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155 Students Co-Author Publications

Since 2000, 155 of our students have been recognized as co-authors on research publications along with their faculty mentors. In 2009 we had a record 38 students published.

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2012 Publications

  • "Atomic Size, Ionization Energy, Polarizability, Asymptotic Behavior and the Slater-Zener Model" by Roger L. DeKock, John R. Strikwerda and Eric X. Yu; Chemical Physical Letters, 2012, 547, 120-126.

  • Opperwall, S.R., Divakaran, A., Porter E.G., Christians J.A., DenHartigh, A.J., Benson, D.E.  “Wide Dynamic Range Sensing with Single Quantum Dot Biosensors”, ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 8078-8086.

  • Martine, R.J., Godakumbura, P.I., Porter, E.G., Divakaran, A., Burkhart, B.J., Wertz, J.T., Benson, D.E. “Identifying Proteins That Can Form Tyrosine-Cysteine Crosslinks.”  Metallomics, 2012, 4, 1037-1042.

  • Benson, D.E., DeHaan, S.R., Hulderman, C.E., “Electron Transfer Semiconductor Nanoparticle Biosensors” in Quantum Dot Sensors: Technology and Commercial Applications, 2012, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL; 109-132.

  • Tasker, S.Z., Bosscher, M.A., Shandro, C.A., Lanni, E.L., Ryu, K.A., Snapper, G.S., Utter, J.M., Ellsworth, B.A., Anderson, C.E. "Preparation of N-Alkyl 2-Pyridones via a Lithium Iodide Promoted O- to N-Alkyl Migration: Scope and Mechanism" J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 8220-8230.

  • "Computational Study of Fluxional Hydride Bridged Binuclear Transition Metal Complexes: Effect of Secondary Bridging Ligands," by Brandon J. Burhart and Roger L. DeKock; Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2012, 994,
    1-5.

  • "Retire Hybrid Atomic Orbitals," by Roger L. DeKock and John R. Strikwerda;
    J. Chem. Educ., 2012, 89, 569; (letter).
  • "Nitroxyl (HNO) acutely activates the glucose uptake activity of GLUT1" by Salie, M.J., Oram, D.S., Kuipers, D.P., Scripture, J.P., Chenge, J., MacDonald, G.J. and Louters, L.L. Biochemie, 2012; 94, 864-869.

  • "Biophysical Characterization of a Riboflavin-Conjugated Dendrimer Platform for Targeted Drug Delivery"; A.B. Witte, C.M. Timmer, JJ. Gam, S.K. Choi, M.M. Banaszak Holl,B.G. Orr, J.R. Baker Jr., K. Sinniah, Biomacromolecules 13, 2012; 507−516.

  • Romero, N. A.,  Klepser, B. M., Anderson, C.E., "Au(III)-Catalyzed Tandem Amination-Hydration of Alkynes: Synthesis of alpha-(N-2-Pyridonyl)ketones" Org. Lett. 14, 2012; 874-877.

2011 Publications

  • "Synthesis of a New Class of Beta-Iodo N-Alkenyl 2-Pyridones;" Sarah Z. Tasker, Benjamin M. Brandsen, Keun Ah Ryu, Gregory S. Snapper, Richard J. Staples, Roger L. DeKock and Carolyn E. Anderson; Organic Letters, 2011; 13, 6224-6227.

  • "Theoretical study of formation of ion pairs in (NH3·HCl)(H2O)6 and (NH3·HF)(H2O)6"; Roger L. DeKock, Benjamin M. Brandsen and John R. Strikwerda; Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2011, 130, 871-881.

  • "Getting Students of All Ages Excited about Fluorescence”; Muyskens, M., Stewart, M.S. (Project SEED Intern). J. Chem. Educ. 88 (3), 2011; 259-260.

  • "Computational Investigations of Ligand Fluxionality in Fe3(C8H8)3" by Ryan J. Martinie, Brandon J. Burkhart and Roger L. DeKock; Organometallics, 2011, 30, 5196-5201.

  • "Cobalt release from inexpensive earrings from Thailand and China"; Hamann, C., Hamann, D., Hamann, K.K., Thyssen, J.P. Contact Dermatitis 64, 2011; 237-244.

  • "Bond Order and Chemical Properties of BF, CO, and N2"; Ryan J. Martinie, Jarred J. Bultema, Mark N. Vander Wal, Brandon J. Burkhart, Douglas A. Vander Griend and Roger L. DeKock; J. Chem. Educ., 2011, 88, 1094-1097.

