2008 Eighth Annual Beckman Scholars Symposium

Saturday Poster Session - July 29, 2006

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