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Calculated Vibrational States Of Ozone Up To Dissociation, Steve Alexandre Ndengué, Richard Dawes, Xiaogang Wang, Tucker Carrington Jr., Zhigang Sun, Hua Guo Feb 2016

Calculated Vibrational States Of Ozone Up To Dissociation, Steve Alexandre Ndengué, Richard Dawes, Xiaogang Wang, Tucker Carrington Jr., Zhigang Sun, Hua Guo

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

A new accurate global potential energy surface for the ground electronic state of ozone [R. Dawes et al., J. Chem. Phys. 139, 201103 (2013)] was published fairly recently. The topography near dissociation differs significantly from previous surfaces, without spurious submerged reefs and corresponding van der Waals wells. This has enabled significantly improved descriptions of scattering processes, capturing the negative temperature dependence and large kinetic isotope effects in exchange reaction rates. The exchange reactivity was found to depend on the character of near-threshold resonances and their overlap with reactant and product wavefunctions, which in turn are sensitive to the potential. Here …


Triplex Dna Receptor-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates For Detection Of Oxidized Dna Base, Qingyu Xing Jan 2016

Triplex Dna Receptor-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates For Detection Of Oxidized Dna Base, Qingyu Xing

Theses

Oxidations of DNA nucleobases are believed to be one of the sources of aging and some age-dependent disease, such as cancer. Human body have various mechanisms to repair damaged DNA and base-excision-repair is one mechanism for removing those oxidized nucleobases. This mechanism processes in the cells by cutting the oxidized nucleobases from deoxyribose and letting them excrete though urine. Detection of those abnormal nucleobases in urine has been suggested as a convenient way of early cancer diagnosis. 5-OHU (5-hydroxyuracil), the oxidation product of cytosine, is one of those abnormal nucleobases and it potentially forms base pairs with all four DNA …


Preparation, Characterization, Electrochemistry, And Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry Of Ruthenium Nitrosyl Porphyrins Containing Η1-O Bonded Axial Carboxylates, Dennis Awasabisah, Nan Xu, Krishna P. Sharmah-Gautam, Douglas R. Powell, Michael J. Shaw, George B. Richter-Addo Jan 2016

Preparation, Characterization, Electrochemistry, And Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry Of Ruthenium Nitrosyl Porphyrins Containing Η1-O Bonded Axial Carboxylates, Dennis Awasabisah, Nan Xu, Krishna P. Sharmah-Gautam, Douglas R. Powell, Michael J. Shaw, George B. Richter-Addo

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The synthesis, characterization and redox behavior of eight low-spin nitrosyl carboxylate compounds (por)Ru(NO)(η1-OC(=O)R) (por = T(p-OMe)PP: R = Me (1), i-Pr (2), t-Bu (3), p-C6H4NO2 (4), Fc (5), CF3 (8); por = TTP: R = Fc (6)) and (T(p-OMe)PP)Ru(NO)(OC6HF4) (7) are reported. The compounds are moderately stable in air as solids. Their IR (KBr) spectral data show ʋNO's in the 1839-1861 range cm-1. The X-ray crystal structures of compounds 1 …


Variable Van Der Waals Radii Derived From A Hybrid Gaussian Charge Distribution Model For Continuum-Solvent Electrostatic Calculations, Renlong Ye, Xuemei Nie, Chung Wong, Xuedong Gong, Yan Wang, Thomas Heine, Baojing Zhou Jan 2016

Variable Van Der Waals Radii Derived From A Hybrid Gaussian Charge Distribution Model For Continuum-Solvent Electrostatic Calculations, Renlong Ye, Xuemei Nie, Chung Wong, Xuedong Gong, Yan Wang, Thomas Heine, Baojing Zhou

