Merck-AAAS

Undergraduate Science Research Program

2004-2006 Merck Scholars:

Dora Castillo	2004	Ibijoke Akinjobi	2005	Sheel Patel	2006
David Clements	2004	Deserah Strand	2005	Deborah Gaddis	2006
Kirstin Seufert	2004	Saman NematBakhsh	2005	Jaclyn Waier	2006
Brandon Seda	2004	Ivan Stefanov	2005	Kalisa Phifer	2006
Hazem Kanaan	2004	John Avery	2005	Dayne Fraser	2006

Merck Faculty Mentors:

Dr. Sean Ellermeyer	Dr. Xueya Hauge	Dr. Jerald Hendrix
Dr. Jesse Jaynes	Dr. Paula Jackson	Dr. Marina Koether
Dr. Jennifer Powers	Dr. Heather Sutton	Dr. Dale Vogelien

Presentations Off-Campus Resulting from the Merck-AAAS Grant:

Joseph A. Rodgers, Brandon C. Seda, and Marina Koether. Kinetic and SEC-FAAS Studies of Mixtures of Polymeric and Monomeric Aluminum. The 56th Southeast Regional Meeting 2004 (November 10-13, 2004) Research Triangle Park, NC.

Foster, B, Gunter, M, Seda, B, Koether, M, Sutton, H, Phytotoxicity of monomeric and polymeric aluminum to native wetland species of various growth forms. The Fourth SETAC World Congress and 25th Annual Meeting in North America, 14 - 18 November 2004, Portland, Oregon USA.

Ivan Stefanov, M.C. Koether, H.D. Sutton. Phytotoxicity of monomeric and polymeric aluminum to native wetland plant species. 2005 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, November 3^rd-6^th, 2005, Seattle, WA. (Excellent Poster Award) and 2006 AAAS Annual Meeting, February 16-20, 2006, St. Louis, Missouri (INVITED) and SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - Southeastern Regional Chapter Annual Meeting) and Alabama Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Troy, Alabama, March, 2006 (Best Oral Presentation) and CHED 849, 231^st, ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006.

Deserah Strand, David Clements, Dale Vogelien, Marina Koether. Selection and preliminary ion analysis of C. richardii mutants tolerant to toxic levels of cadmium. 2005 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, November 3^rd-6^th, 2005, Seattle, WA. (Outstanding Poster Award ) and Presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists, March 29- April 1, 2006. Abstract published in SE Biology 53(2): 290.

Dayne D. Fraser and Marina C. Koether. Determining a Cost Effective Coagulant Mixture of Aluminum Sulfate and Polymeric Aluminum Used in Water Treatment. National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 2006 Southeast Regional Meeting, November 10 – 11, Atlanta, GA.

Phifer, KC, Sutton HD, Koether, MC.Toxicity of Al₁₃⁷⁺ As Compared With Al ³⁺ To Agricultural and Wetland Plants. Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. at the Joint Carolina and Southeast SETAC meeting, Athens, GA April 2007.(Best Poster Award)

Waier, Jaclyn, Jackson, Paula C. A first look at the physiology of cypripedium acaule (Pink Lady’s Slipper) compared to two other understory plants: asarum canadense (Wild Ginger), and quercus sp. (Oak Sapling). 68^th Annual Meeting of The Association of Southeastern Biologists, Columbia, SC, April 18-21, 2007.

Presentations On-Campus Resulting from the Merck-AAAS Grant:

Dora Castillo, Xueya Hauge, Jennifer Powers. P-glycoprotein: Overexpression and Role in Steroid Transport. Tenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 8, 2005.

David Clements, Dale Lynn Vogelien, Marina Koether. Ion Analysis of Wild Type and Cadmium Tolerant Strains on Ceratopteris richardii. Tenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 8, 2005.

B.C. Seda, B.E. Foster, M.L. Gunter, H. Sutton, M. Koether. Phytotoxicity of monomeric and polymeric aluminum to native wetland species of various growth forms. Tenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 8, 2005.

Kirsten Seufert, Jerald Hendrix, Sean Ellermeyer, Jennifer Powers. Growth Parameters for the Mathematical Modeling of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Tenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 8, 2005.

Hazem Kanaan, Jesse Jaynes, Jennifer Powers. Bioactive Peptides With Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity: The Design and Testing of Novel Lytic Peptides. Tenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 8, 2005.

John Avery, Jesse Jaynes. Bioactive Peptides with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity: the Testing of D2A21. Eleventh Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 7, 2006.

Saman Nematbakhsh, Dale Vogelien. Analysis of Phytochelatin Accumulation in the Sensitive Wild Type Strain of Ceratopteris richardii Exposed to Cadmium Stress. Eleventh Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 7, 2006.

Deserah Strand, David Clements, Dale Vogelien, Marina Koether. Selection and Preliminary Ion Analysis of Ceratopteris richardii Mutants Tolerant to Toxic Levels of Cadmium. Eleventh Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 7, 2006.

Ivan Stefanov, Heather Sutton, Marina Koether. Phytotoxicity of Monomeric and Polymeric Aluminum to Native Wetland Plant Species. Eleventh Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 7, 2006.

Ibijoke Akinjobi, Jennifer Powers, Xueya Hauge. P-glycoprotein: Overexpression and Role of Steroid Transport. Eleventh Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 7, 2006.

Deborah Gaddis, Saman Nematbakhsh, Dale Vogelein, Jennifer Powers. Quantification of Phytochelatins in Ceratopteris richardii Using Tris-Tricine SDS-PAGE and HPLC. Twelfth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 23, 2007.

Kalisa Phifer, Heather Sutton, Marina Koether. Toxicity of Al₁₃⁷⁺ as compared with Al³⁺ to agricultural and wetland plants. Twelfth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 23, 2007.

Jackie Waier, Paula Jackson. A First Look at the Physiology of Cypripedium acaule (pink lady’s slipper) compared to two other understory species. Twelfth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 23, 2007.

Dayne Fraser, Marina Koether. Determining A Cost Effective Coagulant Mixture Of Aluminum Sulfate And Polymeric Aluminum Used In Water Treatment. Twelfth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 23, 2007.

Sheel Patel, Monir Clark, Jennifer Powers. P-glycoprotein: Role in Cortisol Transport. Twelfth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, April 23, 2007.