Chemistry III

Abstract

9 - 9:15 A.M. | Maria Cristina Peña Garcia \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Kenneth Mills) A little split goes a long way: Engineering a trans-splicing intein from M. leprae 9:15 - 9:30 A.M. | Jake Donahue \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Kevin Quinn) Efforts toward the synthesis of Tarchonanthuslactone 9:30 - 9:45 A.M. | Sarah McAuliffe \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Gaby Avila-Bront) Studying binary self-assembled monolayers 9:45 - 10 A.M. | Kevin Guden \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Andre Isaacs) Investigation of a click chemistry approach to Penicinoline E 10 - 10:15 A.M. | Break 10:15 - 10:30 A.M. | Rakela Mihallari \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Gaby Avila-Bront) Synthesizing gold nanoparticles 10:30 - 10:45 A.M. | Olga Lezama Ramos \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Joshua Farrell) Mannich condensations with beta-alanine 10:45 - 11 A.M. | Alexander Sabelja \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Christine Hagan) Determining how a CdiA Toxin binds to the E. coli Efflux Pump AcrB 11 - 11:15 A.M. | Jazmine Turijan \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Amber Hupp) Analysis of UV filters in sunscreen using HPLC and SBSE 11:15 - 11:30 A.M. | Break 11:30 - 11:45 A.M. | Francesco Accogli \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Kevin Quinn) Synthetic studies on Passifetilactone D 11:45 A.M. - 12 P.M. | Joshua Hernandez \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Joshua Farrell) Mannich condensations with valine 12:15 - 12:30 P.M. | Katie Lambert \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Sarah Petty) Ability of AGG to break apart AVV β-sheet aggregate