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Weekly Department Seminar Schedule
Spring Semester 2009
Thursdays, 12:00 noon, 164 Olin Hall
January 27
Andrew Richards, Washington University,
“Prepping Yourself for Graduate School and The Ph.D. &
M.D./Ph.D. Application Process”
February 5
Dr. Karen Bartelt, Bradley University,
"The Chemistry of Joint Replacement"
or
"What's a joint like that doing in a nice girl like you? ”
February 12
Michael Hoehn, Bradley University,
"The Effect of SO2 and Environmental Patterns on Nylon
Depolymerization"
John Meyers, Bradley University,
"Occurrence of Bacterial Species in Maize Grains Rotted
by Fungi"
Monday, February 16
Heartland ACS Meeting at Knox College, 7:00 pm
Dr. Victoria Finkenstadt, NCAUR,
“Graduate School: Paradise, Purgatory, or Perdition?”
February 19
Ryan Sangalli, Bradley University,
"Efficacy of Thalidomide Analogs in Modern Pharmacology"
February 26
Brittney Hanerhoff, Bradley University,
"An Oxidative Stress Metabolite and Alzheimer's Disease"
Brian McCarthy, Bradley University,
"Enviro-Analytical Methods and Detecting Specific Compounds
in the Environment"
March 5
Ryan Christianson, Bradley University,
"Protein Composition of Catalytically Active
Human Telomerase from Immortal Cells"
Kelly Eads, Bradley University,
"Analysis of Organic Pigments in Tatoo Ink"
Using Micro-Raman Spectroscopy"
Thursday, March 5
Heartland ACS Meeting at Bradley University, 5:30 pm
Gary List, Research Chemist, Retired, USDA, ARS, NCAUR,
"Yogi Berra Revisited: 'When You Come to
a Fork in the Road, Take It.'"
March 12
Brandon Mordue, Bradley University,
"Chemical Control of Diesel Particle Emissions"
Terese Kreifels, Bradley University,
"Mechanism of the Nitrosoamide Decomposition"
March 19 Spring Break
March 26
Nicholas Klann, Bradley University,
"Organic Contaminant Release from Melting Snow"
Kayla Johnson, Bradley University,
"Antagonistic Effects of Metformin on
DHEA-Induced Embryo Resorption"
April 2
Richard Kemper, Bradley University,
"Chemical Ecology of Diplodia Mycotoxins in Maize"
Emily Carlson, Bradley University,
"Packed-bed Bioreactor Synthesis of Feruloylated Monoacyl-
& Diacylglycerols: Clean Production of a 'Green' Sunscreen"
April 9
Nick Van Hise, Bradley University,
"Antibiotic Testing of 5-Aryl-3-oxo-delta-lactones"
Kara Deweese, Bradley University,
"Synthesis of 5-Aryl-3-oxo-delta-lactones and Testing for
Cylcooxygenase Inhibition"
Wednesday, April 15
Heartland ACS Meeting at Eureka College, 7:00 pm
Attila E. Pavlath, Western Regional Research Center, USDA,
“Biomass Utilization”
April 16
Brian Boehmer, Bradley University,
"Partial Purification
and Characterization of the
Protein Vac8 from Pichia Pastoril"
Jennifer Pasowicz, Bradley University,
"A Meta-Selective Copper-Catalyzed C-H Bond Arylation "
April 23 Graduate Student Seminars
Mardhai Dasai, Bradley University,
"Preparation of 5-Aryl-3-oxo-delta-lactones Using
Phase Transfer Catalyst"
April 30
Awards Day Presentations
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