Undergraduate Research Posters A

University Center, Ballroom 9:30 - 11:30 AM 384. Cytochrome P450 functionalized electrodes for in vitro diclofenac metabolism. A. Mugweru, E. Cronin, M. Mihalenkova 385. Organocatalyzed reactions of -acetoxy glycine esters: Toward the asymmetric synthesis of unnatural amino acids. J. C. Zimmerman, A. R. Evenson, T. J. Peelen 386. Investigation of the mechanism of the sodium borohydride reduction of benzil. R. R. Denny, T. Nguyen, T. J. Peelen 387. Novel chemical methodologies for the preparation of betulin derivatives. M. A. Corsello, C. E. Sleet, B. J. Penczuk, K. M. Twomey, S. C. Jonnalagadda 388. Morphology of soot aerosol particles by scanning electron microscopy. X. Wu, D. A. Bruzewicz 389. Reversible damage and repair of hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers. S. Phuntsok, D. A. Bruzewicz 390. Mechanism of ring-contraction of 3H-1-benzazepine to quinoline. J. Kang, P. Prasad, S. Karimi 391. Ensuring New York Citys water quality: The logistics and procedure learned from a DEP summer internship. F. Ali, P. Svoronos, F. Jacques, C. Neptune, P. Meleties 392. Analysis of water samples at the Marine Science Department of New Yorks Division of the Environmental Protection Agency at Wards Island. M. Giwa, P. Svoronos, N. Yao, F. Jacques, P. Meleties 393. Analysis of compositing samples of various sewage treatment plants at the Newtown Creek facility of New Yorks Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Agency. N. Yu, P. Svoronos, F. Jacques, A. Negatu, P. Meleties 394. Determination of gallic acid in various beverages using high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). M. Ln, S. Svoronos, P. Irigoyen, P. Svoronos 395. Spectrophotometric determination of the total amount of antioxidants in juice beverages. S. Enriquez, M. M. Moe, S. Svoronos, P. Irigoyen, P. Svoronos 396. Use of the Folin-Ciocalteau method to measure the total amount of antioxidants in tea samples. K. San, M. M. Moe, S. Svoronos, P. Irigoyen, P. Svoronos 397. Synthesis of oxyallyl silanes and their application as homoenolate equivalents. D. Mitchell, J.

Pigza 398. Chemokine production in inflammatory bowel diseases. R. Loh, Y. Wu, E. Lin, A. Nguyen 399. Analysis of authentic versus imitation perfumes. D. M. Miceli, B. Montalbano, J. Iorio, G. Vaswani, S. Karimi 88 400. Effect of various compounds on the prevention and degradation of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. M. M. Moe, M. Lin, E. Vanegas, N. Gadura, K. LaMagna, D. Maloney 401. Effect of O-acetyl L-carnitine hydrochloride on MDA-MB 231 cells. D. Dacosta, M. Regan, R. Sullivan 402. Conjugating silver nanoparticle to the siloxane matrix. S. Delva, M. Chauhan 403. Reactivity of tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite (TMSP): Synthesis of a bisphosphonic derivative of bicine. L. Najjarian, L. Vargas 404. Synthesis and characterization of efficient Nek2 substrates employing solid phase synthesis procedures. D. A. Novoa, S. Kumar 405. Reactivity of tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite (TMSP): Synthesis of a bisphosphonic derivative of -alanine. T. Limdar, L. Vargas 406. Expression of gamma-synuclein protein in cancer cells. J. Boroday, U. Golebiewska 407. Partial sulfonation of polyaniline nanofibers by co-polymerization: Effects of monomer ratio and polymerization initiator. J. Kaur, D. M. Sarno 408. Preparation of poly(o-toluidine) as highly porous micron-scale spheres. D. LaFaurie, D. M. Sarno 409. Reactivity of tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite with chloroformates containing electron withdrawing groups. K. Chavez, L. Vargas 410. Reactivity of tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite (TMSP): Synthesis of the bisphosphonic acid of 3-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl chloroformate. M. Morales, L. Vargas 411. Synthesis of the fragrance Berryflor using only solid-supported reagents. C. J. Hogan, J. Regan 412. Preparation and biological activity of 4-allyl-2-methoxy-6-nitrophenol against four clinically relevant microbes. B. W. Robinson, D. A. Abramovitch, F. A. Norris 413. Fluorescence based method for analyzing bacterial membrane permeability. A. L. Picciano, S. M. Misenko, G. A. Caputo 414. Understanding the mechanisms of copper induced, lipid peroxidation mediated cell death in

Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Ramlall, N. Gadura 415. Effect of copper surfaces on endospore-forming bacteria Bacillus subtilis. J. Long, N. Gadura 416. Comparison of copper mediated toxicity in both Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. P. P. Thu 417. Genomic toxicity of silver nano particles on Escherichia coli. K. Joseph, M. Chauhan, M. Tawde 418. Structural and kinetic characterization of glycerolphosphodiesterase activity using a phosphatidylinositolspecific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) active site. D. M. Strauss, T. L. Selby 419. Mechanistic characterization of a Ca+2 dependent phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) from Streptomyces antibioticus. S. Petrovic, T. L. Selby 89 420. Ni content of the US nickel coin determined by X-ray fluorescence and visible spectroscopy. S. Jagdeo, E. J. Shin, J. H. Shin 421. Application of the laser pointer method to determine the refractive index of solid compounds: Out-in method. S. Ham, R. Cho, J. H. Shin 422. Determination of the refractive index of solid compounds by the laser pointer method: Extension method. J. Lee, R. Cho, J. H. Shin 423. Photonic crystal fiber bending loss sensitivity for design of fiber sensors. A. Lee, G. Constantinez, L. Mora, D. Kokkinos 424. Use of a microscale freezing point technique to determine the ionization constant of carboxylic acids. F. Nazumudeen, P. Irigoyen, P. Svoronos 425. Effects of resveratrol analogues on cell proliferation and migration of mouse melanoma cells. F. B. Nazumudeen, M. M. Moe, V. Morris, C. Spatafora, C. Tringali, S. A. Rotenberg 426. Identification of mycotoxin and chemotherapeutics by FDA Northeast Region Laboratory. F. Nazumudeen, S. Cox, H. Chauca, J. Obando, P. Svoronos