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The full technical program, as laid out in the conference book, can be downloaded directly from this location. This PDF shows the time and location of every presentation, and it includes an author list. At present, only the Thursday morning sessions are listed; the full content will be added to this page soon.

Thursday morning

Thursday, June 3, 8:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants

Diagnosis and Therapy

Kellas 101

Organizer/Presider: Emanuela Andreescu

8:30 142 Electrochemiluminescence Arrays for Toxicity and Oxidative Stress Screening. James Rusling1, Sadogopan Krishnan1, Linlin Zhao1, Dharamainder Choudhary2 and John Schenkman2, (1)University of Connecticut, (2)University of Connecticut

9:00 143 DNA Unwinding and Oxidative Damage Caused by Toxicants. Maria Hepel and Magdalena Stobiecka, State University of New York at Potsdam

9:20 144 Comparative Analysis of Quercetin Oxidation by Electrochemical, Enzymatic, Autooxidation and Free Radical Generation Techniques. Wunmi Sadik and Ailing Sadik, SUNY-Binghamton

9:40 Intermission

9:55 145 Antioxidant Effects of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles in an In-Vitro Mouse Hippocampal Brain Slice Model of Ischemia. Ana Y. Estevez1,2, Praveen Chatani1, Johanna Ludington1, Abigail Lynch1, William P. Mosenthal1, James C. Leiter4, E. Silvana Andreescu3 and Joseph S. Erlichman1, (1)St. Lawrence University, (2)St. Lawrence University, (3)Clarkson University, (4)Dartmouth Medical School

10:15 146 Iron Chelation and Oxidative Stress: A Controversial Relationship. Artem Melman1, Fadi Bou-Abdallah2 and Xing Xing Liu1, (1)Clarkson University, (2)State University of New York at Potsdam

10:35 147 Analysis of Transient Protein-Protein Interactions within EphB2-Dependent Signaling. Christopher Talbot, Izabela Sokolowska, Supriya Mathur, Jonathan Samson, Melissa Butkiewicz, Rama Yakubu and Costel C. Darie, Clarkson University

10:55 148 Immunoaffinity-Mass Spectrometry Approach for Identification of N-Formyl Kynurenine in Proteins. Irina Perdivara1, Marilyn Ehrenshaft2, Ronald P. Mason2 and Kenneth B. Tomer1, (1)NIEHS/NIH, (2)NIEHS/NIH

Thursday, June 3, 8:55 AM - 11:50 AM

Nanotechnology: Emerging analytical/bioanalytical & medical applications

Kellas 102

Organizer/Presider: Chuanjian Zhong

8:55 Introductory Remarks

9:00 155 Quantum Dots for Sensing and Bioimaging. Mathew M. Maye, Hyunjoo Han, Joshua Zylstra and Corey Hine, Syracuse University

9:30 156 Nanotechnology and Non-Traditional Methods of Cancer Detection. Igor Sokolov1,2,3, Maxim E. Dokukin1, Ravi M. Gaikwad1, Nataliia V. Guz1 and Craig D. Woodworth4, (1)Clarkson University, (2)Clarkson University, (3)Clarkson University, (4)Clarkson University

10:00 157 Optical Biosensors That Exploit Plasmon Coupling in Noble Metal Nanoparticles Mediated by a Bioresponsive Hydrogel. Ihor Tokarev, Iryna Tokareva, Venkateshwarlu Gopishetty, Evgeny Katz and Sergiy Minko, Clarkson University

10:20 Intermission

10:30 158 Resonance Elastic Light Scattering (RELS) Spectroscopy for Monitoring Biomolecule-Induced Gold Nanoparticle Assembly. Maria Hepel and Magdalena Stobiecka, State University of New York at Potsdam

10:50 159 Nanoporous Metal Substrates: Electrochemical Processing and Surface Area Measurements. Nikolay Dimitrov1, Yihua Liu1 and Stoyan Bliznakov2, (1)Binghamton University-SUNY, (2)Brookhaven National Laboratory

