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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
(Talks and Posters)

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(1) Francis, K.; *Belaineh, M.; Gadda, G. Reductive Half Reaction of 2-Nitropropane Dioxygenase: Involvement of an Electrostatic Catalyst in the Fromation of an Anionic Flavosemiquinone. 20th Enzyme Mechanisms Conference 2007, St. Pete Beach, FL; January 3-6, 2007.

(2) Finnegan, S.; *Hoang, J. V.; Gadda, G. Importance of Val464 in Catalysis of Choline Oxidase. 20th Enzyme Mechanisms Conference 2007, St. Pete Beach, FL; January 3-6, 2007.

(3) Dixon, D. W.; Sook, B. R.; *Libkind, M.; *Basden, B. J.; *Quach, T. K. et al. The Streptococcus pyogenes SiaA protein: Biophysical characterization of a heme transporter. Georgia State Poster Day 2007, Atlanta, GA, February 24, 2007.

(4) Chan, K.; *Nguyen, N. P.; *Basden, B. J.; Dixon, D. W. Axial ligand mutants the SiaA heme binding protein: His229A and M79A. Georgia State Poster Day 2007, Atlanta, GA; February 24, 2007.

(5) Anderson, D. J.; *Basden, B. J.; *Nguyen, N. P.; Dixon, D. W. Homology models for the SiaA binding protein from Streptococcus pyogenes 1st Annual Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference 2007, Atlanta, GA; April 11, 2007.

(6) *Nguyen, N. P.; Chan, Y. F.; *Basden, B. J.; Dixon, D. W. Heme uptake in the SiaA binding protein from Streptococcus pyogenes 1st Annual Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference 2007, Atlanta, GA; April 11, 2007.

(7) *Nguyen, N. P.; Chan, Y. F.; *Basden, B. J.; Dixon, D. W. Axial ligand mutants of a heme binding protein from Streptococcus pyogenes 2nd Annual Herty Medalist Undergraduate Research Symposium 2007, Atlanta, GA; March 30, 2007.

(8) *Kottkamp, G.; Cannon, M. J.; *Bello, D. G.; Ray, G. B. Characterization of Manganese(III) Porphyrin Imidazole Complexes by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Absorption Spectroscopy. 1st Annual Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference 2007, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.; April 11, 2007, Paper 31.

(9) Sook, B. R.; Nargund, A.; Sane, S.; *Quach, T. K.; Eichenbaum, Z. et al. SiaA: A Heme-Binding Protein Produced by Streptococcus pyogenes Molecular Basis of Disease Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; May 19, 2006.

(10) Sook, B. R.; Block, D. R.; Montanez, G. E.; Nargund, A.; *Quach, T. K. et al. Biophysical characterization of SiaA, a heme binding protein produced by the pathogenic bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26-30, 2006.

(11) Ray, G. B.; *Ribera, A. M.; *Cox, B. D.; *Bryant, V. L. Spin-state transitions in manganese porphyrins with anionic ligands probed by paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy. 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26, 2006, Paper 46 INOR.

(12) Ray, G. B.; *Bello, D. G.; *Ribera, A. M.; *Cox, B. D. Investigation of Five-Coordinate Manganese(III) Porphyrin Complexes Using Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. 1st Annual Herty Medalist Undergraduate Research Symposium 2006, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA; September 15, 2006.

(13) Li, S. Y.; Yang, W.; *Wilkins, A. L.; *Johnson, J. A.; Liu, Z. R. et al. Rational design of a calcium-dependent trigger. 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26-30, 2006.

(14) Huang, Z.; *Brandt, G. E.; Carrasco, N.; Caton-Williams, J. Enzymatic incorporation of selenium into RNA and DNA for structure study. 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26-30, 2006.

(15) Gill, A. F.; Barrow, D.; Wasowicz, T.; Tekeste, H. O.; *Piljak, D. et al. Binding of cationic porphyrins to DNA and their X-ray irradiation. 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26-30, 2006.