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Works

We introduce a hybrid Gaussian charge distribution model (HGM) that partitions the molecular electron density into overlapping spherical atomic domains. The semi-empirical HGM consists of atom-centered spherical Gaussian functions and discrete point charges, which are optimized to reproduce the electrostatic potential on the molecular surface as well as the number of electrons in atom-centered and certain off-atom-centered spherical regions as closely as possible. In contrast, our previous Gaussian charge distribution model [J. Chem. Phys. 129, 014509 (2008)] contained only spherical Gaussian functions and was not required to reproduce the number of electrons in off-atom-centered regions. Variable van der Waals (vdW) …


Potential Regulation Of Deadly Water-Borne Shigella Bacteria Pathogenesis Through The Shigella Infection Protein Spa47, Jamie Kingsford Jan 2016

Potential Regulation Of Deadly Water-Borne Shigella Bacteria Pathogenesis Through The Shigella Infection Protein Spa47, Jamie Kingsford

Research on Capitol Hill

  • Shigella is a gram-negative, bacterial pathogen typically found in contaminated water sources.
  • Each year, Shigella is responsible for over 90 million infections and 100,000 deaths stemming from symptoms of severe dysentery, fever, nausea and vomiting.
  • A needle-like apparatus found on the surface of Shigella allows the bacterium to infect host cells.
  • Each needle-apparatus has an associated ATPase, a protein that can hydrolyze ATP into ADP and Pi.
  • The Shigella needle-apparatus ATPase Spa47 is predicted to provide the energy for infection.
  • Spa47 has been shown to be essential for infection – without Spa47, no infection will occur.
  • We were …


Effect Of Base-Pairing Partner On The Thermodynamic Stability Of The Diastereomeric Spiroiminodihydantoin Lesion, Brian Gruessner, Megana Dwarakanath, Elizabeth Stewart, Yoon Bae, Elizabeth R. Jamieson Jan 2016

Effect Of Base-Pairing Partner On The Thermodynamic Stability Of The Diastereomeric Spiroiminodihydantoin Lesion, Brian Gruessner, Megana Dwarakanath, Elizabeth Stewart, Yoon Bae, Elizabeth R. Jamieson

Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Oxidation of guanine by reactive oxygen species and high valent metals produces damaging DNA base lesions like 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG). 8-oxoG can be further oxidized to form the spiroiminodihydantoin (Sp) lesion, which is even more mutagenic. DNA polymerases preferentially incorporate purines opposite the Sp lesion, and DNA glycosylases excise the Sp lesion from the duplex, although the rate of repair is different for the two Sp diastereomers. To further understand the biological processing of the Sp lesion, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies were performed on a series of 15-mer DNA duplexes. The thermal and thermodynamic stability of each of the Sp …


The Dual Regulatory Role Of Amino Acids Leu480 And Gln481 Of Prothrombin, Joesph R. Wiencek, Jamila Hirbawi, Vivien C. Yee, Michael Kalafatis Jan 2016

The Dual Regulatory Role Of Amino Acids Leu480 And Gln481 Of Prothrombin, Joesph R. Wiencek, Jamila Hirbawi, Vivien C. Yee, Michael Kalafatis

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Prothrombin (FII) is activated to α-thrombin (IIa) by prothrombinase. Prothrombinase is composed of a catalytic subunit, factor Xa (fXa), and a regulatory subunit, factor Va (fVa), assembled on a membrane surface in the presence of divalent metal ions. We constructed, expressed, and purified several mutated recombinant FII (rFII) molecules within the previously determined fVa-dependent binding site for fXa (amino acid region 473–487 of FII). rFII molecules bearing overlapping deletions within this significant region first established the minimal stretch of amino acids required for the fVa-dependent recognition exosite for fXa in prothrombinase within the amino acid sequence Ser478–Val479 …


Identification Of Critical Paraoxonase 1 Residues Involved In High Density Lipoprotein Interaction, Xiaodong Gu, Ying Huang, Bruce S. Levison, Gary Gerstenecker, Anthony J. Didonato, Leah B. Hazen, Joonsue Lee, Valentin Gogonea, Joseph A. Didonato, Stanley L. Hazen Jan 2016

