Ten undergraduate students participated 2015. They worked in eight 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 Kelsey Holbert
Award ceremony (Kelsey Holbert and Prof. Arnold)
As a group, we also visited Abbvie, an multi-national pharma company in northern Illinois.
Group visit at Abbvie
The best poster was presented by Kelsey Holbert, who worked in the Group of Prof. Altstadt. The title of his poster was: Further Development of an Analytical Method: A Continuing Study of the Early Stages of the Maillard Reaction. Kelsey started at UWM in 2010 and selected biochemistry as her major.
Kelsey Holbert
Adam Aleiou worked in the group of Prof. Hossain. The title of his presented poster was: Synthesis of Tryprostatin.
Adam Aleiou
Alexander Gardner worked in the group of Prof. Silvaggi. The title of his presented poster was: Structure and Mechanism of F4FBR8.
Alexander Gardner
Bushra Fathima worked in the group of Prof. Frick. The title of her presented poster was: Zinc Sensor TSQ Binds Cooperatively to Zinc. Bushra also won the second best poster award this year.
Bushra Fathima
Charles Stangl worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his presented poster was: Synthesis of New Vitamin D Receptor- Coactivator Inhibitors.
Charles Stangl
Damon Hinz worked in the group of Prof. Hossain. The title of his presented poster was: Synthesis of BRL-37959 and Analogs.
Damon Hinz
Elliot DiMilo worked in the group of Prof. Aldstadt. The title of his presented poster was: Quantitative NMR Spectroscopy of the Maillard Reaction through an Online Sequential Injection System. Elliot just got accepted as UWM chemistry graduate student.
Elliot DiMilo
Gino Scuncio worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his presented poster was: Identification of novel pepsin inhibitors for target drugs to treat laryngopharyngeal reflux disease. Gino will go to a Podiatry School in Fall 2016.
Gino Scuncio
Liv Heidenreich worked in the group of Prof. Aldstadt. The title of her presented poster was: Development of a Solid-Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography Method for the Maillard Reaction. Liv will start as graduate student at UCSD.
Liv Heidenreich
Nicolas Zahn worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his presented poster was: Metabolic Analysis of Imidazobenzodiazepines in Human and Mouse Liver Microsomes. Nick received the third best post award.
Nicolas Zahn