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Burden research students with long-term activity

     

Jared Kindt
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2008-

Project(s): Expression of mutant a-Hemolysin, Single molecule microscopy

Posters:

Presentations: Single-Molecule Tracking of Fluorescently Derivatized a-Hemolysin

Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen Burden
Graduation Year: 2009
Current Pursuit: Student
 

Jonathan Lam

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2008-

Project(s): Computer Simulations of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, NFCS Measurements

Posters:

Presentations: Limits of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Complex Solutions

 
Graduation Year: 2010
Current Pursuit: Student
 
     

Derek Bailey
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2007-

Project(s): Expression of mutant a-Hemolysin, Ion channel electrophysiology, Single molecule microscopy

Posters: ASBMB 2008, San Diego, CA: Molecular Biology

ASBMB 2008, San Diego, CA: Electrophysiology

Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2007; "Characterizing Single-Molecule Pore Formation
of Fluorescently Labeled α-Hemolysin" (pdf)

Presentations: Wheaton College Summer Research Program, "Characterzing Single-Molecule Pore Formation of alpha-Hemolysin: Electrophysiology of Lipid Bilayer nanopores" (pdf)

Wheaton College Summer Research Program, "Characterizing Single-Molecule Pore Formation of alpha-Hemolysin: Protein Engineering, Purification and Fluorescent Labeling" (pdf)

Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen Burden
Graduation Year: 2009
Current Pursuit: Student
 

Josh Carr

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2007-

Project(s): Single molecule diffusion investigations in polyelectrolyte multilayers

Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2007; "Single-Molecule Diffusion Studies in Polyelectrolyte Multilayer (PML) Thin Films" (pdf)
Presentations:
Co-mentor: Dr. Peter Walhout
Graduation Year: 2009
Current Pursuit: Student
 
     
Brynna Jones
Major: Chemistry, Ancient Languages
Research Active: 2007-2008

Project(s): Expression and optimization of wild-type a-Hemolysin

Posters: ASBMB 2008, San Diego, CA: Molecular Biology

"Optimizing Expression and Purification of α-Hemolysin for Characterization of Pore Assembly" (pdf)

Presentations: Wheaton College Summer Research Program, "Characterizing Single-Molecule Pore Formation of alpha-Hemolysin: Protein Engineering, Purification and Fluorescent Labeling" (pdf)
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen Burden
Graduation Year: 2008
Current Pursuit: PhD. in chemistry, Univ. of Minnesota
 
Ashley Paulson
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2007-2008

Project(s): Expression of mutant a-Hemolysin, Ion channel electrophysiology

Posters: ASBMB 2008, San Diego, CA: Molecular Biology

ASBMB 2008, San Diego, CA: Electrophysiology

Wheaton College Homecomming Summer Research Poster Session, "Mutagenesis and Labeling of α-Hemolysin for Mechanistic and Structural Studies" (pdf)
Presentations: Wheaton College Summer Research Program, "Characterizing Single-Molecule Pore Formation of alpha-Hemolysin: Protein Engineering, Purification and Fluorescent Labeling" (pdf)
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen Burden
Graduation Year: 2007
Current Pursuit: High school chemistry teacher, Rift Vally, Kenya
 
     
Michael Madison Taylor
Major: Biology
Research Active: 2007-2008

Project(s): Ion channel electrophysiology, Single molecule microscopy

Posters: ASBMB 2008, San Diego, CA: Electrophysiology

Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2007; "Electrophysiological Characterization of α-Hemolysin Nanopores in Lipid Membranes" (pdf)
Presentations: Wheaton College Summer Research Program, "Characterzing Single-Molecule Pore Formation of alpha-Hemolysin: Electrophysiology of Lipid Bilayer nanopores" (pdf)
Graduation Year: 2008
Current Pursuit: Law School, University of Mississippi
 
Michael Culbertson
Major: Ancient Languages, French
Research Active: 2003-present

Project(s): Numerical Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (NFCS), Computer programming and simulation

Posters: Biophysical Society Meeting, 2007, Baltimore, MD; "Implementing Numerical Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Under Non-Standard Measurement Conditions to Accurately Assess Molecular Dynamics" (pdf)

Presentations: Pittcon 2007, Chicago, IL; "Beyond the Boundaries: Numerical Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Complex Biomolecular Dynamics" (pdf)
Publications: Anal. Chem., 79, 4031, 2007; Rev. Sci. Instrum., 78, 044102, 2007 ; Spectrosc. Lett., 37, 129, 2004.
Graduation Year: 2004
Current Pursuit: Computer consulting & programming, Graduate studies in educational statistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
 
     
Katie Hubbell
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2006

Project(s): Expression and fluorescnet labeleing of mutant a-Hemolysin

Poster: ASBMB 2008, San Diego, CA: Molecular Biology

Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2006; "Point Mutation and Fluorescent Labeling of a-Hemolysin" (pdf)

Presentations:
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen Burden
Graduation Year: 2006
Current Pursuit: High school chemistry teacher, Naperville, IL
 
Josh Williams
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2004-2007

Project(s): Numerical Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (NFCS), Optical trapping and particle manipulation

Poster: Pittcon 2007, Chicago, IL; "Measurement Requirements for Numerical Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (NFCS)" (pdf)

Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2005; "Development of Experimental Techniques in Preparation For Mechanistic UDG Studies" (pdf)

Presentations: Wheaton College Science Faculty Lunch Seminar, Fall 2005; "Development of Optical Trapping Techniques in
Preparation for Mechanistic
UDG Studies" (pdf)
Publications: Anal. Chem., 79, 4031, 2007
Graduation Year: 2008
Current Pursuit: Medical School, University of Chicago
 
     

