2009 Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Conferences

Affordable Alternative Energy at the Community Level

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Analysis of Sulfated Glycosaminoglycan Binding Sites Within Type XI Collagen

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Antibiotic Resistance and the Pentapeptides: Novel Antibacterial Agents For Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Basque DNA: An Investigation and Comparison of 17 Y-Chromosome Microsatellite Loci of the Local Basque Population - Euskal Herriko Eta Euskal

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Bithionol Sulfone as Potential Carbonyl Reductase Inhibitor

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Dendrochronology and Climate Response in the Coral Pink Sand Dunes

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Determining the Ability of Resveratrol to Inhibit HCBR Activity

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Development of a Recombinant Protein Expression System for the Homogenious Production of Human Carbonyl Reductase

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Development of Bioluminescent Mammary Cancer Cells with Knocked Down Expression of OSM for Detection of Bone Metastasis in Vivo

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Drainage Basin Influences on Alluvial Fan Processes in the Lost River Range, Idaho

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Effect of Change in Precipitation Due to Climate Change on Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Effects of Sea Snail Conotoxins on Acetycholine Binding Protein

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Effects of TCDD on Proliferation of the UMR-106 Osteoblast Cell Line

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Enhancing PCR Amplification From Diluted DNA Samples Using Experimental Formulas from Biomatrica

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Evaluation of MTA/SAH Nucleosidase Inhibitors as Potential Antibiotics for Lyme Disease

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Evidence of Antibiotic Contamination in an Idaho Stream: A Service-Learning Project in Biochemistry Lab

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Field Portable Sensor for Direct Detection of Mercury in Aqueous Media and in Crude Oil

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

From Atoms to Memory: Characterization of Chalcogenide Glasses for use in Zero-Field- Splitting Based Non-Volatile Memory Devices

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Going Green at Boise State University

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Heat-Shock Proteins as a Tool for Measuring Stress in American Kestrels (Falco Sparverius) Nesting Along a Human Disturbance Gradient

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

How to Get the Most Out of a Conference

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Identifying Markers of Heavy Metal Contamination in Idaho Streams: A Service-Learning Project in Biochemistry Lab

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Improving Anthracycline Therapy Through Carbonyl Reductase Inhibition

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Influence of Biological Soil Crust and Litter on Bromus Tectorum Establishment Under Natural Conditions

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Initial Investigations into the Synthesis and Elect rochemical Polymerization of Thiophene- Based Molecular-Imprinted Polymers for use as Benzene Sensor Electrodes

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Intercalation Process of Acidic Ions into Graphite Atomic Steps Studied by Electrochemical-Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Investigation of Lead Isotope Ratio in Minerals form the Lemhi Pass District , Idaho

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Investigation of the C10 Electrophilic Site in DNA Interstrand Cross-Linking by Synthetic Aziridinomitosenes

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Investigation of the Coenzyme Binding Mechanism of Carbonyl Reductase Using Fluorescence

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Investing the Role of Carbonyl Reductase in Anthracycline Metabolism

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Ion-selective Electrode for the Voltametric Determination of Trace, Aqueous Uranium Concentrations

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

LC/ESI-MS Identification of Tyrosine O-Sulfation Sites Within Col 11a1 Protein Isoforms

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Mapping of the Bull Lake and Pinedale Glaciations in the Lost River Range, Idaho, Based on Carbonate Coat Thicknesses of Geomorphic Features

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Numerical Methods for Thermal Convection with Applications to the Earth’s Mantle

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Prediction of the Structure of an Unknown Collagen Type IX-Like Protein Using Homologous Computational Chemical Calculations

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Preparation of Zn(II) Complexes Containing N2S Donor Atom Sets

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Primary and Secondary Dormancy in Lomatium Dissectum Seeds

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Purification of Novel Shiga Toxin Based Vaccine

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Regulation of Cyclin E Turnover by the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Relationships Between the Timing of Snowmelt and Crop Production in Camas County , Idaho

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Resistance is Not Futile: Computational Directed Design of Combatant Pentapeptides

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Scanning Probe Microscopy of Interfacial Water Confined Between Silica Surfaces

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Soil Water Repellency and Ground Cover Effects on Runoff and Erosion in Response to Prescribed Burning of a Steeply Sloped Sagebrush Hill Slope

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Synthesis of Fluorescently Labeled Aziridinomitosenes to Study the Cellular Fate of Potential Cancer Therapy Agents

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Synthesis of Quinone-Substituted Aziridinomitosenes to Further Investigate the DNA-Binding Mechanism of Potential Anticancer Drugs

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

The Role of Collagen α1(XI) in Mineralization

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

The Role of OSM in Breast Cancer Cell-Promoted Steoclastogenesis

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy of Ferroelectric Thin Films and Superlattices

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Using the Thickness of Pedogenic Carbonate Coatings as a Proxy for Ages of Alluvial Fan Abandonment in the Lost River Range of Eastern Idaho

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM