Distinguished Majors Symposium 2007
Saturday, April 21


Danielle Burstein and Dr. Loren Erickson Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine
The Role of Notch1 and c-myc Signaling in Multiple Myeloma


Christopher Estopinal and Dr. Julie Turner Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Characterizing the Biological Effect of Cell Wall Glycolipids on Bladder Cancer Cell Viability


David Kwo Wei Ho and Professor David Cafiso Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
Molecular Basis for Transmembrane Signaling in an Outer-Membrane
Transporter


Rachel Klet and Professor W. Dean Harman Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
Development of a Strategy for Eta.2-Coordination of Pyridines to a
Pi-Basic Metal Fragment


Jessica Klinkenberg and Professor Cassandra Fraser Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
Designing Polymeric Metal Complexes as Biomaterials


Erik Loken and Professor H. Mario Geysen Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
The Structure Activity Relationship of Peptide Epitopes


Nishant Patel and Dr. Russell Swerdlow Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Thiazolidinedione-mediated Changes in Mitochondrial Function in Human
Neuronal Cells


Timothy Reichart and Professor W. Dean Harman Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
Development of Group 6 Dearomatization Agents


Andrew Strand and Professor Jill Venton Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
Flame Etched Microelectrodes


Eric Voll and Dr. Anindya Dutta Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Confirmation of Binding Sites of the Replication Initiator on Human
Chromosomes


Samuel Yun and Professor Robert Kretsinger Department of Biology, University of Virginia
Investigations on Evolutionary History of TIM Barrel Proteins through
Computational Method