Student Seminars
Student Seminars Archive
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.
Lindsay Caesar
Ph.D. Literature Seminar—751
Title: “ChemGPS-NP: a tool for navigating biologically relevant chemical space”
Amanda Watson
Ph.D. Thesis Defense – 752
Title: “Studying Susceptibility for Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study for Genetic Biomarkers and the Link to Gut Microbes”
Ngoc Vu
MS Thesis – 602
Title: “A Comprehensive Human Serum Lipid Library Toward High-throughput Analysis of Lipid Biomarkers for Type 1 Diabetes”
Sara Puckett
MS Thesis – 602
Title: “Cytochrome P450’s and the Effects of the Addition of Undecylenic Aldehyde.”
David Zich
MS Thesis – 602
Title: “Glycerol for Improving Solubility and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity for Natural Products”
Jennifer Wilent
Ph.D. Thesis Defense – 752
Title: “Enantioselective Cyclization of Symmetric Diester”
David Space
Ph.D. Thesis Defense – 752
Title: “Construction of a Homology Model of the Orexin-1 Receptor in its Active and Inactive States and Subsequent Molecular Dynamics Experiments in a Simulated Lipid Bilayer”
Brittany Kiel
Ph.D. Literature Seminar – 751
Title: “Investigating a Novel Pathway for the Biosynthesis of Polyketide β-Branching and the Dual Function of PksJ Encoded by the PksX Cluster Isolated from Bacillus subtilis.”
Diana Kao
Ph.D. Literature Seminar – 751
Title: “If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what are two pictures worth: Merging mass spectrometry with microscopy”
Davis Collins
MS Thesis – 602
Title: “Investigating Potential Inhibition of Cytochrome P450’s1A1 and 1A2, by Açai Berry Extracts”
Joseph Mwangi
Ph.D. Literature Seminar – 751
Title: “Use of ion mobility in Petroleomics”
Advisor Dr. Chiu
Lauren West
MS Thesis – 602
Title: ” Nutritional Manipulations of HIV/AIDS: The Effects of Ergothioneine and Cultural Complementary and Alternative Medicines on HIV”
Advisor Dr. Taylor
Suneel Kumar Kandagatla
Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Title: Effects of açaí berry (Euterpe oleracea) extracts on human antioxidant systems and drug metabolism”
Advisor Dr. Raner
Michael Maybin
MS Thesis – 602
Title: “Purification and characterization of an enoyl-CoA hydratase encoded by the yhaR gene from Bacillus subtilis strain 168”
Advisor Dr. Reddick
Meredith Cochrane
MS Thesis – 602
Title: “Inhibition of Cytochrome P450 2C9 by Essential Oils.”
Advisor Dr. Raner
Ryan Zyglocke
MS Thesis – 602
Title: “Medicinal Kudzu: An Investigation of Possible Drug-Herb Interactions”
Advisor Dr. Raner