Joe Burkett

Major: Biology
Research Active: 2005

Project(s): Investigating putative nitrogen reduction in the Thermite reaction

Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Reserach Poster Session, Fall 2005; "Thermite Reaction and Putative Reduction of Atmospheric Nitrogen" (pdf)

Presentations:
Graduation Year: 2005
Current Pursuit: Emergency medicine
 

Dan Dreyer

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2005

Project(s): Bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) electrophysiology, Single molecule microscopy

Poster(s): Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session: "Characterizing Actin-Coated Lipid Membranes with Single-
Molecule Imaging and Elasticity Measurements" (pdf)
Presentations: Argonne Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2005, "Characterizing Actin-Coated Lipid Membranes with Single Single-Molecule Imaging and Elasticity Measurements" (pdf)

Wheaton College Science Faculty Lunch Seminar, Fall 2005; "Characterizing Actin-Coated Lipid Membranes with Single Single-Molecule Imaging and Elasticity Measurements" (pdf)

Graduation Year: 2007
Current Pursuit: Ph.D in chemistry, University of Texas
 
     

Ryan Himes

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2004,2005

Project(s): Single molecule diffusion investigations in polyelectrolyte multilayers

Posters:
Presentations: Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area (ACCA) Student Symposium, Fall 2005; "Single Molecule Diffusion Studies in Polyelectrolyte Thin Films" (pdf)
Co-mentor: Dr. Peter Walhout
Graduation Year: 2006
Current Pursuit: Lab Associate, Loyola Medical Center
 

Wayland Cheng

Major: Chemistry (with Honors)
Research Active: 2003-2005

Project(s): Numerical fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (NFCS); Coating membrane bilayer with actin filaments

Posters: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2003; "Stabilizing Lipid Membranes with Actin Filaments" (pdf)

Presentations: Pittcon 2005, Orlando, FL; "Stabilizing Lipid Membrane Sensing Platforms with a Cytoskeletal Network" (pdf)

Wheaton College Science Faculty Lunch Seminar, Fall 2003; "Stabilizing Lipid Membranes with Actin Filaments" (pdf)
Publications: Anal. Chem., 79, 4031, 2007
Graduation Year: 2005
Current Pursuit: MD/PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
 
     

Daniel Kim

Major: History
Research Active: 2004-2005

Project(s): Stabilizing lipid membranes with actin filaments

Poster: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2004; " Stabilizing Planar Lipid Bilayers" (pdf)

Presentations: Pittcon 2005, Orlando, FL; "Stabilizing Lipid Membrane Sensing Platforms with a Cytoskeletal Network" (pdf)

Wheaton College Science Faculty Lunch Seminar, Fall 2004; "Stabilizing Planar Bilayer Lipid Membranes" (pdf)

Graduation Year: 2005

Current Pursuit: Public Health, Yale University
 

Emily Chandler
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2001-2004

Project(s): Expression of mutant a-Hemolysin, Ion channel electrophysiology, Single molecule microscopy

Publications: Langmuir, 20, 898, 2004

Presentations: Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Society (FACSS) Meeting, Portland, OR, 2004; "Simultaneous single-molecule optical and electrical recording of
nanopore occlusion dynamics and lipid membrane adsorbates" (pdf)
Graduation Year: 2001
Current Pursuit: Forensic Chemist, Oregon State Police
 
     

Dan Bailey
Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2003

Project(s): Simgle Molecule Spectroscopy of UDG DNA Repiar

Poster: "Essence and Fluorescence of DNA Repair: Single-Molecular Enzymatic Action" (pdf)

Presentations:
Current Pursuit: Graduate school in chemistry, Northwestern University
 

Emily Rupp Wiebracht, M.D.

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2002,2003

Project(s): Simulations of single molecule diffusion

Poster:
Publications: Anal. Chem., 79, 4031, 2007 ; Spectrosc. Lett., 37, 129, 2004.
Graduation Year: 2004
Current Pursuit: Medical residency, University of Cincinatti, OH
 
     

Dee Ann Stults, M.D.

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2002,2003

Project(s): Simulation of single molecule diffusion

Poster: American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, 2003; Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2002; "Simulating and Analyzing Molecular Motions is Membranes: A Key to Tissue Engineering" (pdf)

Presentations:
Publications: Anal. Chem., 79, 4031, 2007 ; Spectrosc. Lett., 37, 129, 2004.
Current Pursuit: Medical practice
 

Alyssa Smith

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2002

Project(s): Expression of mutant a-Hemolysin, Ion channel electrophysiology, Single molecule microscopy

Poster:
Publications: Langmuir, 20, 898, 2004
Co-mentor: Dr. Lisa Keranen Burden
Current Pursuit: Ph.D. in chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
 
     

Mark Brown

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2002

Project(s): Measuring single molecule dynamics on surfaces

Poster: American Chemical Society Metting, New Orleans, 2003; "Single Molecule Dynamics: Viewing and Interrogation"

Presentations:
Graduation Year: 2003
Current Pursuit: Industry
 

Travis Lowens

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2002

Project(s): Separations of fluorescent labeled proteins

Poster:
Presentations:
Graduation Year : 2003
 
     

Steven Poppen

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2001

Project(s): Single molecule microscopy

Poster:
Presentations:
Graduation Year: 2002
Current Pursuit: Ph.D in Biomedical Sciences, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
 

Matt Lovell, M.D.

Major: Chemistry
Research Active: 2001-2002

Project(s): Single molecule microscopy of UDG

Poster: Wheaton College Homecoming Summer Research Poster Session, Fall 2002: "Confocal Microscopy in Single-Molecule Studies of Uracil DNA Glycosylase: Determination of Quenching Frequency" (pdf)

Graduation Year: 2002
Current Pursuit: Medical Practice