Session: Poster Session II

Technical Program

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Session:   Monday, May 19, 2008: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM

Student Union Building, Upper (Queensborough Community College)

Poster Session II

Abstract:  

Organizers:

Irina Rutenburg
Marie Thomas

Part 1 
Structural Effects of Interstrand Crosslinks on DNA through Molecular Dynamic Simulations

Arthur J. Campbell, Angelo Guainazzi, Orlando D. Scharer, Carlos L. Simmerling

Exploring Structure and Biochemistry of Nitrogen Mustard Interstrand Crosslinks through Synthetic Analogs

Angelo Guainazzi, Orlando Schärer

The Relationship Between the Ionic Structure and Viscosity in the Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

Hualin Li, Murfat Ibrahim, Ismail Ageremi, Mark Kobrak

Synthesis of Imidazolium and Pyridinium Ionic Liquids for Toxicity Studies

Xing Li, Jinhee Gwon, James F. Wishart, Catherine McEntee, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine

An Electrospray Ionization Guided-Ion-Beam Tandem Mass Spectrometer for Studying Gas-Phase Biological Ion-Molecule Reactions

Fang He, Yigang Fang, Jianbo Liu

Synthesis of Pyrrolidinium Ionic Liquids for Toxicity Studies

Jinhee Gwon, Xing Li, James F. Wishart, Catherine McEntee, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine

Instrument Control and Data Acquisition for a Guided-Ion-Beam Tandem Mass Spectrometer

Yigang Fang, Fang He, Jianbo Liu

Synthesis and Toxicity to Zebra Fish of Mono- and Diammonium Phosphate and Bis(trifyl)Imide Ionic Liquids

Ayisha Munawar, Ankita Parikh, Hughton Walker, Jasmine Hatcher, Xing Li, Sofya Penkhasova, Kijana Kerr, Pokay Ma, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine

Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Poly(ethylene glycol) Acrylate Comb-Like Polymers

Milan Maric, Benoit Lessard

Synthesis of Mixed-Valence Compounds with Metal-Metal Bonds

Amy Schauss, Jack Lu

Determination of Methamphetamine and Amphetamine in Urine Using Ionic Liquid Based Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction (HS-SPME) and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)

Yi He, Jeremy Pohl, Stephanie Petch

Properties of DABCO Containing Ionic Liquids

Kijana Kerr, Marie Thomas, Gopal Subramaniam, James F. Wishart, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine

The Quantitative Determination of the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Silver Ions to Bacterial Growth

David E. Marx, John J. Mercuri

Preparation of Some Novel Dithioether-Diketones and Chelating Derivatives of Them

Molly A. O'Connor, Anthony W. Addison

Carbon Nanotubes Filled with Copper Nanoparticles

James Giammarco, Patricia Valenzuela, Sebastian Oswald, Vadym Mochalin, Farhad Forohar, Yury Gogotsi

Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Complexes of Pendant Arm Macrocycles and Tripodal Ligands

Savitri Chandrasekhar, Rick Chen, Jeff Chan, Amanda Lee

Ruthenium(II) Complexes of Some Tripodal Amine Ligands

GorDan T. Reeves, Anthony W. Addison, Vitaly V. Pavlishchuk, Allen Hunter, Matthias Zeller

Colloidosomes:"Smart" Materials for Biomedical Applications

Rachel Rosenberg

Organogold (III) Iminophosphorane Complexes and Study of Their Cytotoxicity against Solid Tumor Cells
Neha Shaik, Idline Augustin,

Maria Contel

Ground State Association of Benzo[B]Fluorenone with Ethanol and Trifluoroethanol
Aaron Halpern,

Brian Williams

Butterfly Wings, Crustacean Shells, and Squid Pens: Studies on Chitin Sources

Jessica D. Schiffman, Caroline L. Schauer

Arene-Ru-Chloroquine Complexes as Potential Antimalarial Agents

Chandima S.K. Rajapakse, Alberto Martinez, Becky Naoulou, Roberto A. Sanchez-Delgado

