ACS Boston

Members of the Ondrechen Research Group (“The O.R.G.”) – six graduate students and Mary Jo – made the following presentations at ACS Boston 2015:

Monday August 17, Sci-Mix at 8:00 pm – Hall C BCEC

CHED 468: “Lighting the pathway to academic careers for Native Americans in STEM: Preliminary report,” Kathy Hughes, Sarah EchoHawk, Mary Jo Ondrechen*

Mary Jo Ondrechen in front of her poster.
Mary Jo with her “Lighting the pathway” poster.

Monday August 17, Sci-Mix at 8:00 pm – Hall C BCEC

COMP 216: “Glycoside hydrolases: Predicting the function of Structural Genomics proteins of unknown function,” Saroja Somasundaram*, Ramya Parasuram, Zhouxi Wang, Caitlyn L. Mills, Penny J. Beuning, Mary Jo Ondrechen

Saroja in front of poster
Saroja Somasundaram, a member of the O.R.G., presents her COMP poster.

Tuesday August 18, Poster Session at 6:00 pm, Galleria Westin Boston Waterfront

BIOL 146: “Biochemical verification of computational prediction of a spatially extended active site for ornithine transcarbamoylase,” Lisa Ngu*, Kevin E. Ramos, Nicholas A. DeLateur, Penny J. Beuning, Mary Jo Ondrechen

Lisa Ngu in front of poster
Lisa Ngu from the O.R.G., engaging with visitors in front of her BIOL poster.

Tuesday August 18, Poster Session at 6:00 pm, Galleria Westin Boston Waterfront

BIOL 155: “Prediction and verification of the extended active site in E. coli DNA Polymerase III,” Timothy A. Coulther*, Ramya Parasuram, Mary Jo Ondrechen, Penny J. Beuning

Tim Coulther in front of poster
Tim Coulther, a graduate student in the O.R.G., with his BIOL poster.

Tuesday August 18, Poster Session at 6:00 pm, Galleria Westin Boston Waterfront

BIOL 170: “Small angle X-ray scattering based 3D reconstruction of ornithine transcarbamoylase suggests structural rearrangement,” Jenifer N. Winters*, Lisa Ngu, Penny J. Beuning, Mary Jo Ondrechen, Lee Makowski

Tuesday August 18, Poster Session at 6:00 pm, Galleria Westin Boston Waterfront

COMP 216: “Glycoside hydrolases: Predicting the function of Structural Genomics proteins of unknown function,” Saroja Somasundaram*, Ramya Parasuram, Zhouxi Wang, Caitlyn L. Mills, Penny J. Beuning, Mary Jo Ondrechen

Tuesday August 18, Poster Session at 6:00 pm, Galleria Westin Boston Waterfront

COMP 217: “Function prediction for the Structural Genomics members of the Haloacid Dehalogenase (HAD) superfamily,” Mong Mary Touch*, Eve M. Mozur, Mary Jo Ondrechen

Mong Mary Touch in front of poster
Mong Mary Touch, a graduate student in the O.R.G., with her poster.

Tuesday August 18, Poster Session at 6:00 pm, Galleria Westin Boston Waterfront

COMP 312: “Functional characterization of Structural Genomics proteins in the Crotonase Superfamily,” Caitlyn L. Mills*, Penny J. Beuning, Mary Jo Ondrechen

Wednesday August 19, 11:00 AM, Room 254A BCEC

PHYS 331: “Electrostatic effects and spatially extended enzyme active sites,” Mary Jo Ondrechen*, Penny J. Beuning, Ramya Parasuram, Timothy A. Coulther, Lisa Ngu, Kevin E. Ramos

Wednesday August 19, 1:55 pm, Room 207 BCEC

CHED 468: “Lighting the pathway to academic careers for Native Americans in STEM: Preliminary report,” Kathy Hughes, Sarah EchoHawk, Mary Jo Ondrechen*

Portrait of O.R.G. members
Some of the members of the O.R.G. at ACS Boston.