Twelve undergraduate students participated 2014. They worked in nine 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 Chris Goetz.
Award ceremony (Chris Goetz and Prof. Arnold)
As a group, we also visited Sigma Aldrich, a leading international provider of chemicals and biochemicals.
Group visit at Sigma Alrich
The best poster was presented by Christopher Goetz, who worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his poster was: Development of a high throughput screening campaign for the identification of new pepsin inhibitors. Chris started at UWM in 2009 and selected biochemistry as his major. He is currently a graduate student at Medical College of Wisconsin.
Christopher Goetz
Ger Xiong worked in the group of Prof Geissinger. The title of his presented poster was: Spectroscopic Method for Revealing Aggregation in Protoporphyrin IX.
Ger Xiong
Jason van Roo worked in the group of Prof. Pacheco. The title of his presented poster was:Mutants of Cytochrom C554
Jason van Roo
Joshua Preston worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his presented poster was: Development of a stable cell line for nuclear receptor research.
Joshua Preston
Kelsey Holbert worked in the group of Prof. Aldstadt. The title of her presented poster was: Development of a Flow Injection System for On-Line Chemical Reaction Monitoring.
Kelsey Holbert
Marcus Jellen worked in the group of Prof. Hossain. The title of his presented poster was: Synthesis of Potential COX-2 Inhibitor BRL-37959.
Marcus Jellen
Michael Kaul worked in the group of Prof. Dietz. The title of his presented poster was: Preparation and Thermal Analysis of Dicyclohexano-18-crown-6 Based Ternary Ionic Liquids (TILs). Michael is currently working in research group of Prof. Dietz.
Michael Kaul
Michael Sportiello worked in the group of Prof. Schwabacher. The title of his presented poster was: Fluorescent Quinolones for β–Sheet Interception.
Michael Sportiello
Sean Bannier worked in the group of Prof. Pacheco. The title of his presented poster was: Glucose Oxidase as an Oxygen Scrubber.
Sean Bannier
Skylar Gael-Eissens worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his presented poster was: Synthesis of VDR-Coregulator Inhibitor SG72814. Skylar was a student from UW-Whitewater who worked during the summer at UWM.
Skylar Gael-Eissens
Trevor Melkonian worked in the group of Prof. Silvaggi. The title of his presented poster was: Structure and Function of a Putative 4-Oxalocrotonate Decarboxylase from Amycolicicoccus subflavus.
Trevor Melkonian
Trevor Petzold worked in the group of Prof. Schwabacher. The title of his presented poster was: Synthesis and Isolation of a Zinc-Sensitive Fluorophore
Trevor Petzold