Student Presentations

          Undergraduate coauthors are indicated with asterisks

1. Differential Scanning Calorimetry Studies on Micellar Solutions.
   
   Phoebe Dea and Shandiz Tehrani*, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, February 2000, New Orleans, LA.
   
   
2. Morphology of 15-mer DNA Duplexes Tethered to Au(111) via Scanning Probe Microscopy.
   
   Mui Sam*, Elizabeth Boon, Jacqueline Barton, Michael G. Hill, and Eileen M. Spain, American Chemical Society Meeting, March 2000, San Francisco, CA.
   
3. Photochemistry, Electrochemistry, and Spectroscopy of Ruthenium and Rhenium Complexes of Benzophenazine.
   
   Ricky N. Amii* and Michael G. Hill, 14th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (O1.2), April 2000, Missoula, MT.
   
   
4. A Two-step Method for the Conversion of ",$-Unsaturated Aldehydes into (-Azido-",$-Unsaturated Nitriles.
   
   Sanaz Tafti* and Donald R. Deardorff, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (O-1), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
   
   
5. Studies Directed Toward the Synthesis of $,(-Unsaturated Imidates and their Application in [3,3]-Sigmatropic Shifts.
   
   Summer Collier*, Caroline Carter* and Donald R. Deardorff, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (O-2), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
   
   
   
6. Synthesis of PQQ and its Reactivity under Illumination.
   
   Alicia McCarthy*, Lousine Boyadzhyan* and Tetsuo Otsuki, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (O-4), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
   
   
7. Structure and Dynamics of DNA Condensates at the Solid-Liquid Interface.
   
   Karen D. Stella*, Michele Y. Ono* and Eileen M. Spain, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (O-6), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
   
   
8. DSC Studies of Micelle Stability as a Function of Amphiphile Concentration.
   
   Shandiz Tehrani* and Phoebe Dea, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (O-6), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
   
   
9. Pulsed Laser Deposition of Metal Containing Films on Supported Self-Assembled Monolayers.
   
   Bryan L. Jackson*, Alonzo Martinez*, Kenneth Woodruff*, Rowena Ilagan*, and Eileen M. Spain, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (P-1),
   April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
   
10. Preparation of Two-Dimensional Arrays of Ag Nanoparticles for Laser Interrogation.
    
    Paul M.H. Chung*, Kimberly I. Muljono*, M. Rali Badissy* and Eileen M. Spain, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (P-2), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
    
    
    
11. Synthesis of Quinoline-5,8-diones as a Model of PQQ and its Photochemical Reactivity.
    
    Jason Woertink* and Tetsuo Otsuki, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (P-3), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
    
    
12. The Effects of Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride on Dipalmityolphosphatidylcholine.
    
    Lina Zeng* and Phoebe Dea, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (P-10), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
    
    
13. Insights into the Subgel Dynamics of Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers.
    
    ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (P-11), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
    
    
14. A Supramolecular Assembly for Solar-Energy Conversion.
    
    Ricky N. Amii* and Michael G. Hill, ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference (P-15), April 2000, Los Angeles, CA.
    
    
15. Insights into the Subgel Dynamics of Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers.
    
    Henry H. Chang* and Phoebe K. Dea, 14th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (O1.1), April 2000, Missoula, MT.
    
16. Spectroscopic Analyses of Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride in Solution.
    
    Shandiz Tehrani* and Phoebe Dea, 2000 Beckman Scholars Program Symposium, July 2000, Newport Beach, CA.
    
    
17. P-31 NMR Studies: Lipid Phase Transitions and Drug Interactions.
    
    Marlene Abrego* and Phoebe Dea, 2000 SACNAS National Conference (Poster #1), October 2000, Atlanta, GA.
    
    
18. Pulsed Laser Desorption of Metal Containing Films on Supported Self-assembled Monolayers.
    
    Alonzo Martinez* and Bryan L. Jackson*, 2000 SACNAS National Conference (Poster #153), October 2000, Atlanta, GA.
    
    
    
19. Synthesis of PQQ Adducts and Reconstitution Studies with SGDH.
    
    Sum Cheung* and Tetsuo Otsuki, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (Biochemistry II),
    November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
20. Photochemical Reaction of 2-Methylquinoline-5,8-dione with Aldedyde.
    
    Anastasia Kaluzhny*, Jason Woertink* and Tetsuo Otsuki, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (Biochemistry II), November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
21. Synthesis of (R)-",$-Unsaturated Cyanohydrins via Enzyme Castalysis.
    
    Anna Nelson*, Jason Chapman* Aaron Pace*, Alex Kim*, Caitlin O'Connor* and Donald R. Deardorff, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (Chemistry II), November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
22. The Search for a Ribonucleotide Reductase in the "RNA World": In-Vitro Selection of Terminally Reduced 3'Deoxy-RNAs from Random RNA Libraries.
    
    Dyna Shirasaki* and W. Reef Hardy, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (Biochemistry I),
    November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
23. Tailoring of the p53 Gene for an Electrode-Based Mutational Detection Assay.
    
    Cassia Aho*, Nikki Inamine* Michael Hill and W. Reef Hardy Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (Biochemistry II), November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
24. ³¹P NMR Studies: Lipid Phase Transitions and Drug Interactions.
    
    Marlene Abrego* and Phoebe Dea, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
25. Self-Assembly of a Supramolecule on a Platinum Surface.
    
    Ricky N Amii*, Brian G. Hashiguchi* and Michael G. Hill, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research,
    November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
26. Insights into the Dynamics of DMSO in Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers.
    
    Henry H. Chang* and Phoebe K. Dea, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
27. Site-Directed Mutagenesis of a Blue Copper Protein.
    
    Kuong-Won Kang*, Richard Row* and Michael G. Hill, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research,
    November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
28. Synthesis of Size-Selected Ag Nanoparticles for Studies of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Finite-Sized Systems.
    
    Kimlerly I. Muljono* and E.M. Spain, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
29. Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Lrp Protein-DNA Interaction at the Solid-Liquid Interface.
    
    Shusuki Toyoda*, Karen Stella*, Lin Duong* and E.M. Spain, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research,
    November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
30. Effects of Ethanol on the Subtransition of Phospholipid Bilayers.
    
    Rosalie Tran* and Phoebe K. Dea, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
31. Synthesis of Novel Aluminum Hydroxyquinoline Complexes.
    
    Jason Woertink* and Tetsuo Otsuki, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
32. The Effects of a Tranquilizer on Lipid Bilayers.
    
    Lina Zeng* and Phoebe K. Dea, Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, November 2000, Long Beach, CA.
    
    
33. Insights into the Dynamics of DMSO in Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers.
    
    Henry H. Chang* and Phoebe Dea, International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (#755), December 2000, Hawaii, HN.