Distinguished Majors Program 2002

Department of Chemistry

University of Virginia

Distinguished Majors Symposium

April 27, 2002

  

Rebecca Blatt

Dr. Amy L. Tucker, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division

“The Quantitative Effect of Thalidomide Analogs upon Angiogenesis”

 

Alison Boyce

Dr. Carl Berg, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

“The Effect of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines on the Iron Transporter and Transferrin

Receptors in a Human Liver Cell Line”

 

Amy Eastwood

Professor Milton L. Brown, Department of Chemistry

“Investigating Protein-Ligand Interactions Through Stuctural-based Design”

 

Jonathan Grimm

Professor Milton L. Brown, Department of Chemistry

“Design, Synthesis, and Development of Novel Caprolactam Anticonvulsants”

 

Joanna Lee

Professor Charles Grisham, Department of Chemistry

“Bisphosphonates with a Twist: CO(III) and Cr(III) Complexes of Osteoporosis Drugs Etidronate and Clodronate”

 

Katrina Mabin

Professor Janet S. Herman, Department of Environmental Sciences

“Persistence of 17 beta-Estradiol in an Agricultural Watershed and the Potential for Biodegradation

 

Kennedy Rubert IV

Professor Aaron L. Mills, Department of Environmental Science

“Comparative Study of the Phytoremediation of a Simple Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon by

 Four Tree Species”

 

Matthew Schiffler

Professor W. Dean Harman, Department of Chemistry

“Rhenium-Mediated Additions of Aldehydes to Dihapto Coordinated Furans”

 

Edmund Schwartz

Professor Michael P. Timko, Department of Biology

“Characterization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardi ac-14 Mutant: Evidence for a Novel

cNMP Phosphodiesterase”

 

Michael Webb

Professor Cassandra Fraser, Department of Chemistry

“The Synthesis of Biodegradable Star-Shaped Polymers”