10:20
- Room 7: REU Chemistry (group A)
Presenter: Carlos Ventura (Adelphi University)
Title: Computational development of Trichomonas vaginalis nucleoside hydrolase inhibitors
Faculty mentor: Dr. Iwao Ojima (Chemistry) - Room 8: REU Chemistry (group B)
Presenter: Ada Eke (Wellesley College)
Title: Investigation and Synthesis of possible SARS-CoV-2 Mpro degraders
Faculty mentor: Dr. Peter Tonge (Chemistry)
10:30
- Room 7: REU Chemistry (group A)
Presenter: Sharena Brown (Grinnell College)
Title: Designed Disulfide May Prevent Fusion Machinery of SARS CoV 2 Protein Spike
Faculty mentor: Dr. Carlos Simmerling (Chemistry) - Room 8: REU Chemistry (group B)
Presenter: Evan Neu (Trinity College)
Title: Simulating Smog Formation in Titan’s Atmosphere
Faculty mentor: Dr. Trevor Sears (Chemistry)
10:40
- Room 7: REU Chemistry (group A)
Presenter: Kezia Kelly (Adelphi University)
Title: Comparing the membrane fusion mechanisms in SARS, SARS-CoV-2 and MHV
Faculty mentor: Dr. Carlos Simmerling (Chemistry) - Room 8: REU Chemistry (group B)
Presenter: Max Buskirk (California Polytechnic State University)
Title: Computational High-Resolution 2D-IR Spectroscopy of CO and CH3Cl
Faculty mentor: Dr. Thomas Allison (Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy)
10:50
- Room 7: REU Chemistry (group A)
Presenter: Kevin Torres (John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
Title: Quantifying the Effects of Solvents on the Emission Spectrum of Fluorescent Dyes
Faculty mentor: Dr. Benjamin Levine, Dr. Arshad Mehmood (Chemistry) - Room 8: REU Chemistry (group B)
Presenter: Emily Alvarez-Toucet (University of Puerto Rico Cayey Campus)
Title: Analysis on the Stem Region of Folded RNAs Simulated with Molecular Dynamics Methods
Faculty mentor: Dr. Maria Nagan (Chemistry)
11:00
- Room 7: REU Chemistry (group A)
Presenter: Danika Heaney (Wellesley College)
Title: Investigating Iodine Containing Structures for Atmospheric New Particle Formation
Faculty mentor: Dr. Christopher Johnson (Chemistry) - Room 8: REU Chemistry (group B)
Presenter: Emily Haines (The College of Wooster)
Title: Characterization of Small RNA Loops From NMR Structures Using a Computational Approach
Faculty mentor: Dr. Maria Nagan (Chemistry)
11:10
- Room 7: REU Chemistry (group A)
Presenter: Kirsta Foote (Iona College)
Title: Aggregation behavior of bovine gamma globulin in varying salts
Faculty mentor: Dr. Surita Bhatia (Chemistry) - Room 8: REU Chemistry (group 2): go to Room 7
11:20
- Room 7: REU Chemistry (group A & B)
Chemistry REU Wrap Up (all participants please join Room 7)