Poster Session
Fall 2013
Students representing Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ramzy Burns
Identification of the SOD1 D90A Mutation in Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Whole Exome Analysis
Mentor: Dr. Glenn Gerhard
Funded By: Penn State Hershey
Alexa Carollo
Investigating the Photodissociation of Hydroxocobalamin
Using
Steady State and Time Resolved UV-Visible Spectroscopy
Mentor: Dr. Roseanne Sension, University of Michigan
Funded By: National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates
James Custer
Frictional Properties of Graphene on a Functionalized Rough Surface Mentor: Jessica Spear, Dr. James Batteas, Texas A&M University Funded By: National Science Foundation
Evan Gassaway
Lincomycin Biosynthesis: Identifying and Characterizing the
enzymatic product of LmbX
Mentor: Dr. Keri Colabroy
Funded By: Provost's Grant for Faculty-Student Collaborative
Research
Rebecca Golden
The Effects of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) on Human Neuroblastoma SY5Y-TrkA Cells Cultured in Rotary Bioreactors
Mentor: Robert Redden, Dr. Garrett Brodeur, and Dr. Edward Doolin
Funded By: CHOP Summer research program
Cyrus Kuschner
Uncovering GCN5's pathway of epigenetic control in
Arabidopsis thaliana
Mentor: Dr. Amy Hark
Funded By: Summer Research Grant from the Dean of
Academic Life
Dominic Lapadula
Identifying Potential Upstream Regulators of nhr-67 in Caenorhabditis elegans
Mentor: Dr. Bruce Wightman
Funded By: Summer Research Grant from the Dean of Academic Life
Kelcie Molchany, Alyssa Schell and Chelsea Young
Synthesis and Study of Peptoid-NSAID Conjugates with
Enhanced Membrane Penetrability
Mentor: Dr. Sherri Young
Funded By: Provost's Grant for Faculty-Student Collaborative
Research
Katerina Pham (with Sarah Richardson)
Screening Lehigh Valley Area Ticks for Infection Disease Agents
Mentor: Dr. Marten Edwards
Funded By: Provost's Grant for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research
Hudson Roth
Attempted synthesis of a fluorescent lead (II) trapping
coumarocryptand
Mentor: Dr. Marsha Baar
Funded By: Provost's Grant for Faculty-Student Collaborative
Research
Max Safran
Synthesis of Polyynes by Laser Ablation of Graphite in Solution
Mentor: Dr. Bruce Anderson
Funded By: Provost's Grant for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research
Zachary Shuler
The Role of nhr-67 and glb-12 in the Development of
C.elegans Uterus
Mentor: Dr. Bruce Wightman
Funded By: Dr. Jim Vaughan Award for Summer Study in
Biology
Ian Smith
Defining a Kinetic Mechanism for S. lincolnensis L-DOPA 2,3 dioxygenase
Mentor: Dr. Keri Colabroy
Funded By: Provost's Grant for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Student Research Projects
Michael Weber
Designing and Optimizing a Multi-Step Synthesis for the
Undergraduate Organic Lab
Mentor: Dr. Marsha Baar
Funded By: Provost's Grant for Faculty-Student Collaborative
Research
Zachary Zimmerman
Attempts at Purifying SUMOylated S. linconenesis LmbX
Mentor: Dr. Keri Colabroy
Funded By: Provost's Grant for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research
