Chemistry notables

Six chemistry students presented their research at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in New Orleans April 7-10. Alec Bergerson presented a paper titled “Analysis of the Metal Content in Basil Commercially Available in Central Texas.” Hayley Hamilton presented a paper titled “Control of Protein Translational Rate by mTOR in v-ras Transformed Murine Embryonic Fibroblast.” Mareah Lucio presented a paper titled “Comparative Chemical Analysis of Basil (Ocimum basilicum) Commercially Available in Central Texas.” Carolina Mendoza presented a paper titled “A Study of mTOR and Its Substrates in Kirsten Virus-Transformed Murine Embryonic Fibroblast.” Tyler Poi and Tim Williams presented a paper titled “Isolation, Analysis and Antioxidant Prevention of Oxidized Triglyceride Rich Lipoproteins in Human Plasma.” Max Thompson presented a paper titled “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Bis(thiosemicarbazone) Complexes.” Hamilton and Mendoza conducted their research under the direction Kerry Bruns, professor of chemistry. Bergerson and Lucio conducted their research under the direction of Brandon Canfield, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies.Poi and Williams conducted their research under the direction of Richa Chandra, visiting assistant professor of chemistry. Thompson conducted his research under the direction of Willis Weigand, director of general chemistry labs.

Maha Zewail-Foote, associate professor of chemistry, co-authored a paper titled “Science for the ‘Haves’” inAngewandte Chemie International Edition, which was published this month.