2010 AGRO Student Travel Grant Applications Due November 2, 2009
The AGRO Division has established an endowment fund that will be used to promote an understanding of the role of chemistry in agriculture as embraced in areas related to pest management and/or agricultural chemistry. Potential topics include synthesis, metabolism, regulatory, biotechnology, delivery, risk assessment, resistance, residues, mode of action, and fate/behavior. To address this mission, awards will be made through the Division’s Education Committee.
Proposals are sought from both graduate and undergraduate students for the 2009 awards. University students will be awarded up to $600 each to help defray costs of attendance to give poster at the ACS 2010 Spring National Meeting, which will be held March 21-25, 2010 in San Francisco, CA. Posters will be displayed in a special poster session of the ACS AGRO Division Research Poster Symposium as well as at the ACS Sci-Mix on Monday evening. The top three posters will receive additional cash awards of $400, $200 and $100, respectively. All awards will be presented at the AGRO social on Tuesday evening. Additionally, there will be an informative luncheon for all students.
The subject of the poster should pertain to the AGRO mission: To promote knowledge benefiting society through advancements in agricultural, public health and environmental science and technologies.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2009 STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT WINNERS!
Fifteen graduate students have been awarded 2009 AGRO Division travel grants to present their research posters at the ACS Fall National Meeting in Washington. First and second place winners will be announced at the AGRO Awards & Social on Tuesday evening.
S. M. Adkins, P. B. Ryan. Determination of pesticide degradation in raw and processed foods. Department of Chemistry, Emory University. AGRO 83
Z. Chen, O. Unoje, L. Cui, K. Aratani, R. I. Krieger. DDA in chickens, a pilot study as a DDT biomarker. Department of Entomology, Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California-Riverside. AGRO 82
P. R. Daga, F. E. Dayan, S. O. Duke, R. M. Lee, P. J. Tranel, R. J. Doerksen. Computational approaches elucidate how a glycine deletion enables plant protoporphyrinogen oxidase to resist herbicides. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University. AGRO 81
A. D. Gross, M. J. Kimber, P. Ribeiro, J. R. Coats. A green chemistry approach to targeting Periplaneta americana's octopamine receptor 1. Department of Toxicology/Entomology, Iowa State University. AGRO 76
A. M. Hussey, B. A. Kimball. Tannin determination in tamarisk and other foliage Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA. AGRO 89
L. J. Jenson, S. L. Paulson, J. R. Bloomquist. Induction and characterization of ion channels in Sf21 cells. Department of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. AGRO 87
A. M. Jessick, T. B. Moorman, J. R. Coats. Development of analytical techniques for the detection and quantification of erythromycin in environmental matrices. Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. AGRO 84
M. H. Littke, J. LePage, V. Hebert. Reducing near-field agricultural fumigant emissions through changes in regional application practices. Food and Environmental Quality Laboratory, Washington State University. AGRO 88
I. J. Murphy, J. Anderson, J. R. Coats. Uptake and degradation of atrazine in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. AGRO 77
J. M. Mutunga, J. Hartse, M. Ma, L. Srigiriraju, D. M. Wong, B. T. Jackson, T. D. Anderson, S. L. Paulson, P. R Carlier, J. R. Bloomquist. Highly selective carbamates for Anopheles gambiae acetylcholinesterase: Effects of pharmacokinetics on toxicity to mosquitoes. Department of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. AGRO 86
G. T. Nino de Guzman, C. J. Hapeman, A. Torrents, K. L. Brubaker. Transport, distribution, and interaction of pesticides, nutrients, and select pathogens in the Choptank River. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. AGRO 90
D. R. Swale, P. R. Carlier, J. Hartsell, M. Ma, J. R. Bloomquist. Biochemical and toxicological assessment of newly designed insect acetylcholinesterase inhibitors against mosquito vectors and agricultural pests. Department of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. AGRO 78
F. Tong, J. R. Coats. Effects of monoterpenoids on 36Cl– uptake of central nerve cords in the American cockroach. Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. AGRO 85
C. Trigo, W. C. Koskinen, R. Celis, J. Cornejo. Clay-based formulations to reduce the environmental impact of the herbicide terbuthylazine. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (CSIC), Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. AGRO 80
X. Xiao, A. T. Lemley. Ciprofloxacin degradation by membrane anodic Fenton treatment. Graduate Field of Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University. AGRO 79