Greening the Organic Chemistry Laboratory at Widener University

Kaitlyn Gerhart, Loyd D. Bastin

Mechanism of Antimalarial Action of the Ruthenium(II)-Chloroquine Complex [RuCl2(CQ)]2

Alberto Martinez, Chandima S.K. Rajapakse, Becky Naoulou, Roberto A. Sanchez-Delgado

Incorporation of Cisplatin, Carboplatin and Oxaliplatin into a Trinuclear Iron-Platinum Intervalent Charge Transfer Complex: Options for the Photochemical Delivery of Drug to Targeted Sites

Kate Keets, Andrew Bocarsly

Parvalbumin in Fish Muscle: Cation Binding Properties and Its Role in Muscle Relaxation
Mohit Sirohi, Steven Youseff, Kristen Sands, David Coughlin,

Loyd D. Bastin

Trinculear Iron-Platinum Complexes as Chemotherapeutic Agents: Increasing Water Solubility

Amanda Tricarico, Andrew B. Bocarsly

Light Activated De Novo Protiens Using Phthalocyanines

Andrew C. Mutter, Ronald L. Koder

Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Dibenzotetraaza[14]Annulene-Coated Platinum Electrodes

Daniel J. Dooley, J. Faye Rubinson, Richard Hotz

The Properties of the Amyloid Beta Protein Coated Gold Colloidal NANOPARTICLES

Sophia H. Hahn, Hyunah Cho, Nicole Briglio, Kazushige Yokoyama

Benzyl Imidazolium Porphyrins

Weici Fang, Maung-Tin Htoo Kyaw, Rukya Ali, Virginia Seng, Xiulan Wang, Alison Hyslop

Synthesis of Porphyrin-Imidazolium-Ferrocene Complexes

Jennifer Chabra, Rukya Ali, Virginia Seng, Alison Hyslop

Synthesis of Porphyrin-Heterocycle-Osmium Complexes for Use as Light Harvesting Compounds

Elissa Ramcharitar, Samantha Blondel, Carina Hernandez, Elise Megehee, Alison Hyslop

Theoretical Calculations of C60 Isomers: A New Stable? or Unstable? Isomer C60[3,4,5]

John R. Sowa Jr., Jacqueline Rodriquez, Johnna Campbell, Theresa Wertheimer

Does the Chain Length of Alkyl 4-Hydroxybenzoates Alter Phenolic Pka Values?

John J. Sczepanski, Leopold May, Jason R. Kinder, Fransis B. Pedersen

Polyaniline Nanofibers and Composites with Polymer-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles

Asifa Noreen, William L'Amoreaux, David M. Sarno

Morphological Effects of Ring-Substitution on Polyaniline Nanomaterials

Carolina Chaves Prado, David M. Sarno

Effects of Commonly Used Cosmetic Industry Preservatives on Water Activity
Karen Root Caldwell,

Michael A. Lull, Janet R. Bass

Identification of Clinical Candidate OSI-906 as a Potent, Selective and Orally Bioavailable IGF-1R Inhibitor

Brian Volk, Mark J. Mulvihill, Elizabeth Buck, Andrew Cooke, Andrew Crew, Hanqing Dong, Alexandra Eyzaguirre, Maryland Franklin, Lixin Feng, Kenneth W. Foreman, Qun-Sheng Ji, Darla Landfair, Yunyu Mao, Matthew O'Connor, Caroline Pirritt, Stacia Silva, Kam Siu, Arno Steinig, Kathryn Stolz, Paula Tavares, Doug Werner

Synthesis of C-Glycosides of Glycoinositols Pseudodisaccharides

Sunej Hans, David Mootoo*

Single Molecule Study of Dynamics near the Glass Transition

Tobias K. Herman, Stephan A. Mackowiak, Laura J. Kaufman

Absolute Configuration Determination of a Light Harvesting Porphyrin by Circular Dichroism Tweezer Methodology

