Thursday,
July 24, 2003 - Sutton Place Hotel Bistrot Terrasse
Ribosome's
Peptidyl Transferase Activity
Peter Anthony
Yale University
Cellular
Localization of Yx1C, A Putative ECF Anti-sigma Factor
David Bayless
San Francisco State University
Training
in Chemical Biology: Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of
Proline Mimics for Control of Peptide Secondary Structure
Heather Burks
Indiana University
The
Role of Stathmin and SCG10 in Microtubule Dynamics in the
Growth Cone
Christine Bill
Colorado State University
Role
of Metal Ions in Oxidative Protein Folding: do flavoprotein
sulfhydryl oxidases from higher eukaryotes need metals?
Stephen G. Brohawn
University of Delaware
Non-covalent
Assembly of Nitroxide Spin Labels in Laponite Films: Formation
of One-Dimensional Heisenberg Antiferromagnets
Lana Chavez
Northern Arizona University
A
Chimeric mRNA for Studying Localization and Translational
Control in Xenopus Oocytes
Brendan D. Crawford
University of Notre Dame
A
Mouse Model of Brain Metastasis of Melanomas: Characterization
and Treatment
Yolanda Huang
Wellesley College
Exploring
a Myosin VIIa as a Possible Interactor with GDI in Vesicle
Transport during Drosophila Development
Janetta Iwanicki
Pomona College
Structural
Biology of the Arsenic-GR Interaction
Lauren Kingsley
Dartmouth College
Model
for One Aspect of Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer ’s Disease
Brain: Lipid Peroxidation End Product, HNE, Binds to and Alters
the Conformation and Function of Histones
Robin Theresa Petroze
University of Kentucky
Functional
Analysis of Proteins Involved in Translational Regulation
during Xenopus oocyte Maturation
Michael Raher
Boston College
A
Study of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Inactivation in Wildtype
and PKU-causing Mutant Enzymes
Gobind Singh
Boston University
Friday, July 25, 2003 - Beckman Center-Atrium
Palladium-Catalysed Asymmetric Phosphination
Omar Amir
Dartmouth College
Eye-blink
conditioning deficits indicate neural timing and cerebellar
abnormalities in schizophrenia
Sarah Brown
Indiana University
Advancing
Analysis and Instrumentation for Probing Mechanical Lung Function
Richard Burkhart
Boston University
The
Mechanism of Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation Revisited
Peter Conrad
Indiana University
Synthesis
of a NAALADase Inhibitor: Towards the Development of a Quantitative
PSMA Assay
Brent D. Griffith
University of Notre Dame
The
effects of invading young sagebrush (Artemisia rothrockii)
on the water status of an herbaceous meadow in the Eastern
Sierra Nevada
Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi
University of California, Berkeley
Identification
of Possible Link Between the Human NAD Kinase Gene and Neurodegenerative
Disease
Heidi Hullinger
Duke University
A
novel method for characterizing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) and polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the environment
Mary Elizabeth Lee
California State University, Los Angeles
Role
of Dendritic Protein Synthesis in Hippocampal LTP
Melinda T. Owens
California Institute of Technology
Gender Differences in Stress Protein and Actin Expression in Murine Skeletal Muscle Following Downhill Running
Prianka Patel
Smith College
Improving
the Efficiency of Conjugated Polymer Based Devices: Controlling
the Conformation of a Conjugated Polyelectrolyte in Solution
Sean Roberts
University of California, Los Angeles
Prodrug
Activating Systems for Nucleic Acid Triggered Prodrug Activation
Model
Karen Ruff
Washington University, St. Louis
The
Characterization of Intracellular Environments Using Axonal
Electrophoresis
Mor "Myrrh" Sagy
University of Texas, Austin
The Effect of Nerve Growth Factor on the Differentiation of Muscle Derived Stem Cells
Nima Salari
University of Pittsburgh
Fluorescence
and Calorimetry Studies of Drug Interactions with Lipid Bilayers
Rosalie Tran
Occidental College
N-linked
glycosylation required for optimal function of Kaposi's sarcoma
herpes virus encoded IL6
Srinivas Viswanathan
Yale University
Interaction
of Porphyrins with Micelles
Raymond Wu
San Francisco State University
Saturday, July 26, 2003 - Beckman Center-
Atrium
CrPic induces DNA damage in Chinese
Hamster Ovary Cells
Brooke Baker
Northern Arizona University
In Vivo Analysis of the coracle Dorsal Closure Defect in Drosophila
Yelena Burtseva
Duke University
Molecular
and Genetic Characterization of the REM Gene Family of Arabidopsis
Lindsay V. Clark
Dartmouth College
Adenoviral
vectors for low-level maintenance or pulse-chase expression
of fluorescent cytoskeletal proteins in neurons
Jennifer Durdin
Colorado State University
PIP3
Detection in Immature Double Positive T-Cells
Christen M. Fornadel
Haverford College
Chemistry
of Singlet Dioxygen with Thiolate Ligands
Eric J. Fromer
California State University, Los Angeles
The
Effect of Solvent Dielectric on the Spectroscopy of di-mu-oxo
Manganese Complexes
Natasha Keith
Yale University
The
Isolation of Suppressors in the apl-1 Gene Pathway of C. elegans
Richard Malins
Boston University
A
Novel Method for Determining the Accessibility of Vaccine
Targets in Live Brugia malayi
Alanna Morris
Smith College
Design,
Synthesis and Evaluation of Chiral Phenanthroline Ligands
for Use in Asymmetric Catalysis
Jonathan D. Mortison
University of Notre Dame
Radiation
Chemistry of CF2Cl2: Implications for the Ozone Hole?
Nozomi Nakayama
Wellesley College
A
"low-tech" method for making electronic nanostructures
Erin Leigh Oakman
University of Texas, Austin
The
Function of the Escherichia coli Cold-Shock DEAD-box Protein
A
During Cold Temperature Growth
Christopher Shane Ramey
University of California, Los Angeles
Effects
of m-CPP in altering neuronal function: Blocking depolarization
in invertebrate motor & sensory neurons but exciting rat
dorsal horn neurons
Garrett Matthew Sparks
University of Kentucky
Characterization
of an amylase gene from Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
Sarah Studer
Occidental College
The
Function of JAM-1
Arthur T. Suckow
University of Delaware
Synthesis
and Characterization of a New Novel Dye Sensitizer for Nanocrystalline
TiO2-Based Solar Cells
Sina Yeganeh
California Institute of Technology
