| Monday, May 19, 2008: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM | |||
| Student Union Building, Upper (Queensborough Community College) | |||
| Poster Session II | |||
| Organizers: | Irina Rutenburg Marie Thomas | ||
| Part 1 | |||
| 275 | Structural Effects of Interstrand Crosslinks on DNA through Molecular Dynamic Simulations Arthur J. Campbell, Angelo Guainazzi, Orlando D. Scharer, Carlos L. Simmerling | ||
| 276 | Exploring Structure and Biochemistry of Nitrogen Mustard Interstrand Crosslinks through Synthetic Analogs Angelo Guainazzi, Orlando Sch�rer | ||
| 277 | The Relationship Between the Ionic Structure and Viscosity in the Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids Hualin Li, Murfat Ibrahim, Ismail Ageremi, Mark Kobrak | ||
| 278 | Synthesis of Imidazolium and Pyridinium Ionic Liquids for Toxicity Studies Xing Li, Jinhee Gwon, James F. Wishart, Catherine McEntee, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine | ||
| 279 | An Electrospray Ionization Guided-Ion-Beam Tandem Mass Spectrometer for Studying Gas-Phase Biological Ion-Molecule Reactions Fang He, Yigang Fang, Jianbo Liu | ||
| 280 | Synthesis of Pyrrolidinium Ionic Liquids for Toxicity Studies Jinhee Gwon, Xing Li, James F. Wishart, Catherine McEntee, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine | ||
| 281 | Instrument Control and Data Acquisition for a Guided-Ion-Beam Tandem Mass Spectrometer Yigang Fang, Fang He, Jianbo Liu | ||
| 282 | 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 | ||
| 283 | Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Poly(ethylene glycol) Acrylate Comb-Like Polymers Milan Maric, Benoit Lessard | ||
| 284 | Synthesis of Mixed-Valence Compounds with Metal-Metal Bonds Amy Schauss, Jack Lu | ||
| 285 | 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 | ||
| 286 | Properties of DABCO Containing Ionic Liquids Kijana Kerr, Marie Thomas, Gopal Subramaniam, James F. Wishart, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine | ||
| 287 | The Quantitative Determination of the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Silver Ions to Bacterial Growth David E. Marx, John J. Mercuri | ||
| 288 | Preparation of Some Novel Dithioether-Diketones and Chelating Derivatives of Them Molly A. O'Connor, Anthony W. Addison | ||
| 289 | Carbon Nanotubes Filled with Copper Nanoparticles James Giammarco, Patricia Valenzuela, Sebastian Oswald, Vadym Mochalin, Farhad Forohar, Yury Gogotsi | ||
| 290 | Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Complexes of Pendant Arm Macrocycles and Tripodal Ligands Savitri Chandrasekhar, Rick Chen, Jeff Chan, Amanda Lee | ||
| 291 | Ruthenium(II) Complexes of Some Tripodal Amine Ligands GorDan T. Reeves, Anthony W. Addison, Vitaly V. Pavlishchuk, Allen Hunter, Matthias Zeller | ||
| 292 | Colloidosomes:"Smart" Materials for Biomedical Applications Rachel Rosenberg | ||
| 293 | Organogold (III) Iminophosphorane Complexes and Study of Their Cytotoxicity against Solid Tumor Cells Neha Shaik, Idline Augustin, Maria Contel | ||
| 294 | Ground State Association of Benzo[B]Fluorenone with Ethanol and Trifluoroethanol Aaron Halpern, Brian Williams | ||
| 295 | Butterfly Wings, Crustacean Shells, and Squid Pens: Studies on Chitin Sources Jessica D. Schiffman, Caroline L. Schauer | ||
| 296 | Arene-Ru-Chloroquine Complexes as Potential Antimalarial Agents Chandima S.K. Rajapakse, Alberto Martinez, Becky Naoulou, Roberto A. Sanchez-Delgado | ||
| 297 | Greening the Organic Chemistry Laboratory at Widener University Kaitlyn Gerhart, Loyd D. Bastin | ||
| 298 | 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 | ||
| 299 | 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 | ||
| 300 | Parvalbumin in Fish Muscle: Cation Binding Properties and Its Role in Muscle Relaxation Mohit Sirohi, Steven Youseff, Kristen Sands, David Coughlin, Loyd D. Bastin | ||
| 301 | Trinculear Iron-Platinum Complexes as Chemotherapeutic Agents: Increasing Water Solubility Amanda Tricarico, Andrew B. Bocarsly | ||
| 302 | Light Activated De Novo Protiens Using Phthalocyanines Andrew C. Mutter, Ronald L. Koder | ||
