SERC-URGP RECIPIENTS SPRING 2008

BIOLOGY

Student	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
T.J. Calder	Dr. Akkaraju	Utilization of Immunofluorescence to Determine Cellular Protein Interactions with the NS5A Viral Protein
Chris Case	Dr. Hartman	RNAi use for testing DEET resistance in C. elegans
Ryan Seaver	Dr. Misamore	Effects of ultraviolet light on the early developmental stages of the freshwater bivalve Dreissena polymorpha

CHEMISTRY

Student	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Jessica Bracks	Dr. Hanna	Improved Synthesis of Isopropenyl Phenol
Katherine Kollar	Dr. Dzyuba	Design and synthesis of macrolide antibiotic mimetics: en route to a potential treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Michael Foster	Dr. Ryu	The identification of YebF transporter protein in vivo by photochemical cross-linking
Brett McKnight	Dr. Ryu	Site Directed Mutagenesis of Ecotin to Enhance Inhibition of Thrombin
Arunendra Saha Ray	Dr. Hanna	Bismuth aryloxide synthesis and characterization
DianaTran	Dr. Ryu	Directed evolution of leucyl-tRNA synthetase for incorporation of unnatural amino acids into proteins
Nicole Zamora	Dr. Richards	The synthesis and modification of alumoxanes for catalysis

PHYSICS

Student	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Pankaj Kumar	Dr. Strzhemechny	Efects of controlled oxygen-plasma treatment of oxygen vacanies at zinc oxide crystal surfaces
Belle Marco	Dr. Strzhemechny	Size Separation of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

PSYCHOLOGY

Student	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Kendall Delk	Dr. Papini	Understanding the physiological basis of acute stress induced by incentive loss
Jackie Lamm	Dr. Papini	Role of the opioid system in anxiety induced by incentive loss