Identification Of Critical Paraoxonase 1 Residues Involved In High Density Lipoprotein Interaction, Xiaodong Gu, Ying Huang, Bruce S. Levison, Gary Gerstenecker, Anthony J. Didonato, Leah B. Hazen, Joonsue Lee, Valentin Gogonea, Joseph A. Didonato, Stanley L. Hazen

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is a high density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated protein with atherosclerosis-protective and systemic anti-oxidant functions. We recently showed that PON1, myeloperoxidase, and HDL bind to one another in vivo forming a functional ternary complex (Huang, Y., Wu, Z., Riwanto, M., Gao, S., Levison, B. S., Gu, X., Fu, X., Wagner, M. A., Besler, C., Gerstenecker, G., Zhang, R., Li, X. M., Didonato, A. J., Gogonea, V., Tang, W. H., et al. (2013) J. Clin. Invest. 123, 3815–3828). However, specific residues on PON1 involved in the HDL-PON1 interaction remain unclear. Unambiguous identification of protein residues involved in docking interactions to …


Hyperfine Rather Than Spin Splittings Dominate The Fine Structure Of The B 4Σ-–X 4Σ- Bands Of Aic, Dennis J. Clouthier, Aimable Kalume Jan 2016

Hyperfine Rather Than Spin Splittings Dominate The Fine Structure Of The B 4Σ-–X 4Σ- Bands Of Aic, Dennis J. Clouthier, Aimable Kalume

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Laser-induced fluorescence and wavelength resolved emission spectra of the B 4Σ−–X 4Σ− band system of the gas phase cold aluminum carbide free radical have been obtained using the pulsed discharge jet technique. The radical was produced by electron bombardment of a precursor mixture of trimethylaluminum in high pressure argon. High resolution spectra show that each rotational line of the 0-0 and 1-1 bands of AlC is split into at least three components, with very similar splittings and intensities in both the P- and R-branches. The observed structure was reproduced by assuming b …


Characterization Of 1, 4, 7-Trithiacyclononane, [9]Anes3 As A Potential Toxic Heavy Metal Chelator, Nahid Bakhtari Jan 2016

Characterization Of 1, 4, 7-Trithiacyclononane, [9]Anes3 As A Potential Toxic Heavy Metal Chelator, Nahid Bakhtari

Student Theses and Dissertations

Toxic heavy metal poisoning with metals including lead, mercury, and cadmium, whether in the environment or through ingestion, remains a persistent problem. Remediation of metal contamination and poisoning has generally been treated with chelating agents that bind metals, rendering them inert, and allow for easier removal. Chelation involves the formation of two or more separate coordinate covalent bonds between a polydentate ligand and a single central atom. However, chelators are not without side effects. Due to the similar size of metal ions and lack of specificity of ligands, chelators can also remove beneficial metals like iron and zinc from the …


Orally Active And Selective Tubulin Inhibitors As Anti-Trypanosome Agents, Vishal Nanavaty, Rati Lama, Ranjodh Sandhu, Bo Zhong, Daniel Kulman, Viharika Bobba, Anran Zhao, Bibo Li, Bin Su Jan 2016

Orally Active And Selective Tubulin Inhibitors As Anti-Trypanosome Agents, Vishal Nanavaty, Rati Lama, Ranjodh Sandhu, Bo Zhong, Daniel Kulman, Viharika Bobba, Anran Zhao, Bibo Li, Bin Su

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Objectives: There is an urgent need to develop a safe, effective, orally active, and inexpensive therapy for African trypanosomiasis due to the drawbacks of current drugs. Selective tubulin inhibitors have the potential to be promising drug candidates for the treatment of this disease, which is based on the tubulin protein structural difference between mammalian and trypanosome cells. We propose to identify novel tubulin inhibitors from a compound library developed based on the lead compounds that selectively target trypanosomiasis. Methods: We used Trypanosoma brucei brucei as the parasite model, and human normal kidney cells and mouse microphage cells as the host …