11:20 160 Probing Interfacial Interactions of Bacteria on Nanoparticles and Substrates with Different Surface Properties. Jin Luo, Linyang Wang, Elizabeth Crew, Rameshwori Loukrakpam, Jun Yin and Chuan-Jian Zhong, State University of New York at Binghamton

Thursday, June 3, 9:00 AM - 12:10 PM

Detection of Protein Biomarkers for Medical Applications

Kellas 103

Organizer/Presider: James Rusling

9:00 161 Cancer Biomarkers for the Realization of Personalized Medicine. Vyomesh Patel, National Institute of Craniofacial and Dental Research, NIH

9:30 162 The Path to Absolute Protein Quantification Using LC-MS. Ala F. Nassar1, Jim F. Rusling1, Dustin C. Yaworsky2 and David Heywood2, (1)University of Connecticut, (2)Waters Corporation

10:00 163 Ultrathroughput Mass Spectrometry for Quantifying Apical Plasma Membrane CFTR. Bekim Bajrami, Pamela Diego and Xudong Yao, University of Connecticut

10:30 164 New Proteomics Approaches for Identification, Quantitation and Validation of New Serum Biomarkers. Izabela Sokolowska1, Supriya Mathur1, Melissa Butkiewicz1, Rama Yakubu1, Jonathan Samson1, Christopher Talbot1, Mary Ann Gawinowicz2, Alisa G. Woods3 and Costel C. Darie1, (1)Clarkson University, (2)Columbia University, (3)Padure Biomedical Consulting

11:00 Intermission

11:20 165 New Proteomics Approaches for Identification of Serum Biomarkers. Izabela Sokolowska, Supriya Mathur and Costel Darie, Clarkson University

11:40 166 Biocomputing Coding Concept Approach Based on Parallel and Multiplexed Enzyme Logic Gates for Multi-Injury Diagnosis. Evgeny Katz1, Joseph Wang2, Jan Halámek1, Joshua R. Windmiller2, Jian Zhou1, Min-Chieh Chuang2, Padmanabhan Santhosh2, Guinevere Strack1, Mary A. Arugula1, Soujanya Chinnapareddy1 and Vera Bocharova1, (1)Clarkson University, (2)University of California

Thursday, June 3, 9:00 AM - 12:20 PM

Organic Chemistry- Session A, Metals in Organic Synthesis

Kellas 104

Organizers: Steven Diver, Fehmi Damkaci

Presider: Steven Diver

9:00 Introductory Remarks

9:05 171 Transformations Utilizing Ruthenium Hydrides for the Synthesis of Conjugated Systems. Daniel A. Clark, Syracuse University

9:30 172 Mechanism of the Copper-Promoted Intramolecular Aminooxygenation of Alkenes. Monissa C. Paderes, Jerome B. Keister and Sherry R. Chemler, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

9:55 173 Regio- and Stereoselective Hydroformylation Using a Catalytic Directing Group. Kian Tan, Boston College

10:35 Intermission

10:45 174 Asymmetric Ring-Expanding Enyne Metathesis. William S. Karnofel and Steven T. Diver, University at Buffalo

11:10 175 Lewis Acid Mediated Ring Fragmentations: A Concise Route to Polycyclic 2,5-Dihydropyrroles from a-SilyloxyKetones. Matthias Brewer, Qiufeng Huang, Cristian Draghici and Ali Bayir, The University of Vermont

11:50 176 Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroarylation of Alkynes. Derek J. Schipper, Marieke Hutchinson and Keith Fagnou, University of Ottawa

12:15 Concluding Remarks

Thursday, June 3, 8:30 AM - 11:40 AM

Smart Polymer Materials and Hybrid Systems

Kellas 105

Organizer/Presider: Sergiy Minko

8:30 149 Wall Structure and Permeability in “Breathing” Vesicles. Shaoyong Yu and Adi Eisenberg, McGill University

9:00 150 Responsive Assemblies of Block Copolymer Micelles. Svetlana A. Sukhishvili, Stevens Institute of Technology

9:30 151 Biomimetic Thermally Responsive Collagen Systems. Martin A. Case1,2, Lyndelle T. LeBruin1 and Sunandan Banerjee1, (1)University of Vermont, (2)University of Vermont