(16) Dixon, D. W.; Sook, B. R.; *Libkind, M.; *Basden, B. J.; *Quach, T. K. et al. The Streptococcus pyogenes SiaA protein: Biophysical characterization of a heme transporter. 232nd National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, San Francisco, CA; September 10-14, 2006.

(17) Dixon, D. W.; Gill, A. F.; Barrow, J. D. J.; *Piljak, D.; Tekeste, H. O. et al. Binding of DNA to metal derivatives of cationic porphyrins. International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Rome, Italy 2006, July 2-7, 2006

(18) Chen, N.; Zou, J.; *Ellis, A.; Yang, W.; Yang, J. Development of protease sensors based on enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26-30, 2006.

(19) Buchmueller, K.; *Bailey, S.; Matthews, D.; Register, J.; Bruce, C. D. et al. Molecular recognition of polyamides with DNA: A study on the strong binding of f-ImPyIm to its cognate DNA, ACGCGT. 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; Mar 26-30, 2006.

(20) Brown, T.; *Taherbhai, Z.; Sexton, J.; Sutterfield, A.; Turlington, M. et al. Synthesis and biophysical evaluation of minor-groove binding C-terminus modified polyamide derivatives of distamycin. 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; Mar 26-30, 2006.

(21) Barrow, D. J.; Gill, A. F.; *Tekeste, H. O.; Dixon, D. W. Thermodynamic studies of cationic metalloporphyrins binding to DNA via isothermal titration calorimetry. 231 National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26-30, 2006.

(22) *Williams, C. N.; Kim, M. B.; Dixon, D. W. Synthesis of naphthalene diimides. 1st Annual Herty Medalist Undergraduate Research Symposium 2006, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA; September 15, 2006.

(23) *Tekeste, H. O.; *Piljak, D.; Gill, A. F.; Dixon, D. W. Cationic metalloporphyrins as possible cancer radiation therapy agents. Collegiate Environmental Science and Health Symposium 2006, Atlanta, GA; April 6th, 2006.

(24) *Quach, T. K.; Sook, B. R.; Montanez, G. E.; Eichenbaum, Z.; Nargund, A. et al. Expression, purification and characterization of SiaA, a heme binding protein isolated from Streptococcus pyogenes 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26-30, 2006.

(25) *Piljak, D.; *Santoso, Y.; Tekeste, H. O.; Gill, A. F.; Dixon, D. W. Binding of DNA to metal derivatives of cationic porphyrins. 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26-30, 2006.

(26) *Mitchell, H.; Allison, S. A.; *Karobi, S.; *Hess, R. Modeling the Electrophoretic Mobility of DNA and Nucleotides. 2006 McNair Undergraduate Summer Research Program, Georgia State University. 2006, Atlanta, GA; August 8, 2006.

(27) *Kim, M. B.; *Williams, C. N. Synthesis of naphthalene diimides as DNA intercalators. Collegiate Environmental Science and Health Symposium 2006, Atlanta, GA; April 6th, 2006.

(28) *Igunbor, C.; Logan, N.; Davis, H.; Simon, A.; Huang, Z. The protection and deprotection of selenide functionality for Se-nucleic acid synthesis. 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting 2006, Atlanta, GA; March 26-30, 2006.

(29) *Hoang, T. V.; Gadda, G. Effects of Freezing at Low pH on the Biochemical Properties of Choline Oxidase. Collegiative Environmental Sicence & Health Symposium 2006, Atlanta, GA; April 6, 2006.

(30) *Basden, B. J.; *Libkind, M.; Sook, B. R.; Dixon, D. W. The Heme Binding Protein SiaA from Streptococcus pyogenes 1st Annual Herty Medalist Undergraduate Research Symposium 2006, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA; September 15, 2006.

(31) Xin, Y.; *Cobb, J.; *Ho, N.; Allison, S. A. Modeling the Electrophoresis of Peptides. South East Collaborative Alliance Biocomputing Center, Fall Workshop on Biocomputing, Georgia State University. 2005, Atlanta, GA; October 27, 2005.

(32) Sook, B. R.; Nargund, A.; Sane, S.; *Quach, T. K.; Eichenbaum, Z. et al. SiaA: A Heme-Binding Protein Produced by Streptococcus pyogenes Boykin Symposium 2005, Atlanta, GA; June 9-10, 2005.

