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| Ten students participated in the summer 2000 REU program. They are (left to right) back row: Sterling Paramore (Reed College-OR), Mackenzie Sangrey (Stone Child College-MT), Rebecca Gannon (The University of Portland-OR), Emilie Dirkse (Hope College-MI), Michael Stremcha (Blackfeet Community College-MT) Front row: Juanita DuBray (Blackfeet Community College-MT), Sarah Hart (Brigham Young University-Utah), Lucas Kopel (Hamline University-MN), Kristin Hart (Rocky Mountain College-MT). Pictured below: Karl Sebby (Washington State University). |
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The students participated in a variety of research projects ranging from natural products isolation to computer calculational work. The student/professor matches and the titles of the papers that the students wrote are shown below.
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| Emilie Dirkse (Prof. Gary Strobel) "Compounds produced by Xylaria "620" have a lethal effect on 12 different fungi and E. coli"
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Juanita DuBray (Prof. Valerie Copie) "Overexpression, Isolation, and Purificaiton of TK-ttrkC"
Rebecca Gannon (Prof. Cynthia McClure) "Synthesis of (S)-3-N-Benzyl-2-Oxo-Oxazolidinone Carboxaldehyde"
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Sarah Hart (Prof. Dan Pierce) "Fluorescent Imaging of T7 RNA Polymerase Movement on a DNA Template"
Kristin House (Prof. Mary Cloninger) "Toward the Synthesis of an Artificial Lectin"
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Lucas Kopel (Prof. Paul Grieco) "Studies Toward the Synthesis of CpCoCb Bis(phenylpyridine) Pd(II) Corner Piece"
Sterling Paramore (Prof. Pat Callis) "Initial Stages in the Mechanism of Light Activation in Rhodopsin"
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Mackenzie Sangrey (Prof. Cynthia McClure)
Karl Sebby (Prof. David Singel) "EPR Determination of Inter-spin Distances on G(4) PAMAM Dendrimers"
Michael Stremcha (Prof. Tom Livinghouse)
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In June, a series of instrumentation workshops (NMR, mass spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and bioassays/separation science) were held. In July, a faculty-led seminar series was provided for the students. Jon Nagy from Ligocyte Pharmaceuticals in Bozeman also spoke on the advantages and disadvantages of different career paths in chemistry. The culmination of the summer research program was a poster session where each student presented his or her work to the entire department. An awards dinner followed the poster presentations and formally concluded the summer program.
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