Structural Insights Into High Density Lipoprotein: Old Models And New Facts, Valentin Gogonea Jan 2016

Structural Insights Into High Density Lipoprotein: Old Models And New Facts, Valentin Gogonea

Chemistry Faculty Publications

The physiological link between circulating high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels and cardiovascular disease is well-documented, albeit its intricacies are not well-understood. An improved appreciation of HDL function and overall role in vascular health and disease requires at its foundation a better understanding of the lipoprotein's molecular structure, its formation, and its process of maturation through interactions with various plasma enzymes and cell receptors that intervene along the pathway of reverse cholesterol transport. This review focuses on summarizing recent developments in the field of lipid free apoA-I and HDL structure, with emphasis on new insights revealed by newly published nascent and …


Adsorption And Unfolding Of A Single Protein Triggers Nanoparticle Aggregation, Lydia Kisley Jan 2016

Adsorption And Unfolding Of A Single Protein Triggers Nanoparticle Aggregation, Lydia Kisley

Faculty Scholarship

The response of living systems to nanoparticles is thought to depend on the protein corona, which forms shortly after exposure to physiological fluids and which is linked to a wide array of pathophysiologies. A mechanistic understanding of the dynamic interaction between proteins and nanoparticles and thus the biological fate of nanoparticles and associated proteins is, however, often missing mainly due to the inadequacies in current ensemble experimental approaches. Through the application of a variety of single molecule and single particle spectroscopic techniques in combination with ensemble level characterization tools, we identified different interaction pathways between gold nanorods and bovine serum …


Phase Transition Enthalpy Measurements Of Organic And Organometallic Compounds. Sublimation, Vaporization And Fusion Enthalpies From 1880 To 2015. Part 1. C1 − C10, William Acree, James Chickos Jan 2016

Phase Transition Enthalpy Measurements Of Organic And Organometallic Compounds. Sublimation, Vaporization And Fusion Enthalpies From 1880 To 2015. Part 1. C1 − C10, William Acree, James Chickos

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Works

A compendium of phase change enthalpies published in 2010 is updated to include the period 1880–2015. Phase change enthalpies including fusion, vaporization, and sublimation enthalpies are included for organic, organometallic, and a few inorganic compounds. Part 1 of this compendium includes organic compounds from C1 to C10. Part 2 of this compendium, to be published separately, will include organic and organometallic compounds from C11 to C192. Sufficient data are presently available to permit thermodynamic cycles to be constructed as an independent means of evaluating the reliability of the data. Temperature adjustments of phase change enthalpies from the temperature of measurement …


Kdac8 With High Basal Velocity Is Not Activated By N-Acetylthioureas, Tasha B. Toro, Subramanya Pingali, Thao P. Nguyen, Destane S. Garrett, Kyra A. Dodson, Kyara A. Nichols, Rashad A. Haynes, Florastina Payton-Stewart, Terry J. Watt Jan 2016

Kdac8 With High Basal Velocity Is Not Activated By N-Acetylthioureas, Tasha B. Toro, Subramanya Pingali, Thao P. Nguyen, Destane S. Garrett, Kyra A. Dodson, Kyara A. Nichols, Rashad A. Haynes, Florastina Payton-Stewart, Terry J. Watt

Faculty and Staff Publications

Lysine deacetylases (KDACs) are enzymes that reverse the post-translational modification of lysine acetylation. Recently, a series of N-acetylthioureas were synthesized and reported to enhance the activity of KDAC8 with a fluorogenic substrate. To determine if the activation was general, we synthesized three of the most potent N-acetylthioureas and measured their effect with peptide substrates and the fluorogenic substrate under multiple reaction conditions and utilizing two enzyme purification approaches. No activation was observed for any of the three N-acetylthioureas under any assayed conditions. Further characteriza- tion of KDAC8 kinetics with the fluorogenic substrate yielded a k cat /K M of 164 …