(33) Ray, G. B.; *Ribera, A. M.; *Tran, C. V.; *Cox, B. D.; *Bryant, V. L. Characterization of the Coordination Environment of Manganese(III) and Manganese(IV) Porphyrins by Absorption and NMR Spectroscopy. 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting 2005, Washington, DC; August 29, 2005, Paper 189 CHED.

(34) Ray, G. B.; *Ribera, A. M.; *Tran, C. V.; *Cox, B. D. Coordination of Sigma and Pi Donor Ligands to Manganese(III) Porphyrins Probed by Paramagnetic NMR Spectroscopy. AURA Symposium on Undergraduate Research 2005, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA; April 8, 2005

(35) Ray, G. B.; *Cook, J. W. Undergraduate Bio-Inorganic Molecular Modeling Project on Heme Proteins using MOE. 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting 2005, Washington, DC.; August 31, 2005, Paper 346 CHED.

(36) Forrest, L.; Harris, D.; *Bailey, S.; Buchmueller, K.; Wilson, D. et al. Design and synthesis of DH-21: An imidazole/pyrrole containing hairpin targeting ATGA sequences within the DNA minor groove. 229th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2005, U529-U529.

(37) Dixon, D. W.; Gill, A. F.; Barrow, J. D. J.; *Piljak, D.; Buisson, J. J. P. et al. Metalloporphyrins in Cancer Chemotherapy: The Possible Role of Auger-Based Processes. 12th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2005, Ann Arbor, MI.; August 2, 2005.

(38) Dixon, D. W.; Gill, A. F.; Barrow, J. D. J.; *Piljak, D.; *Buisson, J. J. P. et al. Auger Processes in Cancer Chemotherapy: Platinum and Indium Therapeutic Agents. Boykin Symposium 2005, Atlanta, GA; June 6 - 7, 2005

(39) Buchmueller, K.; *Uthe, P.; *Howard, C.; *Le, M.; *Cox, K. et al. Reading the language of pyrrole- and imidazole-containing polyamides that recognize specific DNA sequences. 229th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2005, U191-U191.

(40) Buchmueller, K.; *Uthe, P.; *Bailey, S.; Matthews, D.; *Cox, K. et al. Thermodynamic and structural bases for the binding of the better-than-nature triheterocyclic polyamide f-ImPylm to its cognate sequence, ACGCGT. 229th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2005, U191-U191.

(41) Buchmueller, K.; *Uthe, P.; *Bailey, S.; Matthews, D.; *Cox, K. et al. Thermodynamic and structural bases for the binding of the better-than-nature triheterocyclic polyamide f-ImPylm to its cognate sequence, ACGCGT. 229th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2005, U191-U191.

(42) *Taherbhai, Z.; *Bailey, S.; Sutterfield, A.; Buchmueller, K.; Nguyen, B. et al. ZT-65B, a hairpin polyamide that binds to the inverted CCAAT box (ICB) site of the human multidrug resistant (MDR1) gene: Design, DNA binding, and biological studies. 229th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2005, U542-U543.

(43) *Santoso, Y.; Gill, A. F.; Dixon, D. W. DNA Binding of Indium Porphyrins: Possible Auger Emitters. AURA Symposium on Undergraduate Research 2005, Atlanta, GA; April 8, 2005.

(44) *Santoso, Y.; Dixon, D. W. Indium Porphyrins: DNA Binding Studies. Boykin Symposium 2005, Atlanta, GA; June 9-10, 2005.

(45) *Piljak, D.; Dixon, D. W. Cationic Porphyrins as HIV Agents. AURA Symposium on Undergraduate Research 2005, Atlanta, GA; April 8, 2005.

(46) *Mitchell, H.; Allison, S. A.; Xin, Y.; *Cameron, H. Modeling the Electrophoretic Mobility of Proteins and Peptides. 2005 McNair Undergraduate Summer Research Program, Georgia State University. 2005, Atlanta, GA; August 8, 2005.

