Research 2017

(Names with asterisks are student presenters.)

Holt, T. ’17* DeHelian, D.*, Palowitch, G.* and Koeppe, J.R. “Dynamic changes in complement component 3 in the presence of the lectin-like domain of thrombomodulin”, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2017.

Holt, T. ’17*, Roberts, R., Craig, P. and Koeppe, J.R., “Combining molecular visualization with bench methods in a hypothesis-driven undergraduate biochemistry lab course”, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2017.

Pellegrino, J. ’17*, Abaskharon, R.M., Gai, F., “Irradiation-controlled disassembly of peptide hydrogels and dye release via photolabile Lys(Nvoc)”, 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA April 2-6, 2017.

Pellegrino, J. ’17*, Bell, K.A. ’18*, Polinski, R.’14, Cimerol, S.’12, Jacobs, A., Solomon, E.I., Reig, A.J., “Biophysical characterization and catalytic reactivity of rubrerythrin and symerythrin model proteins”, 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017.

Van Dyke, B. ’18*, Reig, A.J., “Copper binding and reactivity of de novo designed Due Ferri single chain (DFsc) proteins”, 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017.

O’Shea, K. “17*, Dorsheimer, J. ’19*, Biernat, K., Jacobs, A., Solomon, E.I., Wu, Y., Degrado, W.F., Reig, A.J., “Structure-function relationships in G4DFsc variants containing a 4-His/3-carboxylate active site”, 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017.

Philip, C.’17*, Hawkins, S.’19, Reig, A.J. “Using model proteins to understand the structure-function relationships in 4-histidine/2-carboxylate diiron proteins”, 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017.

Allwein, B.T.*’18, Cameron, D., “Characterization of Sup35, Rnq1, and Ure2 cotranslational prion aggregation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017.

Arinaga, A.* ’17, “Pyrazine-modified Ferrate Complexes for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction”, 81st Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention, Penn State Berks, Reading, PA, April 29, 2017.

Hergenrother, C.* ’17, “Analysis of Ionic Transport in Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes”, 81st Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention, Penn State Berks, Reading, PA, April 29, 2017.

Stoeber, J.* ’17, “Analysis of Pore-blocking Events in Carbon Nanotube Devices“, 81st Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention, Penn State Berks, Reading, PA, April 29, 2017.

Normil, N.* ’18, Lee, A. ’18, Yhap, C.’20, Greyson, B. ’19, Pantel, J. ’20, Ellison, M.D., “Graphene Oxide as a Delivery Agent to Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria”, 254th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Washington D.C., August 2017.

Rathi, R.* ’18, Maley, C. ’18, Goldstein, A. ’19, Carver, J. ’19, Simpson, A. ’19, Ellison, M.D., “Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes as a Delivery Agent to Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria”, 254th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Washington D.C., August 2017.

Stoeber, J.* ’17, Hergenrother, C/ ’17, Ellison, M.D., “Electric Field Control of Ion Motion through Carbon Nanotube Nanopores”, 254th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Washington D.C., August 2017.

Allwein, B.* ’18, Cameron, D., “Characterization of SUP35, RNQ1, and URE2 Cotranslational Prion Aggregation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, University of Maryland Baltimore County’s 20th Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Baltimore, MD, October, 14 2017.

Druker, G.* ’18 Luksic, W. ’19, Walvoord, R.R., “Development of a Reaction-Based Chemical Sensor for the Detection of Atrazine”, University of Maryland Baltimore County’s 20th Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Baltimore, MD, October, 14 2017.

Van Dyke, B.* ’18, Worthington-Kirsch ’19, S., Reig, A.J., “Modifying De Novo-Designed Due Ferri Single-Chain (DFSC) Proteins to Model Coupled Binuclear Copper Proteins”, University of Maryland Baltimore County’s 20th Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Baltimore, MD, October, 14 2017.