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Bioinformatics

Undergraduate

Genome Analysis in the Ancient Marine Arthropod, Limulus polyphemus (horseshoe crab).
Nirav Malani , Nisarg Patel, Benjamin Steger, Bradley Wubbenhorst, Nelsa Estrella, James C. Pierce, PhD.

Comparative Genomic and Proteomic Analysis Between Humans and Chimpanzees.
Robert Stancavage, James C. Pierce, Ph.D., Zhijun Li, Ph.D.

Faculty

JProNet: systematic network analysis of topological properties of protein 3D structures
Jun Gao, Zhijun LI

Shape Signatures: Computer Aided Drug Design from a Non-specialist Viewpoint
Peter J Meek, ZhiWei Liu, LiFeng Tian, James Greenwood, William J Welsh, Randy J Zauhar

Biological Sciences

Undergraduate

A High-Throughput Proteasome Assay for Tuberculosis Therapeutic Agents
Laura Flint, Dr. John R. Porter

kismet: The Karma for regulation of eye development
Evan M. Cooke, Arpit Shah, David Melicharek, Dr. Daniel R. Marenda

An Adenosine Deaminase Activity Micro Assay used to test the presence of Enzyme in Fetal Bovine Serum and Equine Serum
Tara Pitts, Dr. Mary Beth Murray, Dr. Vandana A. Miller, Dr. William R. Law

GENETIC SCREENING FOR Staphylococcus aureus MUTANTS DEFICIENT IN GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM
Justin L. Cook, James R. Johnson Ph.D.James R. Johnson Ph.D.

GROWTH AND METABOLISM STUDIES OF A WILD TYPE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAIN
Kourtney P. Nickerson, James R. Johnson, Ph.D.

Differences in phagocytic index and bacterial killing levels of mouse macrophages in response to intracellular and extracellular bacteria.
Stacey Gorski, Vandana Miller

EXTRACTION OF VINBLASTINE FROM PERIWINKLE PLANT
Samantha Wilson, Dr. John R. Porter

H-Ras Oncogenic Transformation: Heat Shock Protein 70 and Protein Kinase C
Ryan Marek, Suzanne Murphy

Graduate

Cortical and Medullary kidney cells: a comparative study of acute responses to hypertonic stress
Ashwini Khanna, Dr. Suzanne Murphy, Dr. Margaret Kasschau

Analysis of the proteasome genes prcBA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra and M. terrae for targeted drug development against tuberculosis
Rupa Ghosh, Dr. John R. Porter

Phenotypic effects of over-expression in Ras/MAPK components in the developing Drosophila wing.
Neena Majumdar, Daniel R. Marenda

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Undergraduate

Chemical and enzymatic approaches to the synthesis of dimeric hydroxylated chalcones.
Jessica Nixon, Radhika Bambal, Tu-Anh Nguyen, Elisabetta Fasella

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a DNA Containing a Mutated Integration Host Factor Binding Site
Tu Nguyen, Michael F. Bruist

Does Integration Host Factor Transiently Release DNA from the Site to which it is Bound?
Abhishek Satishchandran, Brendan O'Brien, Michael F. Bruist

Alternative Synthesis to Acid Catalyzed Rearrangement of Aryl and Diarylsulfones
Kristen Adams, Dr. James McKee, Dr. Murray Zanger

The Acid Catalyzed Rearrangement of 7methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzoxazine p-toluenesulfonanilide
Petrina Boucher, Dr. James McKee, Dr. Murray Zanger

A Comparative Study of Diarylsulfonamide Rearrangement via Microwave Chemistry
Joelle Saliba, James R. McKee, Ph.D., Murray Zanger, Ph.D.

Synthesis and Rearrangement Studies of Phenothiazine
Thuy Hien Nguyen, James R. McKee, Ph.D., Murray Zanger, Ph.D.

Studies on the Fries Rearrangement of Sulfonanilides to Sulfones
Bijal Pandhi, James R. McKee, Ph.D., Murray Zanger, Ph.D.

Graduate

Generating 3D structure of polymorphic forms of CA-II using molecular dynamics and finding safer drugs for glaucoma treatment using computational tools
Dr. Randy Zauhar, Varsha Gupta

Bio-assay Guided Fractionation of Barley Constituents for Cytotoxicity Screening Using Colon Cancer Cells.
Frank Zydel, Ara DerMarderosian, Ph.D.