  • "Structures, Host-Guest Chemistry and Mechanism of Stepwise Self-Assembly of M4L6 Tetrahedral Cage Complexes"; Hall, B.R., Manck, L.E., Tidmarsh, I.S., Stephenson, A., Taylor, B.F., Blaikie, E.J., Vander Griend, D.A., Ward, M.D. Dalton Trans., 2011; Advance Article.
  • Cok A., Plaisier C., Salie M.J., Oram D.S., Chenge J., Louters L.L. "Berberine acutely activates the glucose transport activity of GLUT1". Biochimie 93, 2011; 187-1192.

  • Plaisier C., Cok A., Scott J., Opejin A., Bushhouse K.T., Salie M.J., Louters L.L. "Effects of cinnamaldehyde on the glucose transport activity of GLUT1". Biochimie 93, 2011; 339-344.

  • "Motivations for and barriers to the implementation of diagnostic assessment practices—A Case Study"; Turner, M., VanderHeide, K., Fynewever, H. Chemistry Education Research and Practice 12, 2011; 142-157.

2010 Publications

  • "Balancing Redox Equations"; Roger L. DeKock and Benjamin M. Brandsen; J. Chem. Educ., 2010, 87, 476-477; (letter).

  • "Chemical Speciation and Calculation of Sports Drink pH"; Roger L. DeKock and Brandon J. Burkhart; J. Chem. Educ., 2010, 87, 677; (letter).

  • "Dynamics of galectin-3 in the nucleus and cytoplasm"; Haudek K.C., Spronk, K.J., Voss, P.G., Patterson, R.J., Wang, J.L., Arnoys, E.J. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1800(2), 2010; 181-9.
  • Louters L.L., Stehouwer N., Rekman J., Tidball A., Cok A., Holstege C.P. "Verapamil inhibits the glucose transport activity of GLUT1", J Med Toxicicology 6, 2010; 100-5.

2009 Publications

  • "Ion Pairs or Neutral Molecule Adducts? Cooperativity in Hydrogen Bonding"; Roger L. DeKock, Laura A. Schipper, Stephanie C. Dykhouse, Lee P. Heeringa and Benjamin M. Brandsen; J. Chem. Educ., 2009, 86, 1459-1464.

  • "Dynamics of galectin-3 in the nucleus and cytoplasm." Haudek, K.C., Spronk, K.J., Voss, P.G., Patterson, R.J., Wang. J.L., Arnoys, E.J., Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009; July 16.

  • Harkema, J., Jadrich, J., Bruxvoort, C. Science and Engineering: 'Two models of laboratory investigation'; The Science Teacher, 76(9), 2009; 27-31.

  • Sportel, S., Bruxvoort, C., Jadrich, J. 'Seeing the Light: An alternate model for introducing upper elementary students to light'; Science & Children, 47(4), 2009; 37-41.

  • Blankespoor, R.L., Boldenow, P., Hansen, E.C., Kallemeyn, K.M., Lohse, A.G., Rubush, D.M., Vrieze, D. "Photochemical Synthesis of 3-Alkynals from 1-Alkynoxy-9,10-Anthraquinones";  Journal of Organic Chemistry, 74, 2009; 3933-3.

  • Scott, J., Opejin A., Tidball A., Stehouwer N., Rekman J., Louters L.L. "Dual action of phenylarsine oxide on the glucose transport activity of GLUT1, Chemico-Biol Interactions 182, 2009; 199-203.
  • Louters, L.L., Stehouwer, N., Rekman, J., Tidball, A., Cok, A., Holstege, C.P. "Verapamil inhibits the glucose transport activity of GLUT1," Clinical Toxicicology 47, 2009; Abs 155.

  • Scott, J., Tidball, A., Uitvlugt, J.M., Lucia, M., Vander Griend, D.A., Louters, L.L. "Methyl-ß-cyclodextrin binds methylene blue and blocks both its cell straining and glucose uptake stimulatory effects." Biochemie 91, 2009; 271-276.
  • Lynch, S., Baker, H., Byker, S.G., Zhou, D.. Sinniah, K. "Single molecule force spectroscopy on G-quadruplex DNA," Chem. Euro. J., 2009.

  • Lynch, S., Baker, H., Byker, S.G., Zhou, D., Sinniah, K. "Single molecule force spectroscopy of G-quadruplex DNA," Biophys. J., 96, 2009; 36a.

  • Sinniah, K., Porter-Peden, L., Byker, S.G., Blankespoor, R., Zhou, D., Abell, C., and Rayment, T., "A Single Molecule Study of Enzyme-Inhibitor Interactions," Biophys. J., 96, 2009; 643a.

  • McNitt, K., Parimal, K., Share, A., Fahrenbach, A., Witlicki, E., Pink, M., Bediako, D., Plaisier, C., Le, N., Heeringa, L., Vander Griend, D.A., Flood, A. "Reduction of a redox-active ligand drives switching in a Cu(I) psuedorotaxane by a bimolecular mechanism."J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 2009; 1305-1313.

