Weber | Potentiometric Stripping Analysis of Mercury Concentration in Tuna | Chem584 Aldstadt/Geissinger |
| Daniel Platz | Determination of Ethanol Concentrations via Solid Phase Microextraction from Cellulose Hydrolysis via Carbonic Acid | Chem584 Aldstadt/Geissinger |
| Chris Meyer | Quantitation of Major Anions by Ion Chromatography: Application to Soil Extracts | Chem584 Aldstadt/Geissinger |
| Eric Bloch | Proton Transfer Across a Metal Oxide Interface: Rate and Activation Energy for Protonation of the Proton Cryptate Complex α[H2W12O40]6- α[H2W12O40]6- + H+ → α[H3W12O40]5- | Chem584 Aldstadt/Geissinger |
| Eric Bloch | Organoimido Functionalization of Polyoxotungstates | Dean Duncan |
| Connie Burbey | Determination of Zinc in Dietary Supplements by AAS | Chem584 Aldstadt/Geissinger |