Pore Structure And Synergy In Antimicrobial Peptides Of The Magainin Family, Almudena Pino-Angeles, John M. Leveritt Iii, Themis Lazaridis Jan 2016

Pore Structure And Synergy In Antimicrobial Peptides Of The Magainin Family, Almudena Pino-Angeles, John M. Leveritt Iii, Themis Lazaridis

Publications and Research

Magainin 2 and PGLa are among the best-studied cationic antimicrobial peptides. They bind preferentially to negatively charged membranes and apparently cause their disruption by the formation of transmembrane pores, whose detailed structure is still unclear. Here we report the results of 5–9 μs all-atom molecular dynamics simulations starting from tetrameric transmembrane helical bundles of these two peptides, as well as their stoichiometric mixture, and the analog MG-H2 in DMPC or 3:1 DMPC/DMPG membranes. The simulations produce pore structures that appear converged, although some effect of the starting peptide arrangement (parallel vs. antiparallel) is still observed on this timescale. The peptides …


Fortilin Potentiates The Peroxidase Activity Of Peroxiredoxin-1 And Protects Against Alcohol-Induced Liver Damage In Mice, Owen M. Mcdougal Jan 2016

Fortilin Potentiates The Peroxidase Activity Of Peroxiredoxin-1 And Protects Against Alcohol-Induced Liver Damage In Mice, Owen M. Mcdougal

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

Fortilin, a pro-survival molecule, inhibits p53-induced apoptosis by binding to the sequence-specific DNA-binding domain of the tumor suppressor protein and preventing it from transcriptionally activating Bax. Intriguingly, fortilin protects cells against ROS-induced cell death, independent of p53. The signaling pathway through which fortilin protects cells against ROS-induced cell death, however, is unknown. Here we report that fortilin physically interacts with the antioxidant enzyme peroxiredoxin-1 (PRX1), protects it from proteasome-mediated degradation, and keeps it enzymatically active by blocking its deactivating phosphorylation by Mst1, a serine/threonine kinase. At the whole animal level, the liver-specific overexpression of fortilin reduced PRX1 phosphorylation in the …


Methane Emissions As Energy Reservoir: Context, Scope, Causes And Mitigation Strategies, Xiaoli Chai, David J. Tonjes, Devinder Mahajan Jan 2016

Methane Emissions As Energy Reservoir: Context, Scope, Causes And Mitigation Strategies, Xiaoli Chai, David J. Tonjes, Devinder Mahajan

Technology & Society Faculty Publications

Methane (CH4) is now considered a bridge fuel between present fossil (carbon) economy and desired renewables and this energy molecule is projected to play an important role in the global energy mix well beyond 2035. The atmospheric warming potential of CH4 is 28-36 times, when averaged over a 100-year period, that of carbon dioxide (CO2) and this necessitates a close scrutiny of global CH4 emissions inventory. As the second most abundant greenhouse gas (GHG), the annual global CH4 emissions were 645 million metric tons (MMT), accounting for 14.3% of the global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Of this, five key anthropogenic sources: …


The Role Of Open Lead Interactions In Atmospheric Ozone Variability Between Arctic Coastal And Inland Sites, Peter K. Peterson, Kerri A. Pratt, William R. Simpson, Son V. Nghiem, Lemuel X. Pérez Pérez, Eric J. Boone, Denis Pöhler, Johannes Zielcke, Stephan General, Paul B. Shepson, Udo Frieß, Ulrich Platt, Brian H. Stirm Jan 2016

The Role Of Open Lead Interactions In Atmospheric Ozone Variability Between Arctic Coastal And Inland Sites, Peter K. Peterson, Kerri A. Pratt, William R. Simpson, Son V. Nghiem, Lemuel X. Pérez Pérez, Eric J. Boone, Denis Pöhler, Johannes Zielcke, Stephan General, Paul B. Shepson, Udo Frieß, Ulrich Platt, Brian H. Stirm

