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Miami University

2008 - 2009 Beckman Scholars

Katherine Bender
Title of Research: Structure and mechanism of metallo-beta-lactamase Bla2 from anthrax
Email: benderkm@muohio.edu

Lauren J. Spadafora
Title of Research: Role of Zn1 and Zn2 sites in metallo-beta-lactamase CcrA from B. fragilis
Email: spadaflj@muohio.edu

Nidhi Subbaraman*
Title of Research: Isolating E Cells for Functional Analysis in Drosophila
Email: subbarn@muohio.edu

Alexander Berrebi
Title of Research: The Role of the Hedgehog Pathway as a Regulator of the Mitf Expression and Pax-6 Repression During Retina Transdifferentiation
Email: berrebaa@muohio.edu

Christine Hajdin
Title of Research: Characterization of the Structure and Mechanism of Metallo-beta-lactamase Bla2 from Bacillius Anthracis
Email: hajdince@muohio.edu

Stuart Grosser
Title of Research: Developing a new technique to determine the helical tilt angle of integral membrane proteins using EPR spectroscopy
Email: smg4285@yahoo.com

Scott Bresler
Title of Research: The Total Synthesis of Trideca - 3,5,7,9,11 - pentayne - 1, 2 - diol and Its Glucoside

Brian Dishong*
Title of Research: Bioenergetics of Overwintering in the Hatchling Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta

Christopher Shoemaker
Title of Research: Mechanisms affecting the virulence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Amanda L. Jones
Title of Research: Synthetic Studies on Bidensyneoside A1

Ethan S. Karp
Title of Research: Inhibition Studies on the D-D Peptidase, VanX, that is Required for High Level Vancomycin Resistance

Ryan Fox
Title of Research: Total Synthesis of Mycomycin: A Biologically Active Natural Product

Megan Matthews
Title of Research: Inhibition Studies on the D-D Peptidase, VanX, that is Required for High Level Vancomycin Resistance

* Scholar supported with matching 'Beckman Scholar' funding by Miami University.