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Botryococcus braunii race B is a green colonial microalga that produces high quantities of organic hydrocarbon terpenes. One such hydrocarbon is botryococcene, whose structure consists of three terpene units and a branched terminal end alkene. Due to its abundance and the low carbon footprint of its production, botryococcene is an excellent candidate for investigation of its use as a precursor in the production of biofuels. E. coli have been genetically altered for the synthesis of botryococcene due to the

work involves high intensity light where the energy of individual photons is not a limiting factor. Previous reports demonstrate that metallic nanoparticles are capable of performing oxidative reductions using lower intensity visible light. We are investigating the synthesis of silver nanoparticles for use in our LSC.   We confirmed that a silver nanoprism synthesis is   reproducibly tunable to our LSC emission of 585 nm. Further investigation is required regarding their efficacy as LSC

possible contamination not addressed within a manufacturer’s DNA extraction protocol when studying murine whole blood tissue DNA with qRT-PCR. This research was conducted onsite at the Stevens Pediatric Rheumatology Clinical Research Lab, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle WA under a grant from the US. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health. 3:00 pm - BreakSession 2, Chair: Neal Yakelis 3:20 pm - Progress Towards the Synthesis of Chiral

Graduation with Honors in Chemistry Katherine Maloney American Institute of Chemists (AIC) (Outstanding Senior) Peter Anderson Brita Willis Ramstad Scholar Susan Carnine (120) Patrick Pastor (125) General Chemistry Award (CRC) Benjamin Larsen Sophomore Organic Award (ACS POLYED) Scott Stewart Analytical Chemistry Award (ACS) Inorganic Chemistry Award (ACS) Senior Organic Award (ACS DOC) Hypercube Scholar Award (Hypercube, Inc.) Physical Chemistry Award (ACS PHYS)

Graduation with Honors in Chemistry Peter Anderson Brita Willis American Institute of Chemists (AIC) (Outstanding Senior) Peter Anderson Ramstad Scholar Lia Ossiander Patrick Pastor General Chemistry Award (CRC) David Runquist (120) Valerie Landwehr (125) Sophomore Organic Award (ACS POLYED) Alayne Brown Analytical Chemistry Award (ACS) Kjersti Gemar Inorganic Chemistry Award (ACS) Senior Organic Award (ACS DOC) Hypercube Scholar Award (Hypercube, Inc.) Physical Chemistry Award (ACS PHYS)

Graduation with Honors in Chemistry Matt Geballe Lia Ossiander American Institute of Chemists (AIC) (Outstanding Senior) Lia Ossiander Ramstad Scholar Floyd Bangerter General Chemistry Award (CRC) Austin Gross (120) Lam Phuong Nguyen (125) Sophomore Organic Award (ACS POLYED) David Runquist Analytical Chemistry Award (ACS) Andrea Haugo Inorganic Chemistry Award (ACS) Senior Organic Award (ACS DOC) Hypercube Scholar Award (Hypercube, Inc.) Physical Chemistry Award (ACS PHYS)

Graduation with Honors in Chemistry None awarded American Institute of Chemists (AIC) (Outstanding Senior) No award Ramstad Scholar Paul Clark, Allison Kanarr General Chemistry Award (CRC) Brandon Stickelmeyer (120) David Pedack (125) Sophomore Organic Award (ACS POLYED) Jessica Patrick Analytical Chemistry Award (ACS) Corey Fish Inorganic Chemistry Award (ACS) Senior Organic Award (ACS DOC) Hypercube Scholar Award (Hypercube, Inc.) Physical Chemistry Award (ACS PHYS)

Graduation with Honors in Chemistry Justin Carlson Clinton Dahlberg Shiela Jones Keane Lindblad Breanna Vollmar American Institute of Chemists (AIC) (Outstanding Senior) Breanna Vollmar Ramstad Scholar Mycah Uehling General Chemistry Award (CRC) Alayna Linde Sophomore Organic Award (ACS POLYED) Christina Tieu Analytical Chemistry Award (ACS) Dan Hibbard Inorganic Chemistry Award (ACS) Senior Organic Award (ACS DOC) Hypercube Scholar Award (Hypercube, Inc.) Physical Chemistry Award (ACS PHYS)

Graduation with Honors in Chemistry Chelsea Berdahl Kim Cotton Jeff Ebel American Institute of Chemists (AIC) (Outstanding Senior) Chelsea Berdahl Ramstad Scholar Jaclyn Lemon Mycah Uehling General Chemistry Award (CRC) Emily Tollefson Sophomore Organic Award (ACS POLYED) Andrew McGuiness Analytical Chemistry Award (ACS) Marie Reardon Inorganic Chemistry Award (ACS) Senior Organic Award (ACS DOC) Hypercube Scholar Award (Hypercube, Inc.) Physical Chemistry Award (ACS PHYS)

Graduation with Honors in Chemistry Eric Gordon Mycah Uehling American Institute of Chemists (AIC) (Outstanding Senior) Christina Tieu Ramstad Scholar Emily Tollefson General Chemistry Award (CRC) Ashley Marshall Sophomore Organic Award (ACS POLYED) Adrienne Hollister Analytical Chemistry Award (ACS) Emily Tollefson Inorganic Chemistry Award (ACS) The first award was given in 2010. Senior Organic Award (ACS DOC) Hypercube Scholar Award (Hypercube, Inc.) Physical Chemistry Award (ACS PHYS)