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WJC Chemistry in the News
Dr. Lori Wetmore returns to the chemistry faculty in FA 08 after having spent the previous year on leave. She spent the year teaching chemistry in Portugal.
Professor Shane Price joins the faculty in FA 08. Mr. Price has almost completed his dissertation in analytical chemistry at the University of Kansas. He and his wife, Kristin, are both graduates of Jewell.
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Eight students and three faculty members from Jewell attended the 235rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans during April 2007. Students presenting posters were ...
Allyson Fry, "Phase behavior of choline halide/phenylacetic acid mixtures."
Samantha Held, "Synthesis of a novel isatin-based hydroxamic acid histone deacetylase inhibitor."
Natasha Villanueva, "Comparison of QSAR and docking studies of histone deacetylast inhibitors."
Dr. Jason Morrill and Dr. Jeremy Rush were the faculty advisors for these students.
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Jeremy Rush ('99 graduate in chemistry) successfully defended his dissertation at Kansas State University in November 2007. Dr. Rush served from 2005 to 2008 as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Jewell.
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Troy Hawkins (2003 graduate in biochemistry) currently is working on his Ph.D. at Purdue University. He was selected by the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences to receive the "H.E. Umbarger Outstanding Graduate Student in Research" award on April 24, 2007.
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Eleven students and four faculty members from Jewell attended the 233rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago during March 2007. Students presenting posters were ...
Allyson Fry, "Synthesis and surface-plasmon resonance spectroscopy of silver nanoparticles prepared by gas-phase condensation."
Matthew Kastner, "Effect of C-terminal tail truncation in GroEL on protein folding."
Katherine Perko, "Investigation of the cholesterol content distribution within phospholipid bilayer vesicles using fluorescent analysis."
Christopher Pennell, "Investigation of the effect of cholesterol content on phospholipid bilayer vesicle disruption by common amphipathic solvents."
Ashley Baker-Ihde Popejoy, "Investigation of abnormal cell cycle progression and cyclin expression in U138MG glioma cells."
Leah Wahl, "Investigation of hydroxyethyl acetate and hydroxyethyl methacrylate effects on membrane permeability in L929 mouse fibroblast cells."
Dr. Lori Wetmore was the faculty advisor for four of these students.
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Dr. Anne Dema, who served as a faculty member in chemistry since 1993 and as chair since 1996, accepted a full-time position as President Sallee's Chief of Staff in November 2006. Later, she was also named the college's Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness. Dr. Ed Lane, who served as chair of the department from 1986 to 1996, has resumed that position.
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Tim Perkins ('06 graduate in biochemistry) was the co-recipient of the Faculty Award in May 2006. This honor is considered to be the most significant distinction given to a graduating senior. Winners are chosen on the basis of academic achievement and exemplification of the highest ideals of a liberal arts education. Tim will continue his education at the medical school of the University of Missouri.
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William Jewell sent six students to make presentations at the spring 2006 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Atlanta, Georgia. (Drs. Lane, Morrill, Rush, and Wetmore, along with many other students, also attended the meeting.)
The students and their topics were ...
Kelly Jo Easley - Identification of a Protein Responsible for the Downregulation of c-myc Expression in SW837 Colon Carcinoma Cells Upon Treatment with Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
Lynda French - Investigation of Cell Cycle Regulation in L1236 Burkitt's Lympohoma Cells using Cell Cycle Inhibitors
Brooke Henderson - Detection of Cyclophosphamide in Waste Water using GC/MS
Jill Jackson - Effect of C-Terminal Truncations on Negative Cooperativity in Substrate Protein Binding to GroEL
Tim Perkins - Sodium Butyrate Causes an Increase in Antisense Transcription of the c-myc Oncogene in SW837 Colon Carcinoma Cells
Andy Wommack - Total Synthesis of the Molecular Bowl C38H14.
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Dr. Jason Morrill spent a portion of his 2005 summer consulting with the U.S. Army Research Laboratories. He presented his research on energetic materials design at the Army’s Research Lab in Aberdeen, Maryland and is continuing the research collaboration at William Jewell this fall.
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Brian Slaughter ('99 graduate in chemistry) finished his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas in physical chemistry in February 2005. He has accepted a postdoctoral position with the Stowers Institute in Kansas City.
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Marty Teat ('91 graduate in chemistry) received the William Jewell's Distinguished Young Alumni Service Award. Marty is Chief Architect and Diretor of Intellectual Property for Cerner Corporation of Kansas City.
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William Jewell sent three students to make presentations at the spring 2005 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego, California. (Drs. Lane, Morrill, and Wetmore, along with five other students, also attended the meeting.)
The students and their topics were ...
Brian Gillenwater - Fatty Acid Transport in Vascular Smooth MuscleBecky Snead - Modulatory Effect of Taurine on Two Neurotransmitters, Glutamate and Gamma-Amino-Butyric Acid in HCN-2 Neuronal Cells
Courtney Wilson - Low-Dose, Long-Term Cell Cycle Effects Triethyleneglycoldimethylacrylate on L929 Mouse Fibroblast Cells
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Jon Rhoad ('98 graduate in chemistry) finished his Ph.D. in chemistry at the Ohio State University in November 2004. He then worked at the University of Missouri in a postdoctoral position and is now on the faculty at Missouri Western State University.
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The department held a retirement party for Dr. Marvin Dixon in May 2004.
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