| Sunday, May 18, 2008: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM | |||
| Student Union Building, Upper (Queensborough Community College) | |||
| Poster Session I | |||
| Organizers: | Irina Rutenburg Marie Thomas | ||
| 68 | Catalase-Peroxidase (M. tuberculosis KatG) Forms a Protein-Based Radical during Catalase Turnover Javier Suarez, Shengwei Yu, Richard Magliozzo, Kalina Ranguelova | ||
| 69 | Predictable Transitive RNA Interference Induced by mRNA Hairpins in C. Elegans Jessica Cox, Matthew Doty | ||
| 70 | Expression and Metal Binding Studies of Tristetrapolin (TTP), a Zinc Finger Protein Robert DiTargiani, Sarah L. J. Michel, Seung Jae Lee, Sarah Wassink, Anab Yusuf | ||
| 71 | Single-Molecule DNA Detection and Conformational Analysis Using Solid-State Nanopores Stefan B. Schaffer, Zhijun Jiang, Simon S. Buttrick, Derek M. Stein | ||
| 72 | Bacterial Responses to a Combinatorial Environment Peter Palenchar, Steven Middler | ||
| 73 | Synthesis and Gp 120 Binding of 1,1-Linked-Disaccharide Mimetics of β Galactosyl Ceramide (GalCer): Potential Entry Inhibitors of HIV Stewart Bachan, David R. Mootoo | ||
| 74 | Determining the Role of NO / H-Nox in Colwellia Psychrerythraea Stephanie A. Georgiou, Elizabeth M. Boon | ||
| 75 | Engineering Functional Artificial Histone Acetyltransferases Man Xia Lee, Kinjal Mehta, Susheel Kumar Gunasekar, Zhiqiang Liu, Natalya Voloshchuk, Aye Sandar Moe, Phyllis Frankl, Lisa Hellerstein, Jin K. Montclare | ||
| 76 | Peptides Inhibitors of F11R/JAM-a Adhesion Molecules Cristina C. Clement, Manfred Philipp | ||
| 77 | Structure and Stability Analysis of Single-Alanine Mutants of Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein Coiled Coil Wendy Hom, Hanna Barra, Susheel Gunasekar, Jin Montclare, Jennifer Haghpanah | ||
| 78 | Fluorescence Study of Some Precursors of a Bivalent Src Kinase Inhibitor Chrystel Dol, Adam Profit, Ruel Z. B. Desamero | ||
| 79 | Study of in Vitro of Cell Migration Emily Hughes, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 80 | Characterization of Fluorinated Histone Acetyl Transferase, tGcn5 Natalya Voloshchuk, Anita Yuhua Zhu, Jin Kim Montclare | ||
| 81 | Hormonal Control of Neuron Development Christina Dewan, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 82 | Determination of Breast Cancer Cell Migration Rates Louis Corradino Jr., Regina Sullivan | ||
| 83 | Exploiting Non-Natural Amino Acids to Identify Protein Partners of FnTm2 Yan Mei Chan, Peter James Baker, Jin Kim Montclare | ||
| 84 | Effects of Anti-Androgens on Spinal Cord Motor Nuclei Sheila Jean-Charles, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 85 | Effects of Varying Levels of Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus on Plant Growth Sharisse Lewis, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 86 | Migration of Rates of Human Breast Cancer Cells Joseph Mammano, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 87 | Study of Human Breast Cancer Cell Migration Sakshi Pasricha-Katyal, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 88 | The Anti-Androgen, Flutamide Causes Organizational Changes in Spinal Cord Motor Nuclei Marie-Pierre Payen, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 89 | Human Breast Cancer Cell Migration Nicole Perrotta, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 90 | The Alu Insert and Human Diversity Brooke Rodriguez, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 91 | Studies of Cell Migration Darryl Williams, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 92 | Comparing the Effects of Anti-Androgens on Two Groups of Nuclei Liang Xiang, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 93 | The Alu Genotype Yun Zhao, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 94 | Synthesis and Study of Nano-Adsorbents Philip Botelho, Christopher Rodriguez, Girija Subramaniam | ||