(47) *Evans, H.; Dixon, D. W. Metalloporphyrins as Anticancer Agents. AURA Symposium on Undergraduate Research 2005, Atlanta, GA; April 8, 2005.

(48) *Buisson, J. J. P.; Dixon, D. W. Brachytherapy Using Cationic Porphyrins. AURA Symposium on Undergraduate Research 2005, Atlanta, GA; April 8, 2005.

(49) *Bates, J. M.; Barrow, J. D. J.; Dixon, D. W. Progress Toward Auger-Based Cancer Chemotherapy. AURA Symposium on Undergraduate Research 2005, Atlanta, GA; April 8, 2005.

(50) Staples, A.; *Uthe, P.; Buchmueller, K.; *Bailey, S.; Nguyen, B. et al. Molecular recognition of DNA base pairs by the formamido/pyrrole and formamido/imidazole pairing in stacked polyamides. 227th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2004, U164-U164.

(51) Ray, G. B.; *Free, I. D.; *Cox, B. D.; *Ling, F.; *Searcy, M. Manganese(III) and Iron(III) Porphyrin Complexes Characterized by Paramagnetic NMR and Absorption Spectroscopy. 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting 2004, Anaheim, CA; March 2004, Paper 413 CHED.

(52) Leggett-Robinson, P.; Winkeljohn, W. R.; *Peets, M. R.; Vasquez, P. C.; Baumstark, A. L. N-Oxidation of Sterically-Hindered Pyridines by Dimethyldioxirane: Kinetic Studies. 56th Southeast Regional American Chemical Society Meeting 2004, Research Triangle Park, NC; November 10-13, 2004.

(53) Buchmueller, K.; Sarah, H.; *Uthe, P.; Staples, A.; Kimberly, O. P. et al. Influence of the permutation of imidazole and pyrrole moieties on the binding affinity of polyamides to their cognate and non-cognate DNA sequences. 227th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2004, U163-U164.

(54) *Flores, L.; Henry, J.; *Bailey, S.; *Tahberhai, Z.; Harris, D. et al. JH-37, a hairpin polyamide, inhibits the binding of nuclear factor-Y to inverted CCAAT boxes in the human topoisomerase II alpha promoter. A biochemical and biophysical study. 227th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2004, 227, U26-U27.

(55) Ray, G. B.; *Free, I. D.; *Cox, B. D.; *Ling, F.; *Searcy, M. Paramagnetic NMR and Absorption Spectral Studies of Manganese(III) and Iron(III) Tetraphenyl Complexes. 55th Southeast Regional American Chemical Society Meeting 2003, Atlanta, GA; November 2003, Paper 983 CHED.

(56) Powell, N.; Ghanem, M.; *Francis, K.; Fan, F.; Gadda, G. Active Site Characterization of Recombinant Choline Oxidase. 29th Steenbock Symposium, "Coenzymes, Cofactors and Catalysis". 2003, Madison, Wisconsin; May 29-June 1st, 2003.

(57) Menon, P.; Ghanem, M.; *Francis, K.; Powell, N.; *Nguyen, T. et al. Biochemical and Kinetic Characterization of Choline Oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis. 55th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. 2003, Atlanta, GA; November 16-19, 2003.

(58) Lee, M.; Wilson, D.; Lacy, E.; *Grandillo, J.; *Le, M. et al. Microcalorimetry and DNase I footprinting studies on the molecular recognition of T/G mismatched base pairs by stacked polyamides. 225th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2003, U199-U200.

(59) Lee, M.; Henry, J.; *Le, M.; *Taherbhai, Z.; *Flores, L. et al. Where would chemistry and biology meet? Gene expression control by small molecules. 226th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2003, U237-U237.

(60) Lee, M.; *Le, M.; Grandillo, J.; Buchmueller, K.; *Horick, S. et al. Characterizing the molecular recognition of Watson-Crick and T/G mismatched base pairs by stacked polyamides. 226th National American Chemical Society Meeting 2003, U434-U434.

(61) *Francis, K.; Ghanem, M.; Powell, N.; Gadda, G. Characterization of the Active Site Topology of Choline Oxidase. 55th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. 2003, Atlanta, GA; November 16-19, 2003.