Synthesis of Indoline and Indole Sulfonamides and Sulfones as Possible NNRTI's
Brian Raszka, James R McKee, Murray Zanger

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor inhibition in cell lines by the polyphenolic fraction of Vaccinium corymbosum L Bluecrop
Radhika Kota, Ara DerMarderosian

Effect of drying on anthocyanins and polyphenol oxidase enzyme in Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) arils.
Vidhan Jaiswal, Dr. Ara DerMarderosian

Analyzing the 3D structure of the Rhodopsin G-Protein Coupled Receptor using Network Approach.
Vagmita Pabuwal, Dr. Zhijun Li

A Computational Study of Structural Modifications to a Novel Class of Paramagnetic Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (PARACEST) agents
Whelton Miller, Zhiwei Liu, Vojislava Pophristic

Spontaneous Self-Assembly Mechanism of Micelle Formation
Kenny Nguyen, Niny Z. Rao, Preston B. Moore

Bioassay-guided Separation of African Ethnobotanical Anthelmintics
Carrie Waterman, Ara DerMarderosian, Ph.D, Robert Smith, MS., Elisabetta Fasella, Ph.D. , Guillermo Moyna, Ph.D, Shanaz M. Tejani-Butt, Ph.D, John Beutler, Ph.D

Building Synthetic Oligomers
Jessica A. Geer, Vojislava Pophristic

The Synthesis and Rearrangement of Carbazolesulfonanilde and Imidobibenzyl Sulfonanilide to the Corresponding Sulfones
Taylor Ma, James R McKee, PhD, Murray Zanger, PhD

Faculty

A new approach to identify binding sites
Niny Rao, Randy Zauhar, Michael Bruist

A Computational Study of Small Zr(IV) Polynuclear Species
Niny Rao, Vojislava Pophristic

A Novel Signal-Processing Approach to Modeling the Infrared Response Function of Molecules
Alfred B. Roney, Preston B. Moore

Computational Studies of the Interactions of Synthetic Nano1 Peptide with Carbon Nanotubes
Jhenny Galan, Vojislava Pophristic, Chi-cheng Chiu, Steve Nielsen

Applications of Computational Chemistry in Drug Design and Biomedical Research
Zhiwei Liu, Preston B. Moore, Vojislava Pophristic, Bernd Ensing, Mukesh Kumar, Randy J. Zauhar

Health Policy

Graduate

Determinants of Race and Ethnicity Reporting for Youth with Health Data in an Electronic Medical Record Database
Carrie McAdam-Marx, Diana Brixner, Steve Metrau, Vicky Chan, Robert Field

Faculty

American Health Care Regulation as an Assortment of Public-Private Partnerships
Robert I. Field

Health Sciences

Undergraduate

Apolipoprotein Genotype Mediates Serial Position Effects in Healthy Aging
Judith M Bui, Dr. Stephen Moelter, Peter Janis, Dr. Chris Clark

Humanities

The Elusive Nature of Rhetoric in Evolutionary Taxonomic Research
Sharon Chackalamannil, Dr. Justin Everett

Mathematics, Physics, & Computer Science

An Approach to the Calculation of Enthalpy Using Matrices
David Ezdon, Lia Vas

TWO PORTABLE π ALGORITHMS FOR USE IN TECHNICAL CALCULATIONS
Anthony Cuozzo, Dr. Lia Vas

Faculty

A cooperative game theory approach to classification analysis
Laura Pontiggia

Some results on red-and-black games
Laura Pontiggia

Use of Test Generating Software to Create Question Banks for Assessment
Tarlok S. Aurora

Interactive, Learning- Centered Methods of Teaching Upper Level Mathematics Courses
Salar Alsardary , Phyllis Blumberg

Rings of Operators, Rings of Quotients and Derivations on Rings
Lia Vas

Other

Undergraduate

Race For Humanity
Zack Masino, Sarah Abrams, Dr. George Downs

Faculty

Finding Full Text Journal Articles at USP
Gina Kaiser

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Undergraduate

The Effect of Acute Stress on Central Dopamine Type 1 Receptors in Wistar-Kyoto and Wistar Rats
Andrew Novick, Mirela Spillane, Priyanka Agharkar, Irene Yaroslavsky, Shanaz Tejani-Butt

Synthesis of a novel lipoic acid derivative
Tien Nguyuen, Shengguo Sun, Adeboye Adejare, Erdem Buyukbingol

A Comparative Toxicity Study of (±)1-(2-3-fluorophenyl)bicycle[2.2.1]heptan-2-yl)piperidine on MDCK and Neuronal Cell Lines
Aaron K. Wan , Katrina E. Meachem, Adeboye Adejare

Comparison of Oxidative Stress in Endothelial and Epithelial Cells
Liudmila Mazaleuskaya, Diane Morel

HOW PHYSICAL PROPERTIES INFLUENCE THE DISSOLUTION & DISINTEGRATION OF A SOLID DOSAGE FORM
Aditi Bhatia, Katerina Colletti, Dr. Sriramakamal Jonnalagadda

Synthesis and Toxicity Evaluation of a Putative γ-Secretase Inhibitor
Adrian Payne, Samantha Heinzelman, Adegoke Adeniji, Adeboye Adejare

Cytotoxicity of memantine in human prostate cancer cell line DU145
Neepa Patel, Rebecca Daum, Anastasia Jancina, Hye na Kim, Ruy Tchao

Development of an assay for the extraction and quantitation of liver triglycerides
Usman Chaudhry, Ratnesh Kaur, Anil D'mello

EVALUATION OF THE CYTOSTATIC AND CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF METHOTREXATE ON HL60 LEUKEMIA CELLS
Nicki Patel, Rushita Desai, Joseph Cook, Clyde Ofner

Alpha-2 Adrenergic Modulation of Capsaicin Receptors in Murine Trigeminal Neurons
Mark Ellow, Nick Lazipone, Amy Patel, Josin James, Brent Thomas, Michael Kirifides, Ph.D.