| 95 | Mechanism Based Inhibitors of Adenylyl Cyclase: Insight into Binding and Reactivity in the Active Site Morris Krauss | ||
| 96 | Discovery of Substituted Dipiperidine Acids and Alcohols as CC Chemokine Receptor-2 Antagonists Mingde Xia, Cuifen Hou, Duane DeMong, Scott Pollack, Meng Pan, James Brackley, Chrissy Gerchak, Monica Singer, Ravi Malaviya, Michele Matheis, Gil Olini, Druie Cavender, Michael Wachter | ||
| 97 | Biodiesel Synthesis and Characterization in a General Chemistry Laboratory Rebecca L. Sanders | ||
| 98 | Teaching Scientific Writing to Second-Language Students Mark Kobrak | ||
| 99 | Pokeweed Antiviral Protein: Understanding Its Role in Plant Related Forensics Jeannine DeGrazia, Kana Noro, Diana E. Friedland | ||
| 100 | Novel and Rapid HPLC Method for the Quantitation of Guaifenesin : Application to Pharmacokinetic Studies Sangeeta Chavanpatil, Dr.Ramesh Reddy Putheti, K.G Akamanchi, Prof. R N Okigbo | ||
| 101 | Functional Significance of Protein Kinase Cα And Hsp90 Interaction in a Yeast Model Tae Young, Sheila JeanCharles, Corinne A. Michels, Susan A. Rotenberg, Nidhi Gadura | ||
| 102 | Synthesis of the Guaifenesin Impurities and Their Spectral Properties Sangeeta Chavanpatil, Dr.Ramesh Reddy Putheti, K.G Akamanchi, Prof. R N Okigbo | ||
| 103 | Environmental Microbiological Monitoring and Source of Contamination in the Pharmaceutical Industry-a Case Study Dr. Ramesh Reddy Putheti, Prof. R N Okigbo, Madhusoodan sai Advanapu, Radha Leburu | ||
| 104 | One-Pot Friedl�nder Quinoline Synthesis: Scope and Limitations Ti Wang, An-Hu Li, Mridula Kadalbajoo, Andrew Kleinberg, Kristen M. Mulvihill, Dan Sherman, Kam W. Siu, Arno G. Steinig, Doug Werner, Mark J. Mulvihill | ||
| 105 | pH-Response of PMAA Hydrogel Multilayer Capsules Crosslinked with Adipic Acid Dihydrazide Svetlana Pavlukhina, Veronika Kozlovskaya, Svetlana A. Sukhishvili | ||
| 106 | Chemical Shift Modulation by Peptide Bond Distortion Adrienne F. Alimasa, Lee Zhang, Ronald L. Koder | ||
| 107 | A Demonstration of Both the Regio- and Stereochemical Outcome of Alkene Hydration Thomas Lobasso, Christa Iwanoski, Shahrokh Saba, Donald D. Clarke | ||
| 108 | Learning from An Orange Beard Brahmadeo Dewprashad, Latfa Hadir | ||
| 109 | Reactions of Hexachloroacetone with Aliphatic Diamines: Syntheses of Bis(trichloroacetamide) Derivatives Yoomi Kim, Jun H. Shin | ||
| 110 | Reactions of Hexachloroacetone with Aromatic Diamines: Syntheses of N,N'-Phenylenebis(trichloroacetamide) Emily Hughes, Jun H. Shin | ||
| 111 | Determination of Refractive Index of Methanol Solutions Using a Laser Pointer: Relation to Density and Concentrations Jeffrey Park, Crystal Park, Jun H. Shin | ||
| 112 | Determination of Refractive Index Using a Laser Pointer: Non-Ideal Behavior of Aqueous Solution Crystal Park, Jun H. Shin | ||
| 113 | Aflatoxin Exposure: Does It Account for Higher Incidence of Liver Cancer Joanna Magda, Angelo Raymond Rossi | ||
| 114 | Growth Mechanism of Highly Luminescent ZnO Nanoparticles Alexandra Turner, Temer S. Ahmadi | ||
| 115 | Extraction Methods Used for Fresh Produce (E302 Methods) Angelo Damanti, Yelena Karaseva, Angelo Rossi | ||
| 116 | Utilization of HPLC-CAD (Charged Aerosol Detection) for Assessing Impurity Profiles in Synthetic Pulmonary Surfactant SURFAXIN� Versus the Current Marketed Animal- Derived Product Surfactant Michelle A. De Crosta, Victoria Scott | ||
