CHEMISTRY RESEARCH POSTER TITLES March, 2002

Ahn, K., Sampson, N.: "Dependence of Cholesterol Oxidase Activity on Lipid Membrane Structure."

Banerjee, S., Wong, S.: "Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with a Metal-Containing Molecular Complex."

Banerjee, S., Wong, S.: "Synthesis and Characterizatoin of a Carbon Nanotube-Nanocrystal Heterostructure."

Banerjee, S., Kahn, M., Reilly, L.E., Wong, S.: "Nanotechnology in Chemistry - Chemical Force Microscopy with Nanotube Tips."

Bell, A.F., He, X., Tonge, P.J.: " The Effect of Light on the Structure of Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophores Probed by Raman Spectroscopy."

Burger, C., Liu, L.Z., Hsiao, B.S., Chu, B., Hanson, J., Hori, T.Y., Glimcher, M.J.: "Synchrotron SAXS/WAXS Study of the Composite Nature of Bone."

Cao, H., Parker, K.A.: "Total Synthesis of Papulacandin D."

Carlisle-Moore, L., Tonge, P.J.: "Overexpression and Purification of Domain II of the Human Fatty Acid Synthase."

Carney, J., Beuhler, R., White, M.: "Chemical Dynamics at Surfaces."

Chang, W., Parker, K.A.: "Synthesis of Kidamycin. Aminoglycals - Key Intermediates."

Chapsal, B., Ojima, I.: "Rhodium Catalyzed Cyclohydrocarbonylation: An Approach Towards the Synthesis of 1-Deoxynojirimicin."

Chaudhuri, S., Grey, C.P.: "Fluoride Ion Dynamics in BaSnF4 Studies From the Nanosecond to Millisecond Timescale Using Solid State NMR and Molecular Dynamics."

Cheng, X., Simmerling, C.: "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Triosephosphate Isomerase."

Chiou, W.H., Mizutani, N., Ojima, I.: "Highly Efficient Route to Azabicyclo [x,y,0]Alkane Amino Acids by Means of Rh-Catalyzed Cyclohydrocarbonylation."

Chong, C.K., Geng, X., Wu, X., Ojima, I.: "Design and Synthesis of Novel Taxoid Analogs as Tumor Activated Prodrugs."

Curtis, S.M., Kats-Kagan, R., Fowler, F.W., Lauher, J.W.: "A Rational Approach to Terminal Diacetylenes."

Nicolas, D., Grey, C.P.: "VOPO4, 2H2O as Cathode Material for Lithium Batteries."

Feng, Y., Tonge, P.J.: "Cloning and Overexpression of Naphthoate Synthase from Tuberculosis."

Fu, X.B., Yang, L., Gelfer, M., Somani, R., Hsiao, B.S., Chu, B., Phillips, S., Blanski, R., Ruth, P., Lichtenhan, J.: "Polymer Nanocomposites based on Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane."

Fujiwara, M., Vassar, V., Ojima, I.: "Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclizatoin Reactions: Construction of Fused Cyclic Ring Systems by CO-CaT Process."

Gelfer, M.Y., Burger, C., Liu, L., Hsiao, B.S., Chu, B., Song, H., Avila-Orta, C.A., Yang, L., Sics, I., Yeh, F., Si, M., Rafailovich, M., Tsou, A.H.: "Control of Structure and Property in Polymer-Organoclay Nanocomposites."

Geney, R., Simmerling, C., Ojima, I.: "Computational Analysis of the Paclitaxel Binding Site in b-Tubulin."

Geng, X., Borella, C.P., Li, D., Lin, S., Pera, P., Bernacki, R.J., Ojima, I.: "Design and Synthesis of De Novo Macrocyclic Hybrids as Potential Anticancer Agents."

Gross, R.L., Liu, X., Suits, A.G.: " "Heavy Electron" Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Rotationally Resolved Ion Pair Imaging of CH3+."

Grunseich, A., Jiang, J., Koch, S.: "The Synthesis of Novel Substituted Benzyl Amine Ligands."

He, X., Bell, A.F., Tonge, P.J.: "Spectroscopic Studies of Red Fluorescent Protein Model Chromophores."