DETERMINATION OF THE STABILITY OF PERGOLIDE MESYLATE IN AN AQUEOUS SUSPENSION
Brandon Shank, Clyde Ofner

Immunochemical Characterization of Neuroactive Agents in Murine Trigeminal Ganglia Satellite Cells
James Ryan, Michael L. Kirifides, Ph.D.

Graduate

Syntheses and anticonvulsant activities of novel PCP analogs
Shengguo Sun, Adeboye Adejare

Thermal Analysis of polycaprolactone based biodegradable polymers
Vrushali Waknis, Sriramakamal Jonnalagadda

Voluntary Alcohol Consumption Differentially Alters Dopamine-2 Receptors in Wistar-Kyoto and Wistar Rat Brain
Irene Yaroslavsky, Shanaz Tejani-Butt

Role of Tyrosine Hydroxylase in Regulating Dopamine Neurotransmission in Psychiatric Illness
Jamie K. DaSilva, Irene Yaroslavsky, Shanaz Tejani-Butt

Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Cell Function
Lauren D'Angelo, Diane Morel

In vitro degradation of Poly–L–lactic acid: poly-ethylene glycol (PLLA: PEG) membranes.
Vijaya Swaminathan, S. Jonnalagadda

Characterization of blended PLGA:PEG scaffolds for bone regeneration applications
Rachel Forcino

In vitro Immune Response to Optimized PLGA Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration
Rachel Forcino, Kamal Jonnalagadda

EFFECT OF GENDER ON PHASE I AND PHASE II N-(3,5-DICHLOROPHENYL)SUCCINIMIDE (NDPS) METABOLISM
Denise Cook, Peter J. Harvison

Effect of Osmolarity on ARPE-19 Cell Phagocytosis
Matthew Tsang, Ruy Tchao

The Pursuit of Potent and Selective γ-Secretase Inhibitors
Adegoke Adeniji, Adeboye Adejare

SIGNIFICANCE OF CARBONYL GROUPS IN 3-(3,5-DICHLOROPHENYL)-2,4-THIAZOLIDINEDIONE (DCPT)-INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY IN RATS
Niti Patel, Christine Crincoli, Ruy Tchao, Peter Harvison

Elucidation of the mechanism for E.coli topoisomerase III –mediated DNA catalysis
Pejvak Soltany, Russell J. DiGate, James C. Pierce

Inhibition of Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) by Cetuximab(Erbitux/ C225) in androgen- independent prostate cancer
Pooja Dhupkar, Dr. He. Chong, Priyanka Agarkar, Dr. Bin Chen

An in vitro enzymatic reaction for the measurement of plasma 3-hydroxybutyrate; Description of reaction process and kinetics
Rani Qasem , Anil D’mello

Cloning and Expression of Human Serum Albumin in Pichia Pastoris Expression System
Babasola Fateye, Zhiyu Li

Faculty

Fluorescence imaging of verteporfin-mediated photodynamic therapy targeting prostate tumor vasculature
Bin Chen

Pharmacy Practice

Undergraduate

Systemic Exposure of Mitomycin C (MMC) and Cisplatin (CP) following Hepatic Chemoembolization (HCE)
Andrea Stehman, Ganesh Cherala, Lisa Davis

Faculty

Factors that influence the decision to staff a medical information booth at a medical meeting
Meredith Abraham, PharmD

An Internet-Based Survey of Pharmacy Student Prescription Drug Misuse
George Downs, Pharm.D., Paul Furtaw, Psy.D., Sarah Lord, Ph.D.

Physical Therapy

Using a Pictorial Assessment Method to Measure Student Learning
Carol Maritz

REHABILITATION OF THE UPPER LIMB POST STROKE: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED PILOT INVESTIGATION OF TWO TYPES OF FEEDBACK
Gregory Thielman

Social Sciences

Undergraduate

Negative Emotion Disrupts Communication More than Positive Emotion
Eric Golub, Brett Audino, Peter Janis, Stephen Moelter

Graduate

Proactive Interference in Schizophrenia: Correlates with Regional Brain MRI and Cerebral Metabolism
Peter R. Janis, Erik M. Benau, Stephen T. Moelter

Executive dysfunction in children after posterior fossa tumor resection
Rebecca Hardin, Dr. Stephen Moelter, PhD, Dr. Jaqueline Cunningham, PhD, Dr. Carol Armstrong, PhD

Faculty

Insomnia and Stress Response
Philip Gehrman

Teaching and Learning

Self and Peer Assessment: A Key to learning-centered teaching
Phyllis Blumberg, Ph.D.

 

 
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