2008 Publications

  • Lanni, E. L., Bosscher, M.A., Ooms, B.D., Shandro, C.A., Ellsworth, B.A., Anderson, C.E. “Synthesis of Substituted N-Benzyl Pyridones via an O- to N-Alkyl Migration” J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73, 6425–6428.

  • Porter-Peden, L., Kamper, S.G., Vander Wal, M., Blankespoor, R., Sinniah, K. “Estimating Kinetic and Thermodynamic Parameters from Single Molecule Enzyme—Inhibitor Interactions,”  Langmuir, 2008, 24, 11556-11561.

  • Nichols, J., Buthker, J., Sinniah, K. "The Effect of Divalent Cations (Mg2+, Zn2+, Mn2+, and Ca2+) on the Hybridization Efficiency Of DNA,"  Biophys. J., 94, 2008; 1712.

  • Kamper, S.G., Porter-Peden, L., Blankespoor, R., Vander Wal, M., Sinniah, K. "The Effect of Tether Length in Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy," Biophys. J., 94, 2008; 1714.

  • Porter-Peden, L., Kamper, S.G., Sinniah, K., Blankespoor, R., Zhou, D., Abell, C., Rayment, T. "Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Enzyme-Inhibitor Interactions," Biophys. J., 94, 2008; 1720.

  • Nguyen, P., Soto, C., Polishchuk, A., Caputo, G., Tatko, C., Ma, C., Ohigashi, Y., Pinto, L., DeGrado, W., Howard, K. "pH-Induced Conformational Change of the Influenza M2 Protein C- Terminal Domain," Biochemistry 47 (38), 2008; 9934–9936.

  • Vander Griend, D.A., Bediako, D.K., DeVries, M.J., DeJong N.A., Heeringa, L.P. "Detailed Spectroscopic, Thermodynamic and Kinetic Characterization of Nickel(II) Complexes with 2,2’-bipyridine and 1,10-Phenanthroline attained via Equilibrium-Restricted Factor Analysis," Inorganic Chemistry 47, 2008; 656-662.

2007 Publications

  • “Dual Localization: Proteins in Extracellular and Intracellular Compartments" by Arnoys E.J., Wang, J.L., Acta Histochem 109 (2), 2007; 89-110.

  • Anderson, C.E., Pickrell, A.J., Sperry, S.L., Vasquez Jr., T.E., Custer, T.G., Fierman, M.B., Lazar, D.C., Brown, Z.W., Iskenderian, W.S., Hickstein, D.D., O’Leary, D.J. “NMR Detection of Intramolecular OH/OH Hydrogen Bond Networks: An Approach Using Isotopic Perturbation and Hydrogen Bond Mediated OH•••OH J-Coupling” Heterocycles 72, 2007; 469–495.

  • Blankespoor, R.L., Hogendoorn, S., Pearson, A. “Competitive Nitration of Benzene-Fluorobenzene and Benzene-Toluene Mixtures:  Orientation and Reactivity Studies Using HPLC”. J. Chem. Educ. 84, 2007; 697-8.

  • Kamper, S.G., Porter-Peden, L., Blankespoor, R., Sinniah, K., Zhou, D., Abell, C., Rayment, T.  “Investigating the Specific Interactions between Carbonic Anhydrase and a Sulfonamide Inhibitor by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy,”  Langmuir 23, 2007; 12561-12565.

  • Kinsinger, C.R., Tatko, C.D., Whelan, C.M., Wilkinson, T.J. "Synthesis of 4-Substituted-and 1, 4-Disubstituted-4- hydroxypyrrolidin-2-ones," Synthetic Communications 37, iss. 11, 2007; 1845.

2006 Publications

  • Li, S.Y., Davidson, P.J., Lin, N.Y., Patterson, R.J., Wang, J.L., Arnoys, E.J. "Transport of galectin-3 between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. II. Identification of the signal for nuclear export." Glycobiology 16, 2006; 612-22.

  • Davidson, P.J., Li, S.Y., Lohse, A.G., Vandergaast R., Verde, E., Pearson, A., Patterson, R.J., Wang, J.L., Arnoys, E.J. "Transport of galectin-3 between the nucleus and cytoplasm. I. Conditions and signals for nuclear import." Glycobiology 16, 2006; 602-11.

  • Roelofs, B., Tidball, A., Lindborg, A.E., Ten Harmsel, A., Vander Kooy, T.O., Louters, L.L. "Acute activation of glucose uptake by glucose deprivation in L929 fibroblast cells."  Biochemie 88, 2006; 1941-1946.

