Summer 2012

Thirteen undergraduate students participated 2012. 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 Jenna Ochsenwald.

Jenna Ochsenwald and Arnold

Award ceremony (Jenna Ochsenwald and Prof. Arnold)

The best best poster was presented by Jenna Ochsenwald, who worked in the Group of Prof. Silvaggi. The title of her poster was: Cloning of Sulfolobus Sulfaraticus acetoacetate decarboxylase. Jenna started at UWM in 2008 and selected biochemistry as her major.

SURF Jenna Ochsenwald

Jenna Ochsenwald

The third best poster was presented by Daniel Murphy, who worked in the group of Prof. Hossain. The title of his poster was: Forming of Disulfide bonds by the cleavage of triphenylmethyl protecting group in the presence of allylic alcohols. Dan started at UWM in 2009 and selected chemistry as his major. Daniel is currently working at Sigma Aldrich.

SURF Daniel Murphy

Daniel Murphy

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

SURF Brian Spindler

Brian Spindler

Derrick D. Joers worked in the group of Prof. Schwabacher. The title of his presented poster was: Synthetic quinolone for binding. Derrick started at UWM in 2009 and selected chemistry as his major.

SURF Derrick Joers

Derrick D. Joers

Daniel Walters worked in the group of Prof. Pacheco. The title of his presented poster was: Enzymatic Assay for micromolar detection of ammonia. Dan started at UWM in 2008 and selected chemistry as his major.

SURF Daniel Wolters

Daniel Walters

Mark Cooper worked in the group of Prof. Aldstadt. The title of his presented poster was: Suppresses isocratic ion-exchange chromatography to separate complex mixtures. Mark started at UWM in 2008 and selected chemistry as his major.

SURF Mark Cooper

Mark Cooper

Jonathan J. Temmer worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his presented poster was: A fluorescence-based high throughput assay for the identification of promiscuous inhibitors. Jon started at UWM in 2009 and selected biochemistry as his major. Jon is currently a graduate student at MCW.

SURF Jonathan Temmer

Jonathan J. Temmer

The second best poster was presented by Robin Goy, who worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his poster was: Expression and purification of VDR-LBD. Robin started at UWM in 2010 and selected biochemistry as his major.

SURF Robin Goy

Robin Goy

Brett Beaupre worked in the group of Prof. Moran. The title of his presented poster was: Carbon dioxide, the other product of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase. Brett started at UWM in 2009 and selected biochemistry as his major. Brian is currently a graduate student under supervision of Prof. Moran.

SURF Brett Beaupre

Brett Beaupre

Colin Brook worked in the group of Prof. Hossain. The title of his presented poster was: Tsuji-Trost palladium-catalyzed DAAA of allyl enol carbonates. Brian started at UWM in 2009 and has not selected his major.

SURF Colin Brook

Colin Brook

Brian Zielke worked in the group of Prof. Pacheco. The title of his presented poster was: Purification of two heme-proteins and an alternative expression vector. Brian started at UWM in 2008 and selected chemistry as his major.

SURF Brian Spindler

Brian Zielke

Janette Mamedova worked in the group of Prof. Aldstadt. The title of her presented poster was: An electrochemical analysis of the oxidation of acetaminophen to benzoquinone using cyclic voltammetry. Janette started at UWM in 2008 and selected chemistry and psychology as her majors.

SURF Jannette Maedova

Janette Mamedova

Jana B. Plotkin worked in the group of Prof. Cook. The title of her presented poster was: Synthesis of 3-isopropyl beta-carbonine hydrochloride salt, a potential anti-alcohol agent. Jana started at UWM in 2008 and selected biology as her major.

SURF Jenna Plotkin

Jana B. Plotkin

Robin Christiansen worked in the group of Prof. Peng. At the end of the program he got accepted at Oklahoma University for their chemistry program.