10:00 152 Cyclic Poly(2-Isopropyl-2-Oxazoline): Synthesis and Heat-Induced Phase Transition of Their Solutions in Water. Xing-Ping Qiu and Françoise M. Winnik, University of Montreal

10:20 Intermission

10:40 153 Structural Flexibility in DNA Guided Nanoparticle Assemblies. Dmytro Nykypanchuk1, Mathew M. Maye2 and Oleg Gang1, (1)Brookhaven National Laboratory, (2)Syracuse University

11:10 154 Polymer Films with Optically Controlled Form and Actuation on a Nanometer Scale. Svetlana Santer, University of Potsdam, Germany.

Thursday, June 3, 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Green Chemistry in Industry for a Sustainable World

Kellas 106

Organizer/Presider: Berkeley Cue

9:00 Introductory Remarks

9:10 167 Chemical Enterprise in the 21st Century. Robert Peoples, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

9:55 168 Explore New Chemical Reacticities for Synthetic Efficiency. Chao-Jun Li, McGill University

10:30 Intermission

10:45 169 Patent Law for Green Technology: New Initiatives, Old Principles. Andrew Cohen, Jones Day

11:15 170 Stabilized Alkali Metals for Safer, Sustainable Synthesis. Paul F. Vogt, SiGNa Chemistry, Inc.

11:45 Panel Discussion

Thursday, June 3, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Nanotechnology and the Environment

Kellas 217

Organizer/Presider: Suresh Dhaniyala

8:30 138 Practical Incorporation of Nanomaterials in Process and Products. Alan Rae, TPF Enterprises LLC

9:10 139 Deposition of Highly Dispersed Pt Nanoparticles on Ceramic Substrates. Ionel Halaciuga1, Mihaela Jitianu2 and Dan Goia1, (1)Clarkson University, (2)Rutgers, The State University of NJ

9:30 Intermission

9:40 140 Design and Photocatalytic Applications of Au Nanoparticles Supported on Electrospun TiO2 Nanofibers. Dickson M. Andala, Brian Snyder, Emilly Obuya, Nancy Lai and Wayne E. Jones, Binghamton University

10:10 141 Tailored Electrode Concentration Sensor (TECS) for Nanoparticle Concentration Measurements. Ishara R. J. Hungama Mudalige and Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University

Thursday, June 3, 2010, 8:30 AM - 12:20 PM

Inorganic Chemistry

Dunn 206

Organizer/Presider: Mathew Maye

8:30 123 Covalently-Bridged Spin Ladders: Variable Exchange through Diazine Ligands. Mark M. Turnbull1, Robert T. Butcher1, Christopher P. Landee2, Joaquim Jornet3, Merce Deumal3 and Juan J. Novoa3, (1)Clark University, (2)Clark University, (3)Universitat de Barcelona

8:50 124 Synthesis, Structure, and Thermogravimetric Analysis of Alkaline Earth and Lanthanide Perfluoro-t-Butoxide Complexes. William D. Buchanan and Karin Ruhlandt-Senge, Syracuse University

9:10 125 Coordination Complexes Incorporating Pyrophosphate: Structural Overview and Exploration of Their Diverse Magnetic, Catalytic and Biological Properties. Nadia Marino and Robert P. Doyle, Syracuse University

9:30 126 Possible Involvement of a Super Acid in the Chemistry of Chlorophosphazenes. Claire A. Tessier, Zin-Min Tun, Matthew J. Panzner, Douglas Medvetz, Vincenzo Scionti, Chrys Wesdemiotis and Wiley J. Youngs, University of Akron

9:50 127 Preparation and Characterization of Calcium and Magnesium Phosphonates. Victoria N. K. Bampoh, Yuriko Takahashi and Karin Ruhlandt-Senge, Syracuse University

10:10 128 Effects of Coupled Homogeneous Chemical Reactions on the Response of Large Amplitude AC Voltammetry: Extraction of Kinetic and Mechanistic Information by Fourier Transform Analysis of Higher Harmonic Data. John P. Bullock1 and Alan M. Bond2, (1)Bennington College, (2)Monash University

