Chemistry majors have the opportunity to build collaborative research partnerships directly with Meredith faculty and participate in projects in the renowned Research Triangle Park, a hub of research and scientific achievement. Chemistry students may also receive financial awards to present the results of their research projects at local and national conferences.
Research
- A chemistry student worked as part of a team to study DNA Extraction and Regeneration of Tylosema exculentum and Tylosema fassoglensis.
- A team of chemistry students investigated an efficient synthetic route of Isoptilocaulin which has been shown to have medicinal properties making it a formidable antibiotic against both gram negative and gram positive bacteria. It has also been shown to be an effective chemotherapeutic agent against leukemia cells in vitro.
- A student explored a novel chelation method for removing metal contaminants like arsenic and lead from water supplies.
Presentations
Research Presentations at Professional Meetings of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Six undergraduate research students (Zeenat Razvi, Julia Bair, Nooria Razai, Sally Yacout, Meredith Hyatt, and Brittney Mitchell) attended and presented April 8-12, 2013 at the 245th National American Chemical Society Meeting in New Orleans, LA. The following list includes all citations from Meredith (Meredith students/faculty are bold):
- “Science of art: From creation to authentication to preservation” Dr. Kassy A. Mies and Sayyeda Zeenat Razvi
- “Reductive mechanism of iron release from the iron-siderophore, ferrioxamine B, by NaDH in the presence of the iron(II) chelator, TPEN,” Dr. Kassy A. Mies and Sayyeda Zeenat Razvi
- “Investigation of the roles of several iron(II) chelators in the release of iron from ferrioxamine B via reduction by NADH,” Julia Bair and Dr. Kassy A. Mies
- “FbpA: A continuum between bacterial transferring and periplasmic binding protein,” Dr. Claire J Parker Siburt, Dr. Sambuddha Banerjee, D. Aruna Weerasinghe, Dr. Timothy A. Mietzner, and Dr. Alvin L. Crumbliss
- “Efficient synthetic route to isopitlocaulin utilizing an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction,” Dr. William A. Dupont, Devin E. Montague, Nooria Razai, and Sally M. Yacout
- “Probing Diels-Alder adducts of anthracene and maleimide as mechanically active functional groups,” Meredith G. Hyatt, Zachary S. Kean, Bobin Lee, and Professor Stephen L. Craig
- “Metal coordination polymer networks of iron(II) and ruthenium(II) tris(bipyridine),” Kristina M. Vaillonis, Mallory, M. McVannel, Meredith G. Hyatt, Marian L. Pippin, and Dr. Al D. Schwab
- “Spatial variation of organic volatile compounds associated with gas production operations in southwestern Pennsylvania,” Brittney L. Mitchell, Brandon Miller, Robert Swarthout, Dr. Yong Zhou, and Dr. Barkley C Sive
- “Hydrocarbon emissions associated with hydraulic fracturing in northeastern Colorado and southwestern Pennsylvania: A lot of fracking gas,” Barkley C. Sive, Robert Swarthout, Brandon Miller, Brittney Mitchell, Emily Horsman, Rachel Russo, and Yong Zhou
- Razvi, S, Folk, D, & Franz, K. (2011, September). Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Copper Chelators: Pro-oxidants or Anti-oxidants? Poster session presented at the 125th North Carolina American Chemical Society Sectional Meeting, Raleigh, NC.
- “Metal coordination polymer networks: A modular approach,” Meredith G. Hyatt, Miriam L. Pippin, and Alexander D. Schwab; 243rd National Meeting of the ACS, San Diego, CA, March 2012.
- “Examination of the beta-amyloid peptide and its copper complexes using spectroscopic methods,” Michelle D. Maiden and Kassy A. Mies; 243rd National Meeting of the ACS, San Diego, CA, March 2012.
- “Examination of the binding of iron(III) to the amyloid-beta peptide and its potential implications in Alzheimer’s disease,” Sarah S. Murray and Kassy Mies; 243rd National Meeting of the ACS, San Diego, CA, March 2012.
- “Investigation of the interaction between zinc and the beta amyloid peptide,” Rodda A. Ouma and Kassy Mies; 243rd National Meeting of the ACS, San Diego, CA, March 2012.
- “Hydrophilic and hydrophobic copper chelators: Pro-oxidants or anti-oxidants?” Sayyeda Zeenat A. Razvi, Drew S. Folk and Katherine J. Franz; 243rd National Meeting of the ACS, San Diego, CA, March 2012.
Research Presentations at Meredith College
- Destiny McDuffie – “Autoinhibitory Regulation in Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor H1 (GEF-H1)”
- Tia Joyce – “The Effects of Asparagusic Acid on Glutamate Dehydrogenase”
- Crystal Gunther – “Synthesis and analysis of a carbozole-based dye and its use in a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell”
- Kimberly Hinton – “Connecting Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry through Synthesized Inhibitors and Succinate Dehydrogenase”
- Julia Bair – “Investigation of the roles of Several Iron (II) Chelators in the Release of Iron from Ferrioxamine B via Reduction by NADH.”
- Sarah Beno and Rachel Serrano – “DNA extraction and PCR of Tylosema esculentum and DNA extraction, PCR, and Gene Amplification of nifH in Rhizobium leguminosarum.”
- Callie Davis – “A Novel Chelation Method from Removing Toxic heavy metals from water Supplies.”
- Sayyeda Zeenat Razvi – “An Exploration of the Iron Release Mechanism of the Naturally occurring Siderophore, Ferrioxamine B.”
- Sarah White – “Investigating Porphyrins and Phthalocyanine as Iron (II) Chelators that Facilitate Iron Release from a Siderophore through Reduction by NADH.”
- Sally Yacout, Nooria Razai, Devin Montague, and Elizabeth Jaimes – “An Efficient Synthetic Route to Isoptilocaulin: Making the Aminocycopentene.”
- Michelle Maiden – “A Possible Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Copper”
- Sarah Murray – “A study of interactions between Iron and the Amyloid-beta peptide: Potential implications in Alzheimer’s Disease”
- Meredith Hyatt – “Metal Coordination Polymer Networks: A Modular Approach”
- Sayyeda Zeenat Razvi and Kassy Mies – “Iron Release Mechanisms and potential medicinal Applications of naturally Occurring Siderophores”
Celebrating Student Achievement Day: Poster Presentations
- Amanda Krzywinski – “Converting Green Fluorescent Protein into Alternate Colors Using Site-Directed Mutagenesis.”
- Amanda Krzywinski – “Converting Green Fluorescent Protein into Alternate Colors Using Site-Directed Mutagenesis.”
- Devin Montague, Nooria Razai and Elizabeth Jaimes – “Convergent Approach to Synthesis of Isoptilocaulin.”
- Sarah Beno, Rachel Serrano and Anum Imran – DNA Extraction and Regeneration of Tylosema esculentum and Tylosema fassoglensis
- Emma Keim, Katy Martin and Sally Yacout – Asteroid Search
- Rodda Ouma – An investigation of the interaction between zinc and the beta amyloid peptide: A possible cause of the senile plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease
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Contact Information
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203 Science/Mathematics Bldg.
(919) 760-2399
ormonda@meredith.edu
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