Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program
Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program

Merck Colloquia

Spring 2002

  • Student Speaker:Bianca Matos and Joelle Rodriguez
    Title:Synthesis and Testing of Benzylselenocyanate Derivatives in Cultured Rat Mammary Tumor Cells
    Date: Monday, March 4th at 3 pm


  • Student Speaker: Eugene Pastore
    Title: Effect of Seleneophene on Cultured Mammary Tumor Cells
    Student Speaker:Douglas Stanton
    Title:What Caspases are Involved in DHA-induced Apoptosis of Rat Mammary Cancer Cells?
    Date: Monday, April 1st at 3 pm


  • Student Speaker:Lori Tsaldaris
    Title:Biodegradation of 2-Chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-S-Triazine (simazine) in Aquaeous Medium
    Student Speaker:Lana Sattaur
    Title:Quantitative Variations in Male Sex Phereomone Components in the Six Semispecies of Drosophila paulistorum
    Date: Monday, April 15th at 3 pm


Fall 2001

  • Student Speaker: Debora Cambetas and Laura Simon
    Title: Species Identity via Chemical Communication Using Cuticular Lipids of Hawaiian Drosophila: D. heteroneura and D. silvestris
    Date: Thursday, November 29 at 12 pm


Spring 2001
  • Student Speaker: Kelly Galasso
    Title: Is Apoptosis, Associated with an Increase in p53 Expression, the Method Via Which Mammary Cancer Cells Cease Proliferating in the Presence of DHA?
    Date: Monday, January 22 at 6 PM


  • Student Speaker: Danielle Finelli
    Title: Efficacy of Analogs of the Organoselenium Compound 1,4-Phenylenebis(Methylene)Selenocyanate on Cultured Mammary Tumor Cell Proliferation
    Date: Monday, February 12 at 6 PM


  • Student Speaker: Patricia Evbuomwan
    Title: Immunoprecipitation and Analysis of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Cells Exposed to Linoleic Acid
    Date: Monday, March 5 at 6 PM


  • Student Speaker: Tony Blanc
    Title: Purification of Rat Thymidine Kinase for Antibody Preparation
    Date: Monday, March 26 at 6 PM


Fall 2000
  • Student Speaker: Adriana Gheta
    Title: The Isolation and Identification of Pheromones of the Six Drosophila paulistorum Semispecies
    Date: Tuesday, October 10 at 6 PM


  • Student Speaker: Jason Tenzer
    Title: Thymidine Kinase Expression and Regulation Throughout the Cell Cycle of NMU Rat Mammary Tumor Cells
    Date: Tuesday, November 28 at 6 PM


Merck Lectures

Spring 2002

  • Speaker: Dr. Linda Jelicks
    Institution: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Title: Animal Magnetism, MRI Examination of Mice
    Date: Monday, February 25 at 3 PM


  • Speaker: Catharine Boothroyd
    Institution: Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Genetics and Neuroscience, Rockefeller University
    Title: Understanding Circadian Systems int he Drosophila Head Using Microarray Technology
    Date: Monday, April 8th at 3 PM


Fall 2001

  • Speaker: Dr. Denise Fiacco
    Institution: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT
    Title: The Role of Computational Chemistry and Chemoinformatics in the Pharmaceutical Industry
    Date: Friday, October 19 at 1:30 PM

    Denise (right) is a Purchase alum.


  • Speaker: Dr. John Ritchie, Jr.
    Institution: American Health Foundation, Valhalla, NY
    Title: The Role of Glutathione in Aging and Cancer
    Date: Friday, December 7th at 1:30 PM


Spring 2001
  • Speaker: Dr. Steve Dinh
    Institution: Vice President of Research, Emisphere Technologies, Inc., Tarrytown, NY
    Title: Improving Medicine with Drug Delivery
    Date: Tuesday, February 26 at 6 PM


  • Speaker: Dr. John Weisberger
    Institution: American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York
    Title: How to Grow Old in Perfect Health: The Latest Research In Preventive Medicine.
    Date: Thursday, March 22 at 8 PM

    Co-sponsored by Friends of Natural Sciences



Fall 2000
  • Speaker: Dr. Victor Fried
    Institution: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College
    Title: Proteomics: From Discovery to Diagnostics in Biology and Biotechnology
    Date: Tuesday, November 14 at 6 PM



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