"Identification of NADPH oxidase isoforms and development of a ROS generation assay in HEK293 cells."
Student: Emilianne McCranie
Faculty: Dr. Nader Moniri, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

"Synthesis of ABT-737 derivatives as ligands for viral Bcl-2 mimics."
Student: Adel Mustafa
Faculty: Dr. David R. Goode, Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts

"Synthesis of peptide and small molecule ligands of viral Bcl-2 mimics."
Student: Leslie Hilding
Faculty: Dr. David R. Goode, Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts

"Extraction of Wheat Germ Histone Variants for use as Transfection Vectors."
Student: Tamaika Floy
Faculty: Dr. G. Ray Green, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

"The use of EMS mutagenesis to identify suppressors of the altered calcium homeostasis phenotypes associated with a phosphoglucomutase mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. "
Student: Julia A. Pendexter, Jonathan S. Wood, Rizza B. Ibañez, Laura Jane Bower, Laurie D. Hughes, Logan D. Smith, Ryan P. Stuart
Mercer Faculty: Dr. David Aiello, Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts
Other Faculty: Dr. Attila M. Miseta, Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical School, Peçs, Hungary

"Structure/function relationships responsible for the varying affinities of human type 1 3ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase (3ßHSD1) and human 3ßHSD2 for substrates and inhibitors."
Student: Katie McQueen
Faculty: Dr. James Thomas, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine; Dr. Kevin Bucholtz,Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts

"Arboreal quadrupedalism and its impact on the mouse body plan."
Student: Hawley Kunz
Faculty: Dr. Craig Byron, Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts

"Effect of novel anti-tumor agents on a cellular signaling enzyme and cell growth."
Student: Brittney Francis
Faculty: Dr. Diane Matesic, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

"Evaluate the prevalence of heterogeneous resistance in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in an era of increased virulence and treatment failure."
Student: Corinne E. Gilmer
Mercer Faculty: Dr. Vanthida Huang, Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Other Faculty: Dr. Sonya Martin, Business Intelligent, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Raritan, NJ

Program Dates: May 18-July 25, 2008

BSTI Research Colloquium:Friday, September 5, 2008, 3-6 p.m. (Macon campus)