Troy, M. McCord, Alicia Canzius, Gloria Proni, Ana G. Petrovic, Nina Berova, Teodor S. Balaban

Analysis of Vitamin "C" in Fruits and Vegetableas

Rana Said, Syamala Ranganathan, Pedro Irigoyen

Analysis Oc Vitamin"C" in Commercial Juices

Shaun Bruney, Syamala Ranganathan, Pedro Irigoyen

Comparison of Hemoglobin in Thin Films and in Hydrogels Formed by Photo Initiated Polymerization on Glassy Carbon

Amos Mugweru, Christian Schnarr

Peptide Folding Dynamics and Their Implications in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Gregory Siroky, Marsiyana M. Henricus, Melanie P. Dabakis, Evan M. Smoak, Robert Tamayev, Ipsita A. Banerjee

Design, Synthesis and Applications of Metal Oxide Nanocomposites

Christopher P. Avanzato, Marsiyana M. Henricus, Karl R. Fath, Ipsita A. Banerjee

Design and Synthesis of Nanotube Bound Biocompatible Hydrogels

Evan M. Smoak, Ipsita A. Banerjee

Organic Chromophores in Tert-Butylcalix[4]Arene for Metal Oxide Semiconductor Sensitization

Yongyi Zhang, Elena Galoppini

Xanes Study of Cross Sectional Distribution of Charge States and Local Structrual Environments of Iron in Porous Vycor Glass

S. Amarasinghe, D Sunil, H.D Gafney

Hf(IV) and Zr(IV) Porphyrins as Dyes on Semiconductor Surfaces

Ivana Radivojevic, Alexander Falber, Benjamin P. Burton-Pye, Charles Drain

Porphyrinoid Derivatives and Fullerene C60 for Light Harvesting Materials

Alessandro Varotto, Charles Drain, Joao Tome

The Analysis of the Interactions and Complexation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Cyclodextrin Using Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Andrew Harron, Catherine Bentzley, Preston Moore, Zhiwei Liu, Jhenny Galan, Darryl Davis

NEW APPROACH to 3, 5-DIAMINO-SUGARS from 4, 6-DIDEOXY-1, 2-O-ISOPROPYLIDENE-D-Glycero-PENT-4-ENOPYRANOS-3-ULOSE

Zbigniew J. Witczak, Arthur Jankowski, David Lorchak

Synthesis of 3-Substituted Coumarins by the Knoevenagel Condensation Reaction

Mariam N. Israiel

The Synthesis of Biodiesel

Shane E. Smith, Josh M. Gesford, Kathleen M. Halligan, Gregory P. Foy, Gary A. Sigel

New Synthetic Probes for Understanding Molecular Recognition during Olfaction

Yadi Li, Zita Peterlin, Stuart Firestein, Grant Sun, Kevin Ryan

Formation of Novel Fused-Ring System by Rhodium-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions

Yu Han Gary Teng, Joseph Jr. Kaloko, Iwao Ojima

The Synthesis and Rearrangement of Carbazole Sulfonamide and Imidobibenzyl Sulfonamide to the Corresponding Sulfones

Taylor W. Meek, James R. Mckee, Murray Zanger

Sodium Ion Dependence and Deuterium Solvent Isotope Effect Studies of the Inhibition of Human á-Thrombin by Hirudin and NAPAP

Ildiko M. Kovach, John Paul Sheehy, Krystal Dole

Determination of Conditions for the Dimerization of Pokeweed Antiviral Protein

Alexia Tussay, Amy E. Baldwin, Diana E. Friedland

Expression Levels of PKC Substrates in Human Breast Cancer Cells

Guy Surpris, Susan A. Rotenberg, Regina Sullivan

Investigations into the Conversion of Cellulose to Simple Sugars for Ethanol Production

Lisa A. Williams

Study of the Characteristics of Modified PF Resins from Microwave Synthesis
Meghan M. MacIntyre, David Irwin,