| 117 | From SAMs to Drugs: Design and Development of SLx 2101, a Novel PDE5 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases Farah Dhun, Brian Kirk, Dominick Casalena, Elsa Paradise, Andrew Saati, James Ellis, John Ferkany, Enoch Kim, Stewart Campbell, Michael Grogan, Paul Sweetnam, Bridget Cole | ||
| 118 | How Does the U.S. FDA Test for Pestacides in Produce? Yelena Karaseva, Angelo Damanti, Angelo Rossi | ||
| 119 | Distribution of Periodontal Pathogens in the Third Moral Region of Adult Asian Indian Patients Darryl Williams, Dr. Raji Subramaniam, Dr. Patricia Schneider | ||
| 120 | Effect of Microstructure on Enzymatic Degradation of Polycaprolactone Gabriela Sekosan, Nadarajah Vasanthan | ||
| 121 | Experimental Design and Inquiry: Exploring the Chemistry of Dental Health Care Products Ann E. Shinnar, Marc Nemetsky | ||
| 122 | Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Novel Chiral Polyamines Mindy Levine, Craig Kenesky, Shengping Zheng, Ronald Breslow | ||
| 123 | Plant Phenols - Polymer Interactions: Effect on Tyrosinase and Elastase Activities Michael Koganov, Artyom Duev | ||
| 124 | Stabilization and Continuous Processing Techniques for Manufacturing Phenol/Formaldehyde Resins Used in Making Photoresists M. Dalil Rahman, Stanley F. Wanat | ||
| 125 | Taking the �Nip� out of Catnip: An Undergraduate Experiment Involving Isolation and Identification of Nepetalactone Diastereomers from Commercial Samples of Nepeta Cataria L. James A. Ciaccio, Rabeka Alam, Christina D'agrosa | ||
| 126 | Metabolic Profiling of the Coral Pathogen Vibrio Coralliilyticus Elizabeth Pollock, Sara Lien Huynh, Daniel W. Bearden, Pamela J. Morris, Maria Vizcaino | ||
| 127 | A Study of the Ideal Conditions Required for the Uptake of Lawsone from Henna (Lawsonia Inermis) as a Greener Approach to Dyeing Samuel Ganta, Kishore K. Bagga | ||
| 128 | Absolute Configuration Determination of a Biologically Active Diol Ekaterina Chadwick, Gloria Proni, Ana G. Petrovic, Nina Berova, Longchuan Huang, Yannick Ouedraogo, Mariana D. Plazas-Mayorca, Karissa Ablin, Rudolf J. Wehmschulte, Nasri Nesnas | ||
| 129 | Quinones, Monoradicals and Diradicals from 3- and 4-Mercaptocatechol, and 3,4-Bismercaptocatechol: A Computational Study of a Plausibly Biomimetic Reaction Alvaro Castillo, Joel F. Liebman, Alexander Greer | ||
| 130 | Structures and Energies of Models for Reduced Symmetrically and Anti-Symmetrically Methylated Arginine Side Chains Edward M. Barbieri, Margaret Mandziuk | ||
| 131 | The Incorporation of Fluorinated Phenylalanine Analogs into Histone Acetyltransferase Anita Y. Zhu | ||
| 132 | Biological Activity of a Water-Insoluble Benzopentasulfane Compound Adaickapillai Mahendran, David Aebisher, Konstantin Astafurov, Rafael Ovalle, Akira Kawamura, Ernest Boamah, Jill Bargonetti, Alexander Greer | ||
| 133 | Lysine-Triggered β-Lactam Ring Formation of Deoxyguanidinoproclavaminic Acid Which Involves a Rebound of the Phosphate Ion Leaving Group: A Combined DFT and Mutational Analysis Mary Raber, Michael Freeman, Alexander Greer, Craig A. Townsend | ||
| 134 | Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Allylic Alcohols with Homogeneous Chiral Ruthenium Catalysts Marie G. Beauchamps, John R. Sowa Jr. | ||
| 135 | Nucleotide Reversible Terminators for Pyrosequencing Jian Wu | ||
| 136 | You Are What You Eat! Peter L. Bastos | ||
| 137 | Synthesis and Application of Water-Soluble Nanocapsules Xuejun Liu, Ralf Warmuth | ||
| 138 | Morphine as a Mimic of the Backbone of Opioid Peptides Zhijun Wu | ||
