Chemistry + Biochemistry
Notables
Spring 2013
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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.
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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.
Fall 2012
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A 2012 paper by Maha Zewail Foote, associate professor of chemistry, and Fay Guarraci, associate professor of psychology, was highlighted in the summer 2012 issue of CUR Quarterly, a newsletter published by the Council of Undergraduate Research. Read the summary here.
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Fay Guarraci, associate professor of psychology, and Maha Zewail-Foote, associate professor of chemistry, had a paper titled “Kin Discrimination in Prepubescent and Adult Long-Evans Rats” published in the July issue ofBehavioural Processes. Co-authors on the paper include former students Jessica Bolton, Alex Burby, Brittany Ford and Carissa Winland.
Spring 2012
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Five chemistry and biochemistry students presented their research at the American Chemical Society National Meeting held in San Diego March 25-29. Junior Patrick Flanigan presented “Variations in phenolic levels, anthocyanin composition, and antioxidant properties among 8 purple basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) cultivars.” Flanigan is conducting research with Emily Niemeyer, professor of chemistry. Junior Jace Venterspresented “Oxidative DNA damage induced by photoactivated daunomycin in the presence of copper ions,” which was done in collaboration with Maha Zewail-Foote, associate professor of chemistry. Junior Luis Gutierrezpresented “Synthesis, characterization, and DNA binding and cleavage properties of a platinum(II) Schiff base complex” and Craig Katkic presented “Platinum(II) and zinc(II) complexes of the natural dyes, juglone and lawsone.” Both Luis Gutierrez and Craig Katkic conducted their research with Gulnar Rawji, associate professor of chemistry. Senior Jodi Kirk, who conducted research with Frank Guziec, professor of chemistry, presented “Synthesis and molecular modeling of the DNA-binding ability of bisanthrapyrazoles with a polyglycolic spacer arm.”
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Maha Foote, associate professor of chemistry, and Fay Guarraci, associate professor of psychology, have an article titled “‘Nice guys finish last’: Influence of mate choice on reproductive success in Long–Evans rats” published in the Feb. 2012 issue of Physiology & Behavior. Five former Southwestern students are listed as contributors to the research – Jessica Bolton, Brittany Ford, Sumith Sampana, Jade Tinker and Carissa Winland. The article is available online here.
