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Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer 2005
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| Eleven students participated in the summer 2005 REU program. They are Back row, left to right: Bryce Sunsdahl (Evergreen State College, WA), Ethan Walker (Fort Lewis College, CO), Middle row, left to right: Eric Gelsleichter (King’s College, PA), Jared Thompson (San Francisco State University, CA), Danielle Stacy (Truman State University, MO), Shanara (Shanny) Spang (Montana State University), Front row , left to right: Lincoln Pac (Bowdoin College, ME), Kathryn (Katie) Shulstad (Jamestown College, ND), Adrienne Udelhoven (Carroll College, MT), Joshua Piotrowski (Hamline University, MN), Not pictured: Amber Bullshoe (Salish Kootenai College, MT). |
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| Amber Bullshoe ( Salish Kootenai College, MT) with Prof. Cynthia (Cyd) McClure: “Improved Synthesis of Enantiopure Sulfinimines from p-Toluenesulfinamide and Aldehydes and Ketones” |
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Eric Gelsleichter (King’s College, PA) with Prof. Tom Livinghouse: “Synthesis of ligands for chiral auxiliaries”
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Lincoln Pac ( Bowdoin College, ME) with Prof. Ed Dratz: “Discontinuous Epitope Mapping of Neuraminidase Using NC10 and NC41 Antibodies: Antibody Imprinting Validation and FINDMAP Program Optimization” |
 In addition to the research projects, REU students participated in a series of workshops (safety, NMR, EPR, computational chemistry, bioassays /separation science, scientific ethics, and careers in chemistry). Weekly REU group meetings, where two REU students presented research progress reports to the group, were also held. The REU students led chemistry workshops for high school students who were participants in a summer research program. They also went on hikes, rafting trips, picnics, a trip to Yellowstone, and many other REU social events. The culmination of the summer research program was a poster session where each student presented his or her work. About seventy-five faculty members, graduate students, MSU administrators, and other undergraduates attended the poster session. An awards dinner followed the poster presentations and formally concluded the summer program. |
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Joshua Piotrowski ( Hamline University, MN) with Prof. David Singel: “Confirmation of Chemiluminescence Nitrosylhemoglobin Assay Technique Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy” |
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Kathryn (Katie) Shulstad (Jamestown College, ND) with Prof. Brian Bothner: “Proteomic Analysis of the Thermophilic Archaeal Virus Sulfolobus Turreted Icosahedral Reveals that Eleven Structural Proteins are Packed in the Icosahedral Particle”
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Shanara Spang ( Montana State University, supported with NSF EPSCoR funds) with Prof. Gary Strobel: “Studying the antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi” |
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Danielle Stacy (Truman State College, MO) with Prof. Cyd McClure: “Pentacovalent Phosphorus in Organic Synthesis: A new route to substituted phosphonates”
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Bryce Sunsdahl (The Evergreen State College, WA) with Prof. Tom Livinghouse: “Synthesis of N-(3-oxooctanoyl)-L-Homoserine Lactone and Analogs for Investigation of Biofilm Formation and Inhibition” |
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Jared Thompson ( San Francisco State University) with Prof. Mary Cloninger: “Progress toward synthesis of non-Randomly functionalized PAMAM dendrimers” |
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| Adrienne Udelhoven ( Carroll College, MT) with Prof. Mary Cloninger “Developing Proteomics Techniques for Glycosylated Proteins” |
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| Ethan Walker ( Fort Lewis College, CO) with Prof. Robert Szilagyi: “Yttrium Bis(thiophosphinic amidate) Complex Catalyzed Stereoselective |
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