Come support our graduate students at the sixth annual UO Graduate Student Research Forum! 

Thirteen chemistry graduate students will be participating in the Forum on Friday, February 20, at the Ford Alumni Center. The event provides UO graduate students with an opportunity to present their research and creative work to peers, professionals and professors.

DIXON AWARDS – 1:00-2:00PM

Room 403, Ford Alumni Center

Abcam SimpleStep™ ELISA – Presenter: Leticia Montoya

Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells – Presenter: Andrew Ritenour

POSTER PROFILES – 2:00-4:00PM

Giustina Ballroom, Ford Alumni Center

Par Complex-Directed Protein Polarization Using Phosphorylation-Regulated Membrane – Matthew Bailey

Counter-Ion Effects on Surfactant Assembly at the Oil-Water Interface of Reverse Emulsions – Presenter: Andrew Carpenter

Modifications to Toxic CUG RNAs Induce Structural Stability – Presenter: Elaine deLorimier

Computational Studies of Methylglyoxal at the Air-Water Interface – Presenter: Brittany Gordon

Synthetic MBNL1 Design: Creating a Higher Activity RNA Binding Protein – Presenter: Melissa Hale

Advanced Characterization of Aqueous Inorganic Nanoscale Clusters – Presenter: Milton Jackson, Jr.

RBFOX1 Modulation of MBNL1 Regulated Splicing Events – Presenter: Sunny Ketchum

Tracking Platinum-Based Anticancer Drugs in the Cell to Improve Drug Effectiveness – Presenter: Kory Plakos

How Do Platinum Drugs Affect Triple-Negative Breast Cancer? – Presenter: Emily Reister

Transcriptomic Profiling of Myotonic Dystrophy Patient-derived Tissues: Applications in Basic and Translational Research – Presenter: Adam Struck

Probing the Nanoscale: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Didodecylquaterthiophene – Presenter: Benjamen Taber