Seventeen undergraduate students participated 2011. They worked in eleven different research laboratories in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Over a period of three summer months all students got an excellent inside about the ongoing scientific research and expectations of UWM graduate students. At  the end of the program all students presented their work in form of a poster and summarized their work in a scientific written report. Many of these results will be part of future publications. The best poster was presented by Nina Yuan.

Award ceremony (Nina Yuan and Prof. Arnold)

The best poster was presented by Nina Yuan, who worked in the Group of Prof. Arnold. The title of her poster was: Benzodiazepine specificity of GABA(A) receptor subtypes. Nina started at UWM in 2006 and selected biochemistry as her major. She is currently a graduate student in Prof. Arnold group and is planning to graduate in summer 2016.

Nina Yuan

Brian Spindler worked in the group of Prof. Hossain. The title of his presented poster was: Brønsted acid catalysis. Brian started at UWM in 2009 and selected chemistry as his major. He is currently working for Cambridge Major Laboratories.

Brian Spindler

Daniel Pauly worked in the group of Prof. Pacheco. The title of his presented poster was: Enzymatic conversion of nitric oxide to nitrate via truncated hemoglobin N from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Dan started at UWM in 2006 and selected chemistry as his major.

Daniel Pauly

Peter Feuk worked in the group of Prof. Silvaggi. The title of his presented poster was: Cloning and Purification of Sw4258: A Protein of Unknown Function from Sphingomonas wittichii. Peter started at UWM in 2009 and selected biology as his major.

Peter Feuk

Flor Rivera worked in the group of Prof. Pacheco. The title of her presented poster was: The effect of anions as inhibitors on the activity of cytochrome c nitrate reductase. Flor started at UWM in 2007.

Flor Rivera

Lindsey Janowiak worked in the group of Prof. Murphy. The title of her presented poster was: Scale literacy of students in introductory chemistry. Lindsey started at UWM in 2006 and was a Health Science Undergraduate.

Lindsey Janowiak

Joseph Eschweiler worked in the group of Prof. Pacheco. The title of his presented poster was: Kinetic studies of a multi-heme enzyme. Joseph started at UWM in 2006 and selected chemistry as his major.

Joseph Eschweiler

Kelly Peshman worked in the group of Prof. Bennett. The title of her presented poster was: Using attenuate total reflectance (ATR) to study the formation of a tungsten disiocyanobenezene complex. Kelly started at UWM in 2007 and is currently working at Sigma Aldrich.

Kelly Peshman

Matthew Haney worked in the group of Prof. Peng. The title of his presented poster was: Hypoxia-selective DNA interstrand cross-link formation by a modified nucleoside. Matt started at UWM in 2008 and selected chemistry as his major.

Matthew Haney

Matthew Shanahan worked in the group of Prof. Frick. The title of his presented poster was: An improved method to determine the DNA-binding affinity of hepatitis c virus NS3 helicase inhibitors. Matt started at UWM in 2006 and was a pre-medicine student.

Matthew Shanahan

Nicholas Talerico worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his presented poster was: Synthesis of coregulator binding inhibitors for the vitamin D receptor. Nick started at UWM in 2008 and selected chemistry as his major.

Nicholas Talerico

Sarah Oehm worked in the group of Prof. Hossain. The title of her presented poster was: A streamlined synthesis of gramines. Sarah started at UWM in 2009 and is currently a chemistry graduate student at UWM working for Prof. Schwabacher.

Sarah Oehm

Sarah Schram worked in the group of Prof. Schwabacher. The title of her presented poster was:  Molecular Tweezers: Synthesis of core and quinolone arm. Sarah started at UWM in 2007 and selected psychology as her major.

Sarah Schram

Tyler Blanke worked in the group of Prof. Pacheco. The title of his presented poster was: Octaheme tetrathionate reductase purification. Tyler started at UWM in 2008 and selected chemistry as his major.

Tyler Blanke

Zachery Girdner worked in the group of Prof. Petering. The title of his presented poster was:  The Ca2+ sensor Quin-2: A possible transition metal chelator. Zach started at UWM in 2009 and selected biochemistry as his major.

Zachery Girdner

Zarko Godic worked in the group of Prof. Aldstadt. The title of his presented poster was: Determination of heavy metals by potentiometric stripping analysis (PSA) (poster link). Zarko started at UWM in 2007 and selected chemistry as his major.

Zarko Godic

John J. Hernandez worked in the group of Prof. Frick. The title of his presented poster was:  Montoring hepatitis C helicase asctivity using dual molecular beacons.

John J. Hernandez