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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department offers a major, minor and electives for undergraduates, and an accelerated B.A./M.A. fifth-year free option for qualified Clark undergraduates. The fifth year for the M.A. is taken through either the biology or chemistry department.

Academic Spree Day and Fall Fest Presentations

Academic Spree Day 2005

"Prediction and Analysis of Complexes Formed Between the Anthrax Protective Antigen Heptameric 'Pre-Pore' and the Anthrax Lethal Factor and MAPKK-2 Peptide Substrate Models." Elysia Alvarez '05 (sponsor: Professor D. Nelson)

"Assessing Polyribosome Association of the Yeast Protien Lsm12." Adam D. McPherson '05 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"The Investigation and Characterization of the Myotubularin-Related Domain of Pats1." Jesse Davis '06 (sponsor: Professor D. Larochelle)

"Identification of Spirochetal Surface Proteins that Function in Adhesion to Mammalian Cells" Kimberly LeBlanc '05 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

Fall Fest 2004

"Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Mutant Variants of the Protein Toxin Ricin in the Absence and Presence of Human Substrate Analogs " Katherine Hynes '05 (sponsor: Professor D. Nelson)

"Attachment Mechanisms of Borrelia Burgdorferi as Mediated by BBK32" Kimberly LeBlanc '05 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Complexes Between Wild-Type and Mutant Anthrax Protective Antigen Variants and a Model Anthrax Toxin Receptor" Linsey Stiles '05 (sponsor: Professor D. Nelson)

Academic Spree Day 2004

"Purification and Characterization of Enzyme Glutamine Synthetase in the Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Tamerense" Kriti Gaur '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Robertson)

"Human Tonsilar Cell Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus" Juliana DeMelfi '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Kinetic Studies of ATP/CTP: tRNA Nucleotidyltransferase from Methanococcus jannaschi" Zu Shen '04 (sponsor: Professor D, Thurlow)

"The Exocyst Complex: Determination of Sec10 and Sec15 Protein Interactions" Lacey Archambault '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

Fall Fest 2003

"The Exocyst Complex: Determination of Sec10 and Sec15 Protein Interactions" Lacey Achambault '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Measles Virus Fusion: Cloning and Expression of Measles Hemagglutinin (H) and Fusion (F) Genes in Vector PCAGGS" Kriti Gaur '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Bacteria in Human Wounds" Courtney Mayo '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Human Tonsilar Cell Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus" Juliana DeMelfi '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Kinetic Studies of ATP/CTP: tRNA Nucleotidyltransferase from Methanococcus jannaschi" Zu Shen '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"synthesis of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Inhibitors" Michaela Martin '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Effects of Extracellular Nitrogen on the Regulation and Expression of GSII in Skeletonema constatum" Miguel Stein '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Robertson)

Academic Spree Day 2003

"Checkpoint Regulation of the Fission Yeast Cell Cycle" Sanjay Ranjit '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Heterogeneity in Recombinant Osteogenic Protein-1 (rhOP-1) by 2-D PAGE" Bradford Stanley '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Deletions in an Archaebacterial CCA-adding enzyme" Branka Stancevic '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Mutants of Pab 1p that Affect the Positive Activator of Poly(A) Nuclease, Pan3p" Matthew Evans '04 (sponsor: Professor D. Thurlow)

"Grid-20 Docking of ATP and CTP into Nucleotide-Binding Sites of Nucleotidyl Transferases" Stephanie Roy '04 (sponsor: Professors D. Nelson and D. Thurlow)



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