| 139 | Characterization of Pokeweed Antiviral Protein's Interaction with Eukaryotic Initiation Factors and a Sarcin/ricin Loop Oligoribonucleotide Diana E. Friedland, Dixie J. Goss, Jeannine DeGrazia, Amy E. Baldwin | ||
| 140 | Detection of rRNA Depurination by Pokeweed Antiviral Protein: Fluorescence Detection of Adenine Release Nicole DeLuca, Ana Sanchez, Eugenia Pontacq, Jacqueline Chaparro, Diana E. Friedland | ||
| 141 | Sub-Cloning of Protein Kinase C-α3HA in a Yeast Plasmid Shih Wei Chiang, Sakshi Pasricha-Katyal, Nidhi Gadura | ||
| 142 | Analysis of Mycotoxins Using HPLC Frandaluz Cuevas, Paris Svoronos, Barry Mopper | ||
| 143 | NMR Studies on the Conformational Exchange in 1-Benzazepines Ngai Hin Lo, Sasan Karimi, Keith Ramig, Gopal Subramaniam | ||
| 144 | Synthesis of Biologically Active 1-Benzazepines Michelle J. Cho, Gopal Subramaniam, Keith Ramig, Sasan Karimi | ||
| 145 | The Oxidized LDL/HDL Ratio Test Is An Automated Immunoassay for Identifying Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Tod Schild, Anne McGarrett, Sanford Moos, Marta Moos, Patricia R. Romano, Harold M. Bates | ||
| 146 | Synthesis of Novel Macrocyclic Compounds in the Development of New Chemical Entities for Drug Discovery Research David P. Brown, Thomas Wong | ||
| 147 | The Synthesis of Potential Transdermal Pain Killers Constance N. Bezankeng, Susan Caspa, Oyedotun Oyewole, Nadene Houser-Archield* | ||
| 148 | Novel Organosilane Chemistry for Approaches to Bioactive Ether Targets Stephen Philip Fearnley, Pedro J. Lory | ||
| 149 | Synthesis of Nantenine: AN Antagonist of the Designer Drug �Ecstasy� Onica Le Gendre, Wayne Harding | ||
| 150 | An NMR Demonstration of Nonequivalent Methylene Hydrogens Donald D. Clarke, Shahrokh Saba | ||
| 151 | Synthesis of Substituted Benzofuran-2-Carboxylic Acid Ethyl Ester Luisa Martinez Troncoso, Dr. Kenneth Yamaguchi | ||
| 152 | The Transition Between the Closed and Semi-Open Form of Apo HIV-1 Protease through the Rearrangement of Hydrophobic Cores Fangyu Ding, Carlos Simmerling | ||
| 153 | Phototoxicity of 2-Substituted Quinoline Analogs J. Cobar, E Milner, D Goodine, T Heady, W McCalmont, G Dow | ||
| 154 | Synthesis, Anticonvulsant Activity and Neurotoxicity of New N-1',N-3'-Disubstituted, 2'H,3H,5'H-Spiro-(2-benzofuran-1,4'-imidazolidine)-2',3,5'-Triones Pallavi Gutta, Hardik J Patel, Istv�n Lengyel, Ralph A. Stephani | ||
| 155 | Layer-by-Layer Surface Engineering Approach for in Vivo Targeting Delivery of siRNA Oleh Taratula, Paul Kirckpatrick, Ronak Savla, Ipsit Pandya, Tamara Minko, Huixin He | ||
| 156 | Development of 5HT2A Antagonists Based on the Aporphine Alkaloid Nantenine Stevan Pecic, Wayne Harding | ||
| 157 | Bioassay-Guided Isolation of African Ethnobotanical Anthelmintics Carrie Waterman | ||
| 158 | Design and Synthesis of De Novo Paclitaxel Mimics Based on REDOR-Taxol Structure Liang Sun, Iwao Ojima | ||
| 159 | Synthesis and SAR Study on Novel Benzimidazoles for Antituberculosis Drug Discovery, Targeting FtsZ Kunal Kumar, Ilaria Zanardi, B�la Ruzsicska, Richard A. Slayden, Iwao Ojima | ||
| 160 | Synthesis and Evaluation of Tumor-Targeting Folate-Taxoid Conjugates Manisha Das, Iwao Ojima | ||
| 161 | Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Tumor-Targeting Conjugates Edison S. Zuniga, Xianrui Zhao, Shuyi Chen, Jin Chen, Jingyi Chen, Iwao Ojima | ||
| 162 | Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Novel Tumor-Targeting Drug Delivery System Based on Functionalized SWNT Edison S. Zuniga, Shuyi Chen, Jingyi Chen, Xianrui Zhao, Stanislaus S. Wong, Iwao Ojima | ||
| 163 | Coulomb's Law and Trends in Sizes of Atoms and Ions Parinbam (RAJ) K. Thamburaj | ||
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