Adango Miadonye

Sugarcane as An Energy Crop for USA

Sohan L. Jindal

Engineering Fluorinated Phosphotriesterases to Detoxify Organophosphates

Peter James Baker, Jin Kim Montclare

Part 2 
Modified Gum Acacia in Emulsions and Spraydried Flavors

Florian M. Ward, Stephen A. Andon

Protection of Enzymes in Harsh Aqueous and Organic Environments

Andreas Mylonakis, Indraneil Mukherjee, Sudipto Das, Shuxi Li, Yen Wei*

Platinum and Palladium Metallic Solutions

Moni Chauhan, Devindra Tilakdhari

The NYSTAR Sponsored Center for Engineered Polymeric Materials

Andrew Auerbach

Rational Design Methodology for Porphyrin Binding Proteins

Christopher Negron, Christian Fufezan, Ronald Koder

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Boron-Containing Block Copolymers

Chengzhong Cui, Yang Qin, Edward M. Bonder, Frieder Jäkle

When Is the Histone Protein Bound to a Chain End of a Giant DNA Molecule?

Chwen-Yang Shew, Andy Khoo

A New Catalyst for Efficient and Selective Conversion of Silanes to Silanols
Moni Chauhan*,

Abhshek Roka, Alok Sarkar, Bhanu P. S. Chauhan*

Synthesis and Characterization of Chromophore-Grafted Polybutadienes
Bhanu P. S. Chauhan*, Alok Sarkar,

Esra Cinar, Mauhanad (George) A. Bittar

Chemical/Thermal Reduction of Gold and Silver Salts: A New Route to in-Situ Nanoparticle Synthesis and Stabilization

Moni Chauhan, Maninder Kaur

Synthesis and Characterization of Polystyrene Supported Borane Complexes PS-BH2•D

Ami Doshi, Yang Qin, Frieder Jäkle

High-Yield Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) Synthesis of Easily Accessible PPV Oligomers

Narayan Mukherjee, Ralf M. Peetz

Formation and Characterization of Donor-Acceptor Complexes of Polyamide 6 as a Mean to Modify the Morphology and Extensibility

Hsin Ho, Nadarajah Vasanthan

Cationic Polymerization of Norbornadiene

Narmandakh Mijid-Taylor, Ralf M. Peetz

Functionalization of Si(100) Surfaces with Rigid-Rod Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)S

Chivin Sun, Ralf M. Peetz

π-Stacking of Soluble N-Type Semi-Conductors

Min Zhi Chen, Yingfeng Tu, Shi Jin

Synthesis and Characterization of Oxazoline Block Copolymers for Photovoltaic Devices

Hongmei Li, Morton Litt

High Performance Size-Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) Column for Water Soluble Polymers

Ken Tseng, Ryuji Takahashi, Ritsuko Ohno, Masatoshi Murakami

DNA Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as Active Stabilizers: Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites with Enhanced Stabiliy

William Cheung, Yufeng Ma, Guangru Mao, Huixin He

Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorene-Based Organoboron Quinolate Polymers

Haiyan Li, Frieder Jäkle

Preparation and Characterization of Nano-Hollow Spheres of Conducting Polymer by “Micro-Interfacial Polymerization” and the Study of Controlled Release from Them

I-Wei Chu, Kai Su, Nan-Loh Yang

Biocompatible, Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayers of a Polyphenol with High pH-Stability

Irem Erel Unal, Svetlana Sukhishvili

An Odd Couple: A Designed Protein:Natural Protein Chimera

Jessica A. Norman, Andrew C. Mutter, Ronald L. Koder

De Novo Designed Safranine Enzymes

Gheevarghese Raju, Ronald L. Koder

Multi-Responsive Polyelectrolyte Diblock Copolymer Micelles

Zhichen Zhu, Li Xu, Svetlana Sukhishvili

Rheology and Confocal Reflectance Microscopy as Complementary Probes of the Kinetics of Collagen and Collagen/hyaluronan Gelation

Yali Yang, Laura J. Kaufman


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