Thursday Poster Session - July 27, 2006

ROY ARJOON
Boston University
Cell Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells on Bioengineered Substrates

RACHEL BOWMAN
University of South Carolina
Synthetic Studies of Several Bioactive, Naturally Occurring Polyacetylenes

SCOTT BRESLER
Miami University
Synthetic Studies of Several Bioactive, Naturally Occurring Polyacetylenes

KATHERINE FISHER
College of William and Mary
Determination of the Default Vertebrate Neural Phenotype in Early Development

JESSICA GONZALEZ
California State University, Los Angeles
Cavitad Dimers for Protein Recognition

NIDHI KUMAR
University of South Carolina
Integration of Biochemical and Mechanical Signals in the Regulation of Cardiac Fibrosis

MOLLY LOWNDES
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Caveolin-1 Knockdown by Small Interfering RNA Alters the Activity of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

NATALIE MARTIN
Dickinson College
Ferrocenyl Analogs of Biologically Intersting Compounds

MELISSA PANAGOS
University of Arizona
Ferrocenyl Analogs of Biologically Intersting Compounds

JONATHAN D. RICE
University of Texas at Austin
Polyolefin Destabilization: New Approaches to Tertiary Recycling

JESSICA ROSENBERG
New York University
Characterization of a Gene Regulating Ommatidial Development in Drosophila

STEPHANIE SHIN
Boston College
Synthesis of DNA-Binding Probes with Unnatural Backbones: Peptoid and Oligocarbamate Intercalator Conjugates

VAL SIMIANU
Indiana University
The Substantia Nigra Reticulata is Over-Inhibited in 140CAG HD Mice

BRIGITTE K. ZIERVOGEL
University of Minnesota
Determination of the Pre-transfer Editing Mechanism of Escherichia coli Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase

COREY M. ALLEN
North Carolina State University
Development of Novel Microfluidic Mixers Based on Surface Patterns

CHRISTOPHER J. BOWMAN
California State University, Long Beach
Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-linked Mutations in Cu, Zn-Superoxide Dismutase Weaken Hydrophobic Interactions at the Dimer Interface

BETH CIMINI
Boston University
Analysis of Acetylcholine as a Neurotransmitter in the Retina

BLAIR S. DINA
Indiana University
An Animal Model of Autism: Consequences in a Set of Learning and Memory Paradigms

MICHAEL DISIENA
Boston College
The Roles of Tel1 and Mec1 in the Opening and Closing of Telomeres

WILLIAM A. EIMER
Carnegie Mellon University
Improvement of Difference Gel Electrophoresis for Increased Resolution and Identification of Low Abundance Proteins

YAEL S. ELMATAD
New York University
Static and Vibrationally Average Structures of Small Molecule Clusters

NICK GISLASON
Western Washington University
Towards Engineering Chirality in Organic Molecular Films Using Liquid Crystal Solvents

ANDREA GOMEZ
Colorado State University
Elucidation of the Y-organ MIH Signaling Pathway in Gecarcinuslateralis Exdysis

SAMANTHA HAMMER
Trinity University
Investigating the Genetic Mating System of the Volcano Mouse (Peromyscus alstoni)

SETH HAYMORE
Northern Arizona University
Early events in mast cell activation

SARA HEITKAMP
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Interactions of Osmolytes with Protein Surfaces

THOMAS W. HOLCOMBE
University of Texas at Austin
A Method for the Durable Silanization of Indium Tin Oxide

TIFFANY KNIEPKAMP
Montana State University
Determination of the Effect of Sprouting on Axoal Morphology

KARA MANKE
Macalester College
Using Laser Spectroscopy to Obtain and Analyze Hyperfine Resolved Spectra of TaO

KRISTEN MISIAK
University of Florida
The Impact of Stressors on Saccharomyces cerevisiae

MARK J. POND
William Marsh Rice University
Designing Nanoparticle-Assembled Microparticles that Respond to Ultraviolet Radiation

MICHELLE RENGARAJAN
University of Chicago
Using Molecular Modeling and Structural Screens to Identify Potentially Novel Inhibitors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cyclin-dependent Kinase Cdc28

REBECCA SELDEN
Bowdoin College
Growth and Metabolism of the Green Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: Flow Environments and Predation Pressure

CHRISTOPHER SHOEMAKER
Miami University
Mechanisms affecting the virulence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