| 303 | Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Dibenzotetraaza[14]Annulene-Coated Platinum Electrodes Daniel J. Dooley, J. Faye Rubinson, Richard Hotz | ||
| 304 | The Properties of the Amyloid Beta Protein Coated Gold Colloidal NANOPARTICLES Sophia H. Hahn, Hyunah Cho, Nicole Briglio, Kazushige Yokoyama | ||
| 305 | Benzyl Imidazolium Porphyrins Weici Fang, Maung-Tin Htoo Kyaw, Rukya Ali, Virginia Seng, Xiulan Wang, Alison Hyslop | ||
| 306 | Synthesis of Porphyrin-Imidazolium-Ferrocene Complexes Jennifer Chabra, Rukya Ali, Virginia Seng, Alison Hyslop | ||
| 307 | Synthesis of Porphyrin-Heterocycle-Osmium Complexes for Use as Light Harvesting Compounds Elissa Ramcharitar, Samantha Blondel, Carina Hernandez, Elise Megehee, Alison Hyslop | ||
| 308 | 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 | ||
| 309 | Does the Chain Length of Alkyl 4-Hydroxybenzoates Alter Phenolic Pka Values? John J. Sczepanski, Leopold May, Jason R. Kinder, Fransis B. Pedersen | ||
| 310 | Polyaniline Nanofibers and Composites with Polymer-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles Asifa Noreen, William L'Amoreaux, David M. Sarno | ||
| 311 | Morphological Effects of Ring-Substitution on Polyaniline Nanomaterials Carolina Chaves Prado, David M. Sarno | ||
| 312 | Effects of Commonly Used Cosmetic Industry Preservatives on Water Activity Karen Root Caldwell, Michael A. Lull, Janet R. Bass | ||
| 313 | 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 | ||
| 314 | Synthesis of C-Glycosides of Glycoinositols Pseudodisaccharides Sunej Hans, David Mootoo* | ||
| 315 | Single Molecule Study of Dynamics near the Glass Transition Tobias K. Herman, Stephan A. Mackowiak, Laura J. Kaufman | ||
| 316 | 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 | ||
| 317 | Analysis of Vitamin "C" in Fruits and Vegetableas Rana Said, Syamala Ranganathan, Pedro Irigoyen | ||
| 318 | Analysis Oc Vitamin"C" in Commercial Juices Shaun Bruney, Syamala Ranganathan, Pedro Irigoyen | ||
| 319 | Comparison of Hemoglobin in Thin Films and in Hydrogels Formed by Photo Initiated Polymerization on Glassy Carbon Amos Mugweru, Christian Schnarr | ||
| 320 | 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 | ||
| 321 | Design, Synthesis and Applications of Metal Oxide Nanocomposites Christopher P. Avanzato, Marsiyana M. Henricus, Karl R. Fath, Ipsita A. Banerjee | ||
| 322 | Design and Synthesis of Nanotube Bound Biocompatible Hydrogels Evan M. Smoak, Ipsita A. Banerjee | ||
| 323 | Organic Chromophores in Tert-Butylcalix[4]Arene for Metal Oxide Semiconductor Sensitization Yongyi Zhang, Elena Galoppini | ||
| 324 | 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 | ||
| 325 | Hf(IV) and Zr(IV) Porphyrins as Dyes on Semiconductor Surfaces Ivana Radivojevic, Alexander Falber, Benjamin P. Burton-Pye, Charles Drain | ||
| 326 | Porphyrinoid Derivatives and Fullerene C60 for Light Harvesting Materials Alessandro Varotto, Charles Drain, Joao Tome | ||
| 327 | 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 | ||
| 328 | 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 | ||
| 329 | Synthesis of 3-Substituted Coumarins by the Knoevenagel Condensation Reaction Mariam N. Israiel | ||
| 330 | The Synthesis of Biodiesel Shane E. Smith, Josh M. Gesford, Kathleen M. Halligan, Gregory P. Foy, Gary A. Sigel | ||
| 331 | New Synthetic Probes for Understanding Molecular Recognition during Olfaction Yadi Li, Zita Peterlin, Stuart Firestein, Grant Sun, Kevin Ryan | ||
| 332 | Formation of Novel Fused-Ring System by Rhodium-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions Yu Han Gary Teng, Joseph Jr. Kaloko, Iwao Ojima | ||
| 333 | The Synthesis and Rearrangement of Carbazole Sulfonamide and Imidobibenzyl Sulfonamide to the Corresponding Sulfones Taylor W. Meek, James R. Mckee, Murray Zanger | ||
| 334 | Sodium Ion Dependence and Deuterium Solvent Isotope Effect Studies of the Inhibition of Human �-Thrombin by Hirudin and NAPAP Ildiko M. Kovach, John Paul Sheehy, Krystal Dole | ||
