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Wooster Chemistry Annual Report 2001-2002

2001-02 SENIOR INDEPENDENT STUDY 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 Analysis Approcacch 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 (Biology)

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

Melissa Barty, Kristen Chapin, Jane Rackley, Davin Korstjens, Emily Rainey, Shawn Sullivan, and Matt Wellons received funds from the Copeland Fund to help support their Senior Independent Study projects and to attend the NCUR meeting.

Updated: August 18, 2003 · psmith@wooster.edu