Hoang, T.H., Witter, K. Fowler, F.W., Lauher, J.W.: "A Host-Guest Strategy to Supramolecular Synthesis of 1,6-Polytriene."

Holzmann, W.G., Ajitanand, N.N., Alexander, J.M., Issah, M., Lacey, R.A.: "Probing the Hot and Dense Matter at RHIC via Multiparticle Correlations."

Horng, J.C., Moroz, Raleigh, D.P.: "How Small can a Protein Be."

Hua, Z., Moralee, A., Bonafoux, D., Ojima, I.: "Design and Synthesis of New Fluorinated Ligands for the Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Alkenes in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Fluorous Solvents."

Isaacman, S. McGann, B., Drueckhammer, D.G.: "Synthesis of a Fluorescent Glucose Sensor."

Issah, M., Ajitanand, N.N., Alexander, J.M., Holzmann, W., Lacey, R.A., Milan, J.: "Flow Analysis from a Cumulant Expansion of Multiparticle Azimuthal Correlations."

Jiang, J., Koch, S.A.: "Studies of Fondamental [Fe(CN)x (CO)y] Compounds."

Katsamanis, Z.E., Estrada, J.A., Woo, S.Y., Xipoleas, G.D., Goroff, N.S.: "Buckybelts: Synthesis Using a Cyclodextrin Scaffold."

Kim, K., Yu, M., Zong, S., Chiu, J., Fang, D., Osmani, N., Chang, C., Hsiao, B.S., Chu, B., Hadjiargyrou, M.: "Biodegradable Polymer Scaffold for Cell Delivery."

Kim, N., Grey, C.P.: "17O MAS NMR Study of Pyrochlore Fuel Cell Materials."

Lam, A.,: "Supramolecular Design and Function: Exploration of Novel Organic Ligands."

Lee, C.L., Stell, G.: "A Self-Consistent Approach for Lattice Gases."

Li, D., Schinner, M., Glaser, N., Hofle, G., Ojima, I.: "Synthesis of Novel Epothilone B and Paclitaxel Analogs as Potential Photoaffinity Labels."

Li, H., Sampson, N.: "Structural Analysis of Fertilin Beta-Cyclic Peptide Mimics that are Ligands for Alpha6 Betal Integrin."

Liang,D., Song, L., Chu, B.: "DNA Capillary Electrophoresis using Copolymers as Separation Media."

Lightstone, J., Mann, H., Wu, M., Johnson, P.M., White, M.: "The Photochemical Production of Mox and MoxCy Clusters."

Liu, L.Z., Toki, S., Sics, I., Fu, X., Ran, S., Hsiao, B.S., Tsouyand, A.H., Chu, B.: "Structure Development in Natural and Synthetic Elastomers during Deformation."

Liu, P.H., Webb, J.A., Zhang, Y., Goroff, N.S.: "Tetraiodobutatriene and Dibromodiiodobutatriene: Two New Halogenated Cumulenes."

Liu, X., Gross, R.L., Suits, A.G.: "Imaging O(3P) + Alkane Reaction Dynamics with Crossed Molecular Beams"

Mamun, F.A., Raleigh, D.: "A Comparative Study of the a-subdomain of Equine Bysozyme and a-Lactalbumin."

Mann, H.A., Kobayashi, K., Sears, T., Johnson, P.M.: "More Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Containing Nanoparticles."

Mindt, T., Parker, K.A.: "Annulation Reactions of Vinyl Quinones and Vinyl Quinone Imides."

Moritani, T., Yoon, K., Chu, B.: "Capillary Electrophoresis using Poly(vinyl alcohol) as Coatings and Separation Media: Challenge to High Resolution DNA Sequencing."

Nair, P.A., Wu, J., Bell, A.F., Tonge, P.J.: "Biochemical and Spectroscopic Studies to Elucidate the Mechanism of Human Heart L-3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase."

Nair, P.A., Bell, A.F., Tonge, P.J.: "Elucidation of Mechanism of Chromophore Formation in Red Fluorescent Proten."

