Summer 2013 Project Descriptions

2013

Chemistry

Function and mechanism of acyltransferases involved in head-group acylated qlycerophospholipids biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

Teresa Garrett tegarrett@vassar.edu

Studies in Titanium Mediated Asymmetric Lewis Acid Catalysis

Joe Tanski jotanski@vassar.edu

Relating chemical and biological studies on natural antioxidants

Miriam Rossi rossi@vassar.edu

Lipidomic analysis of the symbiosis between the anemone Aiptasia pallida and its dinoflaggellate symbiont Symbiodinum

Teresa Garrett tegarrett@vassar.edu and
Jodi Schwarz joschwarz@vassar.edu

Chemical Vapor Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes on Silicon Wafers

Chris Smart chsmart@vassar.edu

GCMS characterization of Sarawak, Indian and North American ambers (Arkansas and Wyoming)

Sarjit Kaur sakaur@vassar.edu

Arsenic species under different conditions using materials from the Rifle, CO field site

Alison Keimowitz alkeimowitz@vassar.edu

Sediment contamination in the wake of Super Storm Sandy

Alison Keimowitz alkeimowitz@vassar.edu

Structure and Function of the Microtubule Associated Protein Tau

Zachary Donhauser zadonhauser@vassar.edu