Chemistry

Boundary layer atmospheric ozone depletion events (ODEs) are commonly observed across polar sea ice regions following polar sunrise. During March-April 2005 in Alaska, the coastal site of Barrow and inland site of Atqasuk experienced ODEs (O3 < 10 nmol mol-1) concurrently for 31% of the observations, consistent with large spatial scale ozone depletion. However, 7% of the time ODEs were exclusively observed inland at Atqasuk. This phenomenon also occurred during one of nine flights during the BRomine, Ozone, and Mercury EXperiment (BROMEX), when atmospheric vertical profiles at both sites showed near-surface ozone depletion only at Atqasuk on 28 March 2012. Concurrent in-flight BrO measurements made using nadir scanning differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) showed the differences in ozone vertical profiles at these two sites could not be attributed to differences in locally occurring halogen chemistry. During both studies, backward air mass trajectories showed that the Barrow air masses observed had interacted with open sea ice leads, causing increased vertical mixing and recovery of ozone at Barrow and not Atqasuk, where the air masses only interacted with tundra and consolidated sea ice. These observations suggest that, while it is typical for coastal and inland sites to have similar ozone conditions, open leads may cause heterogeneity in the chemical composition of the springtime Arctic boundary layer over coastal and inland areas adjacent to sea ice regions.


Development And Validation Of Uplc/Ms/Ms Methods For Quantification Of Gangliosides In The Clinical Study Of Ganglioside Gm3 Synthase Deficiency, Qianyang Huang Jan 2016

Development And Validation Of Uplc/Ms/Ms Methods For Quantification Of Gangliosides In The Clinical Study Of Ganglioside Gm3 Synthase Deficiency, Qianyang Huang

ETD Archive

Gangliosides are a large subclass of glycosphingolipids that structurally characterized by the addition of mono- or poly-sialyated carbohydrate moieties onto the ceramide scaffold. They are presented at significant abundance in the central nervous system of vertebrates. Their interactions with trans-membrane receptors, especially receptor tyrosine kinase, are believed to play critical roles in modulating signal transduction events during cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, and adhesion. Furthermore, the disruption and dysfunction on their metabolism have been found to be associated with various neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson’s disease, and GM3 synthase deficiency. GM3 synthase deficiency (GSD) is a newly identified neurological …


Study Of Electron Transfer Through The Reductase Domain Of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase And Development Of Bacterial Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors, Yue Dai Jan 2016

Study Of Electron Transfer Through The Reductase Domain Of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase And Development Of Bacterial Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors, Yue Dai

ETD Archive

Crystal structure of neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase reductase (nNOSr) implies that large-scale domain motion is essential for electron transfer. However, the details are not well understood. To address this, we generated a functioning “Cys-lite” version of nNOSr and then replaced the nNOSr Glu816 and Arg1229 residues with Cys in the FMN and FAD domains (CL5SS) in order to allow cross-domain disulfide bond formation under pH 9 or to cross-linking using bis-maleimides. Cross-linked CL5SS exhibited a =95% decrease in cytochrome c reductase activity and reduction of the disulfide bond restored the activities. The results demonstrate that a conformational equilibrium involving FMN …


Application Of Advanced Analytical Technologies To Drug Development Studies And Cancer Detection, Ramakrishna Reddy Voggu Jan 2016

Application Of Advanced Analytical Technologies To Drug Development Studies And Cancer Detection, Ramakrishna Reddy Voggu