Novichenok, P., Tonge, P.J.: "Single Atom Replacement in CoA Thioesters as Mechanistic Probe for b-Oxidation Enzymes."

Okur, A., Strockbine, B., Simmerling, C.: "Thermodynamic Evaluation of Force Fields."

Paik, Y., Johnson, C.S., Kim, J.S., Thackeray, M.M., Grey. C.P.: "Lithium and Deuterium NMR Studies of Acid-Leached Layered Lithium Manganese Oxides."

Park, S.H., Kleinsorge, M., Grey, C.P., Parise, J.B.: "Study of Ion-exchanged Microporous Lithosilicate Na-RUB-29 Using Synchrotron X-ray Single Crystal Diffraction and 6Li MAS NMR Spectroscopy."

Park, S.H., Kleinsorge, M., Grey, C.P., Parise, J.B.: "Can We Visualize Framework Li cations using IR and Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy."

Pepe, A., Ungureanu, I., Ojima, I.: "Approach to the Synthesis of Seco-C-Taxoids as Potential Angiogenesis Inhibitors."

Qi, L., Parker, K.A.: "The Approach of the Total Synthesis of Kidamycin."

Qian, J., Sparacio, T., Fowler, F.W., Lauher, J.W.: "Supramolecular Synthesis of Polytriacetylenes using Host-guest Strategy."

Raineri, F.O., Routh, J., Hoye, J., Stell, G.: "Simple Theory for the Phase Behavior of Solutions of Charge-aligned Needles and of Solutions of Polyelectrolytes."

Raineri, F.O., Friedman, H.L.: "Influence of Electronic Coupling Fluctuations on the Rates of Nonadiabatic Electron Transfer Reactions in Solution."

Ran, S., Fang, D., Toki, S., Sics, I., Hsiao, B.S., Chu, B.: "Combined Synchrotron X-ray and Raman Studies in Semicrystalline Polymers under Deformation."

Ran, S., Burger, C., Fang, D., Zong, S., Hsiao, B.S., Chu, B., Yabuki, K., Teramoto, Y., Cunnioe, P.M.: "Structure Formation in PBO Fibers."

Rawat, R., Tonge, P.J.: "Exploring the Structural Selectivity of Enoyl Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis."

Readman, J.E., Kim, N., Ziliox, M., Grey, C.P.: "17O NMR Studies of Zeolite A."

Rege, Pankai D. and Johnson, Francis: "Facile C-Arylation of Amides and Its Application In Total Synthesis of (+)-Physostigmine."

Roberts, S.K., Sampson, N.: "Synthesis of Multivalent Ligands as a Useful Probe in Sperm-Egg Binding."

Sivaraman, S., Hedstrom, L., Tonge, P.J.: "Structure-Activity Studies of the Inhibition of FabI, the Escherichia coli Enoyl Reductase, by Triclosan."

Somani, R. H., Yang, L., Sics, I., Agarwal, P., Fruitwala, H., Tsou, A., (Exxon Chemical Co.,) Hsiao, B.S.: "Control of Structure and Morphology in Semicrystalline Polymers Under Flow."

Somani, R. H., Yang, L., Hsiao, B.S.: "Orientation-Induced Crystallization Precursor Structures in Polymers."

Stolarzewicz, E., Parker, K.A.: "An Improved Strategy for Sequencing by Hybridization (SBH). Nucleoside Analogs for Synthetic Oligonucleotide Probes."

Stoner-Ma, D., Zwahlen, J., Tonge, P.J.: "Mechanism of Chromophore Formation in Green Fluorescent Protein Studied via Peptide Ligation."

Sturm, A., Borella, C., Ojima, I.: : "Design, Synthesis, and SAR of Novel Multi-Drug Resistant Reversal Agents."

Sturm, M., Borella, C., Ojima, I.: "Design, Synthesis, and SAR of Advanced 2nd Generation Taxoids."

Sullivan, T., Tonge, P.J.: "Synthesis of a Triclosan Photoaffinity Label and Other Triclosan Analogues."

Thakkar, A., Drueckhammer, D.: "Synthesis of a Diketone Analog of Acetyl-CoA."