WEN ALLEN TSENG
University of Delaware
The Role of Junctional Adhesion Molecule-A Homodimerization in Angiogenesis

MICHAEL T. VAGNINI
Furman University
Effects of Steric Constraint on Chromium(III) Complexes of Tetraazamacrocycles

GAIL VIRGIN
Illinois State University
The Extracelllular Domain of the NA Pump a-ß Subuit is Sufficient for ß Assembly and Delivery to the PMn

REBECCA M. VOORHEES
Yale University
A Study of Peptide Bond Formation by the Group I Intron

RYAN YOUNG
University of California, Los Angeles
Solvation Dynamics of Alkalai Metal Anions in Various Solvents and Their Effects of Charge-Transfer Reactions

BETHANY AUTEN
Trinity University
Au-Ni Nanoparticles for Catalysis and Beyond

DANIEL BRUGGEMEYER
Boston University
Studies towards the synthesis of the Grb2-SH2 domain antagonist 8-O-methylsclerotiorinamine

DORAN BENNETT
University of Chicago
Ground state dynamics of vinoxy: Computational and experimental study

ANNA BURKE
Montana State University
Stimulation of Antiviral Immune Mechanisms by Natural and Synthetic Compounds

MICHAEL BYKOWSKI
University of Pittsburgh
Visceral Inhibition of NaCl Consumption in Adrenalectomized Rats

JOHN L. DAVISSON
Hope College
Ab Initio Computation of Molecular Potential Energy Surfaces

PHONG DINH
California State University, Long Beach
Production and Characterization of ALS-Related Mutant Superoxide Dismutases Lacking Free Cysteines

LAURA GLISH
Furman University
Modeling of the S-I Halogen Bond Using Density Functional Methods

CHRISTLE GUEVARRA
San Francisco State University
Synthesis of Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid Stereoisomers

HEATHER M. HEINZ
North Carolina State University
Territorial Aggression in Bluehead Wrasse Social Hierarchies

MERIMA HELIC
University of Minnesota
Environmental Effects on Genome Stability in Candida albicans

AMANDA HICKMAN
Harvey Mudd College
Experimental Studies of Metal-Metal Coupling in Metalloporphyrin Dimers

GRACE LIN
William Marsh Rice University
Using Genetic Modifiers to Elucidate Phytohormone Cross-talk in Arabidopsis

RYAN MALECKY
Carnegie Mellon University
Catalytic Degradation of the Environmental Pollutant Bisphenol A using Hydrogen Peroxide and an FeIII-TAML Catalyst

SARAH MILLER
Macalester College
Synthesis and genetic analysis: small molecule-induced perturbation of auxin signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana

ALEXANDER MURPHY-MAKHNIKIAN
Indiana University
The Substantia Nigra Reticulata is Over-Inhibited in 140CAG HD Mice*

T. SCOTT NOWICKI
Dickinson College
Turning Cancer Cells into “Normal” Cells: A Genome-wide Analysis of Human Promyelocytic Leukemia Cell Differentiation as Induced by the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Butyric Acid

RALEIGH PARROTT
Illinois State University
The Progress Towards the Synthesis of a Proposed Human T-cell Leukemia Protease Inhibitor and the Development of Novel Oxadiazinones and Oxazolidines as Chiral Auxiliaries

JASON M. PASSAFIUME
University of Kentucky
Sleep-wake Dependent "Clock-gene" Expression Levels: A Mouse Strain Comparison

TAPAN PATEL
University of Delaware
Investigating the role of SC-35 in Prox1 regulation

PAUL ROBUSTELLI
Pomona College
Determination of the Three-Dimensional Solution-Phase Structures and Dynamics of the Mycotoxins Verrucarin A and Roridin A

MELANIE H. SMITH
Haverford College
A new de novo designed model for the investigation of the effects of glutamines on the self-assembly of a ß-hairpin into amyloid-like fibrils

RAE ANA SNYDER
University of Arizona
Coupled Proton-Electron Processes at Oxo-Molybdenum Centers

KENNETH TAI
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Structural Studies of the SIV-MA Myristoyl-Switch

JEFFREY WONG
University of Florida
The Role of Integrins in Specific Cell-Cell Interactions and the Applications of Nanocapsules as a Possible Vector Platform