[ACS Logo] ACS Puget Sound Section:
Undergraduate Research Symposium
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Hosted by:
Department of Chemistry
Pacific Lutheran University

Saturday
April 27, 1996


8:30 - 9:00 A.M. Coffee
9:00 A.M.

A FLUORESCENT METHOD FOR DETECTION OF TELOMERASE ACTIVITY.

9:20 A.M.

MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF THE BELOUSOV-ZHABOTINSKII REACTION UNDER REACTION DIFFUSION CONDITIONS.

9:40 A.M.

CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF A LASER CLOUD POINT INSTRUMENT.

10:00 A.M.

THIOPHENE HYDRODESULFURIZATION OVER ALUMINA-SUPPORTED MOLYBDENUM CARBIDE AND NITRIDE CATALYSTS: PREPARATION, CATALYTIC EVALUATION, AND NATURE OF THE ACTIVE SURFACE

10:20 A.M.

THIOPHENE HYDRODESULFURIZATION OVER ALUMINA-SUPPORTED MOLYBDENUM CARBIDE AND NITRIDE CATALYSTS: QUANTITATION OF ACTIVE SITES AND UNDERSTANDING TRENDS IN ACTIVITY



10:40 - 11:00 A.M. Mid-Morning Break

11:00 A.M.

13C SPIN-LATTICE RELAXATION MEASUREMENTS OF POLYMER BLENDS IN SOLUTION.

11:20 A.M.

REACTION OF ORGANOCOBALOXIMES WITH TRIBROMOACETALDEHYDE: PREPARATION OF UNCONJUGATED 2,2-DIBROMOALDEHYDES.

11:40 A.M.

SOLID PHASE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS OF SURFACTIN.

12:00 A.M.

SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS OF BETA-ALANINE SURFACTIN ANALOGUE.



12:20 - 1:20 P.M. Lunch

1:20 P.M.

PROBE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DETECTION OF PACIFIC OYSTER NOCARDIA.

1:40 P.M.

AUTOXIDATIVE REARRANGEMENTS OF VALENCE-TAUTOMERIC EPOXYCYCLOPENTENONES AND SYNTHESIS OF A MODEL COMPOUND.

2:00 P.M.

AUTOXIDATIVE REARRANGEMENTS OF VALENCE-TAUTOMERIC EPOXYCYCLOPENTENONES. SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE, 1H AND 13C NMR OF SOME MODEL COMPOUNDS.

2:20 P.M.

THE DETERMINATION OF THE THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REVERSIBLE ENOLIZATION OF PYRUVATE.

2:40 P.M.

3-AMINO-5-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID (AHBA) SYNTHASE: CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF PURPORTED INTERMEDIATES.

3:00 P.M.

THE EFFECTS OF TRANS C18:1 FATTY ACIDS ON THE EXCITABLE MEMBRANE OF PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA.

3:20 P.M.

UPTAKE OF TRANS-FATTY ACIDS INTO PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA.

3:40 P.M.

QUANTUM MECHANICAL SCATTERING OF METHANE BY ARGON.



4:00 - 4:20 Refreshments


4:20 - 4:30 Presentation of Awards