Tofan, D., Wolfskill, T., Hanson, D.: "The LUCID Project: Web-Based Activities for Learning and Assessment."

Tracz, S., Raleigh, D.: "Protein Misfolding and Disease: Amyloid Formation by Polypeptide Hormones."

Undergraduate Chemistry Society: "Undergraduate Chemistry Society Club Poster"

Ungureanu, I.M., Ojima, I.: "Synthesis of Labeled Ligands for Solid State NMR Studies of the Taxoids-microtubule Interaction."

Vassar, V.C., Chuang, C.Y., Geney, R., Ojima, I.: "Aysmmetric Aminohydroxylation of Unsymmetrical Alkenes: Factors Controlling Regio-and Enantioselectivity."

Vocanson, F., Koch, S.A.: "Synthesis of Iron-Sulfur dimers."

Wan, Quan.; Liu, T.; Burger C.; Liu, L.; and Chu, B.: "Polymer-Assisted Formation of Polyoxomolybdates."

Wang, P., Parker, K.A.: "A Novel Strategy for Key Synthons of (+)-Discodermolide."

Wang, M., Demarest, S.J., Raleigh, D.P.: "Selective Mapping of Protein Surfaces Using Charged and Neutral Nitroxide Spin Labels."

Wang, M., Tang, Y., Sato, S., Mcknight, C.J., Raleigh, D.P.: "Submillisecond Folding of The 36-Residue Chicken Villin Headpiece Subdomain."

Wang, Y., Liang, D., Fang, D., Luryi, S., Goronkel, V., Bilenko, O., Chu, B.: "DNA Capillary electrophoresis with Non-Cross-Linked Interpenetrating Polymer Networks."

Wang, X., Liu, Y., Drueckhammer, D.: "Design and Synthesis of Rigid Amide-Linked DNA Mimic."

Webb, J.A., Vadehra, A., Goroff, N.S.: "Low Temperature Matrix Isolation of Organic Precursors to All-Carbon Molecules."

Wu, J., Tonge, P.J.: "An NMR of the Interaction of Hexadienoyl-CoA with MCAD."

Wu, X., Geng, X., Borella, C., Hung, C., Beiger, J., Ojima, I.: "Design and Synthesis of Novel Taxoid-porphyrin Anticancer Conjugates."

Xiang, J., Sampson, N.: "Investgation of the Role of Active Site Loops Determining the Substrate Specificity of Cholesterol Oxidase."

Yeh, F., Liu, L., Hsiao, B.S., Chu, B.: "Advanced Polymers Beamline (X27C) at the National Synchrotron Light Source."

Yin, Y., Sampson, N.: "Probing the Active Site of Cholesterol Oxidase."

Yoon, W., Kim, K.B., Grey, C.P.: "A Study on Cathode Materials for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy."

You, F., Parker, K.A.: "Directed Ortho Lithiation as an Entry to Chromium Carbene Benzannulation. The Reverse Polarity Approach to Gilvocarcins."

Zhao, H., Parker, K.A.: "Enfumafungin. Studies in a Model System for Control of Terpene Backbone Migrations."

Zhou, S., Burger, C., Chu, B., Sawamura, M., Nagahama, N., Toganoh, M., Hackler, U.E., Isobe, H. Nakamura, E.: "Spherical Bilayer Vesicles of Fullerene Based Surfactants in Water: A Laser Light Scattering Study."

Zhu, Y., Drueckhammer, D.G.: "Towards New Generations of Coenzyme A Synthons"

Zong, S.X., Fang, D., Kim, K., Zhang, L., Chiu, J., Osmani, N., Hsiao, B.S., Chu, B., Li, S., Chen, E., Brathwaite, C.: "Nanofiber-structured Membranes of Bioabsorable Polymers by Electrospinning for Medical Applications."

Zong, S.X., Fang, D., Kim, K., Zhang, L., Yu, M., Hsiao, B.S., Chu, B., Li, S., Chen, E., Brathwaite, C.: "Anti-Adhesion Membranes of Bioabsorable Polymers."

Zwahlen, J., Tonge, P.J.: "Human Short Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase."

Updated:  2002-02-28