| 335 | Determination of Conditions for the Dimerization of Pokeweed Antiviral Protein Alexia Tussay, Amy E. Baldwin, Diana E. Friedland | ||
| 336 | Expression Levels of PKC Substrates in Human Breast Cancer Cells Guy Surpris, Susan A. Rotenberg, Regina Sullivan | ||
| 337 | Investigations into the Conversion of Cellulose to Simple Sugars for Ethanol Production Lisa A. Williams | ||
| 338 | Study of the Characteristics of Modified PF Resins from Microwave Synthesis Meghan M. MacIntyre, David Irwin, Adango Miadonye | ||
| 339 | Sugarcane as An Energy Crop for USA Sohan L. Jindal | ||
| 340 | Engineering Fluorinated Phosphotriesterases to Detoxify Organophosphates Peter James Baker, Jin Kim Montclare | ||
| Part 2 | |||
| 341 | Modified Gum Acacia in Emulsions and Spraydried Flavors Florian M. Ward, Stephen A. Andon | ||
| 342 | Protection of Enzymes in Harsh Aqueous and Organic Environments Andreas Mylonakis, Indraneil Mukherjee, Sudipto Das, Shuxi Li, Yen Wei* | ||
| 343 | Platinum and Palladium Metallic Solutions Moni Chauhan, Devindra Tilakdhari | ||
| 344 | The NYSTAR Sponsored Center for Engineered Polymeric Materials Andrew Auerbach | ||
| 345 | Rational Design Methodology for Porphyrin Binding Proteins Christopher Negron, Christian Fufezan, Ronald Koder | ||
| 346 | Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Boron-Containing Block Copolymers Chengzhong Cui, Yang Qin, Edward M. Bonder, Frieder J�kle | ||
| 347 | When Is the Histone Protein Bound to a Chain End of a Giant DNA Molecule? Chwen-Yang Shew, Andy Khoo | ||
| 348 | A New Catalyst for Efficient and Selective Conversion of Silanes to Silanols Moni Chauhan*, Abhshek Roka, Alok Sarkar, Bhanu P. S. Chauhan* | ||
| 349 | Synthesis and Characterization of Chromophore-Grafted Polybutadienes Bhanu P. S. Chauhan*, Alok Sarkar, Esra Cinar, Mauhanad (George) A. Bittar | ||
| 350 | Chemical/Thermal Reduction of Gold and Silver Salts: A New Route to in-Situ Nanoparticle Synthesis and Stabilization Moni Chauhan, Maninder Kaur | ||
| 351 | Synthesis and Characterization of Polystyrene Supported Borane Complexes PS-BH2�D Ami Doshi, Yang Qin, Frieder J�kle | ||
| 352 | High-Yield Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) Synthesis of Easily Accessible PPV Oligomers Narayan Mukherjee, Ralf M. Peetz | ||
| 353 | Formation and Characterization of Donor-Acceptor Complexes of Polyamide 6 as a Mean to Modify the Morphology and Extensibility Hsin Ho, Nadarajah Vasanthan | ||
| 354 | Cationic Polymerization of Norbornadiene Narmandakh Mijid-Taylor, Ralf M. Peetz | ||
| 355 | Functionalization of Si(100) Surfaces with Rigid-Rod Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)S Chivin Sun, Ralf M. Peetz | ||
| 356 | π-Stacking of Soluble N-Type Semi-Conductors Min Zhi Chen, Yingfeng Tu, Shi Jin | ||
| 357 | Synthesis and Characterization of Oxazoline Block Copolymers for Photovoltaic Devices Hongmei Li, Morton Litt | ||
| 358 | High Performance Size-Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) Column for Water Soluble Polymers Ken Tseng, Ryuji Takahashi, Ritsuko Ohno, Masatoshi Murakami | ||
| 359 | DNA Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as Active Stabilizers: Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites with Enhanced Stabiliy William Cheung, Yufeng Ma, Guangru Mao, Huixin He | ||
| 360 | Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorene-Based Organoboron Quinolate Polymers Haiyan Li, Frieder J�kle | ||
| 361 | 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 | ||
| 362 | Biocompatible, Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayers of a Polyphenol with High pH-Stability Irem Erel Unal, Svetlana Sukhishvili | ||
| 363 | An Odd Couple: A Designed Protein:Natural Protein Chimera Jessica A. Norman, Andrew C. Mutter, Ronald L. Koder | ||
| 364 | De Novo Designed Safranine Enzymes Gheevarghese Raju, Ronald L. Koder | ||
| 365 | Multi-Responsive Polyelectrolyte Diblock Copolymer Micelles Zhichen Zhu, Li Xu, Svetlana Sukhishvili | ||
| 366 | 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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