ETD Archive

In the past decade, bioanalytical method development has become an integral part of the clinical diagnosis, biomarker discovery, and drug discovery and development. The new and emerged bioanalytical techniques allow the quantitative and qualitative analysis of bio molecules with remarkably high sensitivity and specificity. Specifically, these bioanalytical methods based on LC-MS and methylation-specific PCR are well suited for detecting low-abundance metabolites in various biological fluids and DNA in plasma and tissues for biomarker investigation. They offer great clinical promise for early disease diagnosis and therapeutic intervention. This dissertation broadly organized into two parts, part one talks about the application of …


Final Report: Storm Water Pollutant Inputs To The Little Miami River Via Yellow Springs And Birch Creeks, Audrey E. Mcgowin Jan 2016

Final Report: Storm Water Pollutant Inputs To The Little Miami River Via Yellow Springs And Birch Creeks, Audrey E. Mcgowin

Chemistry Faculty Publications

This report describes the results of research performed with funds from the Sture Fredrik Anliot Grant Fund granted in March 2015. The primary aim of the project was to identify and measure various stormwater pollutant inputs to Yellow Springs Creek and Birch Creek into Glen Helen Nature Preserve and then into the Little Miami River in Greene County, Ohio from Spring 2015 to Winter 2016.

In order to better understand pollutant flow into Glen Helen and subsequently into the Little Miami River, three different types of samples were taken. One type of sample was a “grab” sample taken under normal …


Teaching Climate Change Concepts And The Nature Of Science: A Library Activity To Identify Sources Of Climate Change Misconceptions, Charity Flener Lovitt, Kristen S. Shuyler Jan 2016

Teaching Climate Change Concepts And The Nature Of Science: A Library Activity To Identify Sources Of Climate Change Misconceptions, Charity Flener Lovitt, Kristen S. Shuyler

Libraries

A library activity was developed in which students found information about climate science misconceptions from popular and scientific literatures. As part of the activity, students developed a rubric to evaluate the credibility and type of literature sources they found. The activity prepared students to produce an annotated bibliography of articles, which they then used to create a training document about a climate science misconception for staff at a local science center. Evaluation of annotated bibliographies showed that students were able to distinguish between popular and scholarly literature but struggled to identify primary and secondary sources within the scholarly literature. In …


Microbial-Physical Synthesis Of Fe And Fe3o4 Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Aspergillus Niger Yesm1 And Supercritical Condition Of Ethanol, Mai Abdeen, Soraya Sabry, Hanan Ghozlan, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Everett E. Carpenter Jan 2016

Microbial-Physical Synthesis Of Fe And Fe3o4 Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Aspergillus Niger Yesm1 And Supercritical Condition Of Ethanol, Mai Abdeen, Soraya Sabry, Hanan Ghozlan, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Everett E. Carpenter

Chemistry Publications

Magnetic Fe and Fe3O4 (magnetite) nanoparticles are successfully synthesized using Aspergillus niger YESM 1 and supercritical condition of liquids. Aspergillus niger is used for decomposition of FeSO4 and FeCl3 to FeS and Fe2O3, respectively. The produced particles are exposed to supercritical condition of ethanol for 1 hour at 300∘ C and pressure of 850 psi. The phase structure and the morphology measurements yield pure iron and major Fe3O4 spherical nanoparticles with average size of 18 and 50 nm, respectively. The crystal size amounts to 9 nm for Fe and 8 nm for Fe3O4. The magnetic properties are measured to exhibit …


Identification Of Rnase-Resistant Rnas In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Extracts: Separation From Chromosomal Dna By Selective Precipitation, Blanca V. Rodriguez, Eric T. Malczewskyj, Joshua M. Cabiya, L Kevin Lewis, Corina Maeder Jan 2016

Identification Of Rnase-Resistant Rnas In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Extracts: Separation From Chromosomal Dna By Selective Precipitation, Blanca V. Rodriguez, Eric T. Malczewskyj, Joshua M. Cabiya, L Kevin Lewis, Corina Maeder