(62) *Francis, K.; Gadda, G. Kinetic and Spectroscopic Studies on the Oxidized Form of Choline Oxidase. 11th Annual F.L. (Bud) Suddath Memorial Symposium "Cancer Research in Georgia". 2003, Atlanta, GA; March 27-29, 2003.

(63) Ray, G. B.; *Cook, J. W. Biochemical Molecular Modeling Integrated into the Undergraduate Curriculum. 54th Southeast Regional American Chemical Society Meeting 2002, Charleston, SC; November 2002, Paper No, 635 CHED.

(64) Fan, F.; Powell, N.; *Wilkins, L.; Gadda, G. Comparative Study of Choline Oxidizing Enzymes From Escherichia coli, Halomonas elongata, and Arthrobacter globiformis. 14th International Symposium on Flavins and Flavoproteins 2002, Cambridge, UK; 2002.

(65) *Wilkins, L.; Gadda, G. Cloning, Expression and Preliminary Studies of Choline Dehydrogenese from Halomonas elongata. 10th Annual F.L. (Bud) Suddath Memorial Symposium "A Discussion by Experimentalists of The Origin of Life". 2002, Atlanta, GA; 2002.

(66) *Russell, B.; Gadda, G. Expression in Escherichia coli and Refolding of Choline Dehydrogenese from Sinorhizobium melioti. . 10th Annual F.L. (Bud) Suddath Memorial Symposium "A Discussion by Experimentalists of The Origin of Life". 2002, Atlanta, GA; 2002.

(67) *Russell, B.; *Johnson, K. L.; *Bivines, B. J.; Gadda, G. Biochemical and Kinetic Characterization of 2-Nitropropane Dioxygenase from Neurospora crassa. 54th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. 2002, Charleston, S.C.; November 13-16, 2002.

(68) *Le, M.; *Price, C. A.; Lacy, E.; Wilson, D.; Lee, M. Influence of an N-terminal formamido group on the sequence recognition of DNA by polyamides. 223rd National American Chemical Society Meeting 2002, B212-B212.

(69) *Johnson, K. L.; Gadda, G. Purification and Characterization of FMN-Containing 2-Nitropropane Dioxygenase from Neurospora crassa. 10th Annual F.L. (Bud) Suddath Memorial Symposium "A Discussion by Experimentalists of The Origin of Life". 2002, Atlanta, GA; 2002.

(70) *Johnson, K. L.; *Russell, B.; *Seyfe, D.; Gadda, G. Purification and Characterization of Recombinant 2-Nitropropane Dioxygenase From Neurospora crassa and Hansenula mrakii. 14th International Symposium on Flavins and Flavoproteins 2002, Cambridge, UK; 2002.

(71) *Russell, B.; Gadda, G. Expression in Escherichia coli of Choline Dehydrogenese From Sinorhizobium meliloti. Nations Symposium 2001, Atlanta, GA; 2001.

(72) *Russell, B.; Gadda, G. Expression in Escherichia coli of Choline Dehyrdrogenese From Sinorhizobioum meliloti. 53rd Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. 2001, Savannah, GA; 2001.

(73) *Russell, B.; *McAllister, E.; Gadda, G. Cloning and Expression of the FAD-Containing Choline Dehydrogenase From Different Cellular Sources. Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University 2001, Atlanta, GA; November 22, 2001.

(74) *Johnson, K. L.; *Kanazawana, J. T.; *McAllister, E.; *Russell, B.; Gadda, G. Structure-Fuction Studies of Flavin-Dependent Ezymes. 9th Annual F.L. (Bud) Suddath Memorial Symposium "Structural Biology". 2001, Atlanta, GA; 2001.

(75) *De Silva, V.; *Burns, K. L.; *Wikman, K.; Grant, K. B.; May, S. W. Protective Role of Phenylaminoethyl Selenides Against Peroxynitrite-Mediated Damage. 9th Annual F.L. (Bud) Suddath Memorial Symposium "Structural Biology". 2001, Atlanta, GA; March 30, 2001.