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2002 I.S. Titles

Chemistry Majors | Biochemistry Majors

 

CHEMISTRY MAJORS

Richard Barger

(E. E. Burns)

Synthesis and Characterization of (2R)-N-benzyl-2-benzylaziridine

Catherine Carlson

(P. L. Edmiston)

The Creation of a Sol-Gel Covalent/Non-Covalent Hybrid Molecularly Imprinted Sensor: An Evolutionary Process

Carolene Gabrail

(V. B. Pett)

The Expression, Purification and Characterization of sHSP 18-1, a Small Heat Shock Protein from Zea mays

Joseph Herzog

(R. H. Bromund)

Delivery of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Davin Korstjens

(C. L. Borders and M. J. Snider)

The Attempted Refolding of the Insoluble Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase R214K Mutant into an Active Enzyme

Kady Krivos

(R. H. Bromund)

Solid Phase Microextraction for Detecting Volatile Organic Compounds in Soil Gas

Holly Laufman

(P. L. Gaus)

Characterization of Hydridosilsesquioxane Oligomers Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Jennifer Petkovsek

(E. E. Burns)

Investigation of the Stereochemistry of N-benzyl-2-methylaziridine and the N-benzyl-N-methyl-2-methylaziridinium Ion

Jane Rackley

(C. L. Borders and M. J. Snider)

The Temperature Dependence of the Catalytic Activity of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase

Jeb Stuart Ray

(W. V. Glassey)

The Chemisorption of Carbon Monoxide on Late Transition Metal Alloyed Surfaces

Alvira Shah

(P. L. Edmiston)

Synthesis of a Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Probe for Measurement of Sol-Gel Aging

Jocelyn Somers

(P. L. Gaus)

The Computational Analysis of the Relative Stabilities of the Oligomers and Isomers of Hydridosilsesquioxanes

Jennifer Sorrells

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters)

The Synthesis of Cyclohexyl CBZ-L-Ser-Bzl Phosphodiester as a Synthetic Precursor to a Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylserine

Shawn Sullivan

(W. V. Glassey)

A Computational Approach to the Modeling of CO Chemisorption on Pure and Alloyed Transition Metal Surfaces

Tracy Ward

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters)

The Siloxymethylation of ß-D-Glucose Pentaacetate: Progress Towards the Synthesis of the C-linked Retinoyl ß-Glucuronide

Matthew Wellons

(W. V. Glassey)

A Theoretical Study of Carbonyl Chemisorption on Platinum and Platinum Titanium Surfaces

 

 

BIOCHEMISTRY MAJORS

Melissa Barty

(V. B. Pett)

Characterization of TrcHis18-9 L138A: A Mutant Small Heat Shock Protein from Zea mays

Melissa Brym

(C. L. Borders)

The Determination of the Thermal Stability of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase Mutants Using Circular Dichroic Spectroscopy and Differential Scanning Calorimetry

Kristen Chapin

(R. H. Bromund)

A Comparative Study of Salivary pH and Testosterone Concentrations of Stutterers and Non-stutterers as Bioindicators of Stuttering

Callisia Clarke

(P. L. Edmiston)

Enhancing the Substrate Specificity of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase for Glycocyamine by Mutagenesis of Valine 324 to Glutamate

Caroline Davis

(P. L. Edmiston)

Active Monomeric Forms of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase: The Affect of Quanternary Structure on Catalysis and Thermal Stability

John Koehler

(C. L. Borders)

Altering Substrate Specificity: Characterization of the 66-69 Mutant of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase

Maria Liszkay

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters)

The Use of Bisphosphoserine Cyclohexane Molecules as Phospholipid Analogues

Lisa Lucas

(V. B. Pett)

The Chaperone Activity and Oligomerization of Small Heat Shock Proteins from Zea mays

Emily Rainey

(V. B. Pett)

Expression and Purification of SeMetHSP18-9 in Preparation for Crystallization and the Crystallization of sHSP18-1

Abhishek Saharia

(D. Fraga)

Inducible Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia Coli K12: The Role of Motility

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