Chemistry Faculty Research

High-quality chromosomal DNA is a requirement for many biochemical and molecular biological techniques. To isolate cellular DNA, standard protocols typically lyse cells and separate nucleic acids from other biological molecules using a combination of chemical and physical methods. After a standard chemical-based protocol to isolate chromosomal DNA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and then treatment with RNase A to degrade RNA, two RNase-resistant bands persisted when analyzed using gel electrophoresis. Interestingly, such resistant bands did not appear in preparations of Escherichia coli bacterial DNA after RNase treatment. Several enzymatic, chemical, and physical methods were employed in an effort to remove the resistant …


C-Reactive Protein Interactions With Cellular Membranes And Supported Lipid Bilayers, Aml Abd Alhamed Alnaas Jan 2016

C-Reactive Protein Interactions With Cellular Membranes And Supported Lipid Bilayers, Aml Abd Alhamed Alnaas

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

C-reactive protein (CRP) is a serum protein that binds to damaged membranes and initiates the complement immune response. Different forms of CRP are thought to alter how the body responds to inflammation and the degradation of foreign material. Despite knowing that a modified form of CRP(mCRP) binds to downstream protein binding partners better than the native pentameric form, the role of CRP conformation on lipid binding is yet unknown. In this work, three main assays were performed to characterize how conformation affects CRP-membrane interactions. The first assay utilized supported lipid bilayers that mimic the plasma membrane of apoptotic cells. The …


Source Apportionment Of Atmospheric Particulate Matter In Developing Countries Using Trace Elements And Stable Metal Isotope Ratios, Nitika Dewan Jan 2016

Source Apportionment Of Atmospheric Particulate Matter In Developing Countries Using Trace Elements And Stable Metal Isotope Ratios, Nitika Dewan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The work presented herein details the source apportionment of atmospheric particulate matter in developing countries (Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, metropolitan cities in Northern India, and Shenzhen in China) using trace elements and stable metal isotope ratios. The first study focused on the development of a novel method for the concomitant separation of rare-earth elements in environmental samples of any geological origin. The separation procedure is based on three extraction chromatographic materials, referred to as Sr.Spec, TRU.Spec, and Ln.Spec. This triple column arrangement enables the simultaneous isolation of pure Sr and Nd fractions in less than one day and with great …


Quinolines: Novel Synthesis And Derivatives Of Heterocyclic Bioactive Agents, Ginelle A. Ramann Jan 2016

Quinolines: Novel Synthesis And Derivatives Of Heterocyclic Bioactive Agents, Ginelle A. Ramann

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Tuberculosis is a pulmonary disease that has ravaged the world throughout history. Even today, many developed and developing countries are experiencing this plight, made worse by the scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis's class II fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase presents an interesting target in the design of new therapies against this disease. Previous attempts to construct an inhibitor to this enzyme fell short due to poor selectivity or poor cellular uptake. However a new class of noncompetitive inhibitor based on 8-hydoxyquinoline-2-carboxylic acid presents a fresh approach. Preliminary studies indicate various modifications to this scaffold could be beneficial to its inhibitory efficacy.

Modifications …


Hydrogen Production With A Simple And Scalable Membraneless Electrolyzer, Glen O'Neil, Corey D. Christian, David E. Brown, Daniel V. Esposito Jan 2016

Hydrogen Production With A Simple And Scalable Membraneless Electrolyzer, Glen O'Neil, Corey D. Christian, David E. Brown, Daniel V. Esposito

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Ion-conducting membranes are essential components in many electrochemical devices, but they often add substantial cost, limit performance, and are susceptible to degradation. This work investigates membraneless electrochemical flow cells for hydrogen production from water electrolysis that are based on angled mesh flow-through electrodes. These devices can be fabricated with as few as three parts (anode, cathode, and cell body), reflecting their simplicity and potential for low-cost manufacture. 3D printing was used to fabricate prototype electrolyzers that were demonstrated to be electrolyte agnostic, modular, and capable of operating with minimal product crossover. Prototype electrolyzers operating in acidic and alkaline solutions achieved …