Independent Study

2006 I.S. Titles

Chemistry Majors | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Majors

CHEMISTRY MAJORS

Natalie Barone
Advisor: R. H. Bromund
Title: The Further Progress in Fabricating a Lab on a Chip: A Microfluidic Capillary Electrophoresis System on Glass Slides

Emily Bolton
Advisor: P. L. Gaus
Title: The Attempted Synthesis of Diacetonitrilebis(trimetrhylenediamine)cobalt(III) Dithionate, [Co(tn)₂(NCCH₃)₂]₂(S₂ O₆)₃

Colleen Burkett
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Title: The Effect of Sol-Gel Processing Conditions on Morphology: Tailoring Sol-Gels for Chemical Sensors and Environmental Remediation Sorbents

Clarissa Gage
Advisor: P. L. Gaus
Title: The Synthesis of 2-Nitrobenzylidene Derivatives

Erin Greiner
Advisor: V. B. Pett
Title: Bacterial Expression, Purification and Structure Analysis of ZmHsp17.6CH: A Small Heat-Shock Protein from Zea mays

Maria Holdcroft
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Title: Glowing Devices: Fabrication of a Functional, Single Layer Organic Light-Emitting Diode Using a Non-Traditional Metal Cathode and Three Light-Emitting Materials

Megan Lazorski
Advisor: V. B. Pett
Title: The Marriage of Opposites: Development of a Silver-Containing Photosensitive Ceramic Glaze for Ceramic Art

Nathan Little
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Title: Computational Investigation of the Structure, Energy and Reactivity of 9-Tryptycylcarbene

Audrey Malosh
Advisor: R. H. Bromund
Title: The Quantitative Analysis of Trihalomethanes in Wooster City Water

Josephine Sasu-Tenkoramaa
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Title: Progress Toward the Synthesis of a Poly(para- phenylenevinylene) Derivative Substituted with Dibenzo-30-Crown-10

Natalie Walker
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Title: Development and Testing of a Chemical Sensor for TNT Based on Planar Integrated Optical Wave-guide Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectrometry

Bryan Whiting
Advisor: P. L. Gaus
Title: Synthesis of a One-Armed Amino Porphyrin for Use as a Catalyst Component for Carbonyl Insertion

Emma Wolf-Saxon
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Title: Enhancing Stabilization of Sol-Gel Entrapped Proteins by Convalent Bonding to the Polymer Matrix

Logan Andrews
Advisor: D. Fraga (Biology)
Title: An Arginine Kinase Found in Proteobacteria Suggests Horizontal Gene Transfer

Juliana Anquandah
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Title: Investigating a Mechanistic Role for Protein Oligomerization in the Phosphagen Kinase Family

J. Matthew Craig
Advisor: J. C. Amburgey-Peters
Title: Investigation of the Creatine/Creatinine Ratio in Serum and Urine: A Potential Link to Muscle Pain Associated with Statin Use

Rebecca Danner
Advisor: T. Johnson (Biology)
Title: Triclosan and Antibiotic Cross-Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium

Ronny Ewanek
Advisors: Johnson (Biology) and J. Cardina (OARDC)
Title: The Investigation of Bioactivity of Seed Extracts from the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Plant Family

Erin Gustely
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Title: Investigating the Mechanism of Creatinase

Heather Hale
Advisor: J.C. Amburgey-Peters
Title: The Purification of Protected Cyclohexyphospho-L-serine as a Synthetic Intermediate of a Potential Phospholipid Analog

Hai Dang Nguyen
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Title: ATP Analogue, Adenosine 5'-sulfatopyrophosphate: An Alternative Substrate or Inhibitor of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase

Lindsay Pattison
Advisor: T. Johnson (Biology)
Title: Apoptotic Cascades as Possible Targets for Inhibiting Apoptosis in Huntington's Disease

Holly Payne
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Title: Intersubunit Communication in Creatine Kinase: A Proposed Mechanism of Negative Cooperativity and the Role of the N-Terminus

B. Daniel Pipitone
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Title: Examining the Physiological Role of an Arginine Kinase in Caenorhabditis Elegans

Rebecca Prada
Advisors: C. Fenster (Biology) and M. Lilburn (OARDC)
Title: Investigating the Effects of Different Diets on the Microbial Communities and Cellular Morphologies Within the Intestinal Track of Broiler Chickens and Turkey Poults

Julianne Rutt
Advisor: D. Fraga (Biology)
Title: Comparative Analysis of a Novel Tyrosine Kinase, from Bacillus Subtilis, with the Phosphangen Kinases using Mutagenesis and Phylogenetis

Erica Shubeck
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Title: Progress Towards Synthesizing a Dimeric Calix[4]arene Molecular Container

Kathryn Torrey
Advisor: J. C. Amburgey-Peters
Title: Investigating the Synthesis of Siloxymethyol Glucuronide: Progress in the Synthesis of C-linked Retinoyl β-Glucuronide

Matthew Craig, Megan Lazorski, Daniel Pipitone, Erica Shubeck, and Kathryn Torrey received funds from the Copeland Fund to help support their Senior Independent Study projects.