Everyone is Welcome to Attend the Symposium

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry
NSF-REU Symposium
Thursday August 3, 2006
12:55 - 5:00 PM, CSC-12B
(click on a presenter's name to see their abstract          Back to the University of Pittsburgh's REU Home Page)

12:55 - 1:00 Introductory Remarks, Prof. Adrian Michael
1:00 - 1:20 The Use of SN2' (γ-SAL) Displacements in Allyl Phenyl Chlorides for Substrate Generation in Zinc-ene Cyclizations.
Brianna Rossiter, University of Pittsburgh (Prof. Theodore Cohen and Graduate Student Roman Ivanov)
1:20 - 1:40 X-Ray Crystallography identification of Bis-Amino Acid Oligomers.
Christopher Preece, Morehead State University (Prof. Chris Schafmeister and Graduate Student Zack Brown)
1:40 - 2:00 Biodegradable Dendritic Polymers for Biomedical Applications.
Katie Murt, Carlow University (Prof. Toby Chapman, Graduate Student Peter Bell)
2:00 - 2:20 Small Molecules as a Possible Solution for Radiation Sickness and Abnormal Iron Homeostasis.
Robert Joseph, Presenter Home School (Prof. Kazunori Koide)
2:20 - 2:40 Luminescent Lanthanide Reporters: Characterization of Polymetallic Dendrimer Complexes
Savannah Johnson, Piedmont College (Professor Stephane Petoud and Graduate Student Grzegorz Filipczyk)
2:40 - 3:00 Two-Step Protocol for the Synthesis of Substituted Cyclic Imines Via a Radical Atom Transfer / Reduction Sequence.
Katherine M. Freeman, on University (Prof. Dennis P. Curran and Graduate Student David B. Guthrie)
3:00 - 3:20 Break

3:30 - 3:40 Distance Dependence of Electron Transfer Kinetics of Cytochrome C Covalently Attached to a Self-assembled Monolayer.
Brianna Drews, State University of New York-Buffalo (Prof. David Waldeck, and Graduate Students Hongjun Yue and Kathryn Davis)
3:40 - 4:00 Drug-Induced Proteomic Changes in Breast Cancer Cells.
Sheilah Curran, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Prof. Billy W. Day, and Graduate Student Miranda Sarachine)
4:00 - 4:20 Development of Flexible Antennae Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.
Aaron Crandall, Utica College (Prof. Alexander Star)
4:40 - 4:40 A Combinatorial Approach to the van Leusen Multi-Component Reaction Employing Fluorous Solid-Phase Extraction for Purification.
Wesley D. Carroll, Juniata College (Prof. Peter Wipf and Staff Scientist Dr. Stefan Werner)
4:40 - 5:00 Laser-induced Nucleation and Crystal Growth in Solution.
Ms. Kathy A. Hoelzle, Taylor Allderdice High School (Prof. David Pratt and Graduate Student Justin Young)
5:00 Concluding Remarks, Prof. David Waldeck
6:00 Picnic, Schenley Park

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Everyone is Welcome to Attend the Symposium