  • Louters, L.L., Dyste, S.G., Frieswyk, D., TenHarmsel, A., Vander Kooy, T.O., Walters, L., Whalen, T. "Methylene blue stimulates 2-deoxyglucose uptake in L929 fibroblast cells." Life Sciences 78, 2006; 586-591.

  • Vander Wal, M., Kamper, S., Headley, J., and Sinniah, K. "Effect of contact force and salt concentration on the unbinding of a DNA duplex by force spectroscopy," Langmuir 22, 2006; 882-886.

  • DeVries, M.J., Vander Griend, D.A. Sivvu (computer program for Unrestricted and Equilibrium-Restricted Factor Analysis of Spectrophotometric Data); 2006.

2005 Publications

  • Anderson, C. E., Britt, D.K., Sangji, S., O'Leary, D.J., Anderson, C.D., Rychnovsky, S.D. "Direct Assignment of the Relative Configuration in Acyclic 1,3-Diols by 1H NMR Spectroscopy" Org. Lett.7, 2005; 5721–5723.

  • TenHarmsel, A., Holstege, C.P., Louters, L. "High dose insulin reverses verapamil inhibition of glucose uptake in mouse straited muscle." Ann Emerg Med 46(3) 2005; S77.

2004 Publications

  • DeKock, R.L., McGuire, M.J., Piecuch, P., Allen, W.D., Schaefer III, H.F., Kowalski, K., Kucharski, S.A., Musial, M., Bonner, A.R., Spronk, S.A., Lawson, D.B., and Laursen, S.L. "The Electronic Structure and Vibrational Spectrum of trans-HNOO", Phys. Chem. A., 108, 2004; 2893-2903.

2003 Publications

  • Van Dyke, D.A., Walters, L., Freiswyk, D., Kokemeyer, D., and Louters, L.L. "Acute effects of troglitazone and nitric oxide on glucose uptake in L929 fibroblast cells,"  Life Sciences 72, 2003; 2321-2327.

  • Aumann, K.; Muyskens, K. C. J.; and Sinniah, K. "Visualizing Atoms, Molecules, and Surfaces by Scanning Probe Microscopy," J. Chem. Educ. 80, 2003; 187.

  • Green, L., Schotanus, M., McAlear, A.; Howell, E.A. "Atomic Force Microscopy Can Detect Binding of Yeast Replication Factor C to DNA," Nano Lett, 3, 2003; 39-41 (from Sinniah Research Group)

2002 Publications

  • Blankespoor, R.L., DeVries, T., Hansen, E., Kallemeyn, J.M., Klooster, A.M., Mulder, J.A., Smart, R.P., Vander Griend, D.A. “Photochemical Synthesis of Aldehydes in the Solid Phase,” J. Org. Chem. 67, 2002; 2677-2681.

  • Schotanus, M., Aumann, K., and Sinniah, K. "Using Force Spectroscopy to Investigate the Binding of Complementary DNA in the Presence of Intercalating Agents," Langmuir 18: 2002; 5333-5336.

  • Pauuw, J., Ubels, J., and Sinniah, K. "Investigating Live Fixed Chang Conjunctival and Corneal Fibroblast Cells by Atomic Force Microscopy," Current Eye Research 25: 61; 2002.

  • Vander Griend, D. A., Golden, J.S., Arrington, C.A., Jr. "Kinetic and Mechanistic Investigation of Chromate Reduction with Hydrogen Peroxide in Basic Media," Inorganic Chemistry 41, 2002; 7042-7048.

2001 Publications

  • Vander Lugt, J.T., Gomez-Marquez, J., Caldon, J., and Louters, L.L. "Combined effects of troglitazone and muscle contraction on insulin sensitization in Bulb-c mouse muscle," Biochemie 83, 2001; 445-451.

  • Ubels, J.L., Sinniah, K., Paauw, J.D. "Imaging of corneal cells using atomic force microscopy," Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 42, 2001; S281.

  • Vander Griend, D.A., Malo, S., Barry, S., Dabousseh, N., Poeppelmeier, K.R., Dravid, V.P. "La3Cu2VO9: A Surprising Variation of the YAlO3 Structure with 2D Copper Clusters of Embedded Triangles," Solid State Sciences 3, 2001; 569-579.

2000 Publications

  • Vander Griend, D.A., Malo, S., Wang, T.K., Poeppelmeier, K.R. "Discovering New Oxides," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 2000; 7308-7311.

  • Greenwood, K.B., Ko, D.G., Vander Griend, D.A., Sarjeant, G.M., Milgram, J., Garrity, E.S., DeLoach, D.I., Poeppelmeier, K.R., Salvador, P.A., Mason, T.O. "Cation Disorder in Ga1212 Materials," Inorganic Chemistry 39, 2000; 3386-3391.

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