10:30 Intermission

10:40 129 Synthesis of Alkaline Earth 2-Phenylphenolate Species: Structural Consequences of M-Cπ Interactions. William D. Buchanan, Maria F. Zuniga and Karin Ruhlandt-Senge, Syracuse University

11:00 130 Tuning the Metal-Insulator Phase Transition in VO2 Nanostructures. Luisa Whittaker1, Cherno Jaye2, Daniel Fischer2 and Sarbajit Banerjee1, (1)University at Buffalo, (2)National Institute of Standards and Technology

11:20 131 Non-Hydrolytic Synthesis, Characterization, and Electronic Structure of Colloidal Early Transition Metal Oxide Nanocrystals. Sean W. Depner, Kenneth R. Kort, Hengsong Zhang and Sarbajit Banerjee, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

11:40 132 Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Phase Transition in MxV2O5 Nanostructures. Christopher J. Patridge and Sarbajit Banerjee, SUNY University at Buffalo

12:00 133 Thermal and Morphological Studies of Nanostructured Metal Coated Coaxial Polymer Fibers. Eliud K. Mushibe, Daniel P. Mahoney and Wayne E. Jones, State University of New York at Binghamton

Thursday, June 3, 9:15 AM - 11:35 AM Organic Chemistry- Session B

Dunn 208

Organizers: Steven Diver, Fehmi Damkaci

Presider: Fehmi Damkaci

9:15 Introductory Remarks

9:20 177 Enantioselective Formal Total Synthesis of (+)-Aspergillide C. Joseph D. Panarese and Stephen P. Waters, University of Vermont

9:45 178 Copper(II) Promoted and Catalytic Intra/Intermolecular Diamination of Alkenes. Fatima C. Sequeira, Benjamin W. Turnpenny and Sherry R. Chemler, University at Buffalo

10:10 179 Studies towards the Total Synthesis of Eletefine. Jeremy A. Cody, Ijaz Ahmed and Douglas J. Tusch, Rochester Institute of Technology

10:35 Intermission

10:45 180 Convergent, Stereocontrolled Routes to Tricyclic Systems. Kelley C. Shortsleeves1,2, Adrian D. Hobson1 and Donald B. Konopacki1, (1)Abbott Bioresearch Center, (2)Clark University

11:10 181 An Aldol-Based Approach toward Aflastatin A. Peter H. Fuller, Joseph Young and David A. Evans, Harvard University

Thursday, June 3, 8:30 AM - 12:20 PM

Metals in Living Systems

Timerman 131

Organizer/Presider: Wolff Kirsch

8:30 134 Iron-Sulfur World Theory and Brain Iron Metabolism. Wolff M. Kirsch, Matthew Zabel and Andrew Crofton, Loma Linda University

9:15 Discussion

9:20 135 Quantification of Localized Brain Iron Sources Using Magnetic Resonance Phase Images. Grant Mc Auley1, Matthew Schrag1, Pal Sipos2, Samuel Barnes5, Andre Obenaus3,4,6, E. Mark Haacke5,6,7, Barbara Holshouser6, Harry Vinters8,9 and Wolff Kirsch1, (1)Neurosurgery Center for Research, Training and Education, (2)University of Szeged, (3)Biophysics and Bioengineering, School of Science and Technology, (4)Non-Invasive Imaging Laboratory, (5)MRI Institute for Biomedical Research, (6)Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, (7)Radiobiology Program, Loma Linda University, (8)Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, (9)Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, (10)David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles

10:05 Discussion

10:10 Intermission

10:25 136 Cu/Fe Relationship in Living Systems. Claudius Mueller1,2, Matthew Schrag1 and Wolff M. Kirsch1, (1)Loma Linda University, (2)George Mason University

11:10 Discussion

11:15 137 Mapping Iron, Zinc and Copper in the Alzheimer’s Disease Brain: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis. Matthew Schrag1, Claudius Mueller1,2, Mark A. Smith3 and Wolff M. Kirsch1, (1)Loma Linda University, (2)George Mason University, (3) Case Western Reserve University

12:00 Discussion

12:05 Panel Discussion