Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program
10/30/2009
On October 19, our Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program Students presented their work in the atrium outside the CSB Auditorium. Afterwards, the Merck/AAAS keynote speaker Professor Ann McDermott from Columbia spoke on: "The Secret Lives of Molecules: Probing the Motions of Enzymes." Student researchers, faculty mentors, interested students, faculty, the Dean of the School Science and Engineering (Dan Jelski) and the Provost (Don Christian) were in attendance.
Left: Everyone congregated around the posters and/or the food where all types of subjects were discussed. Right: Angela Acevedo, Optimization of alpha-Pinene derivative house fly attractancy. (Aaron Haselton, Biology and Preeti Dhar, Chemistry).
Left: Kelly Peletz, A study of the strength and character of interaction between cell proteins and potential drugs. (Jeff Reinking, Biology and Pamela St. John, Chemistry). Right: Kerri Clayton, Characterization of anti-predator ink activity in crustacean chemoreceptor neurons. (Tom Nolen, Biology and Frantz Andersen, Chemistry).
Everything seems to revolve around food ... but, you gotta eat!
Left: Juan De Jesus, The effect of ruthenium complex structure on cancer cell cytotoxicity. (Maureen Morrow, Biology and Dan Freedman, Chemistry). Middle: Julio Gonzalez (Assoc Dean), Ann McDermott, Pamela St John and Provost Christian. Right: Ann McDermott and Kerri Clayton (separated at birth?) et al at dinner after Ann's keynote talk.
