Sponsored Student Presentations

27. “Tartronic Acid and Diethyl Mesoxalate: Inhibition and Substrate Promiscuity of Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase” 2017 Symposium of Student Scholars, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, Joan Ndungu, John Goodwin, and Ellen Moomaw (oral).

26. “Hydrogen peroxide inhibition of bicupin oxalate oxidase” 2017 Southeast Enzymes Conference, Atlanta, GA, John M. Goodwin, Hassan Rana, Joan Ndungu, Gaurab Chakrabarti, and Ellen W. Moomaw (poster).

25. “Tartronic Acid and Diethyl Mesoxalate: Inhibition and Substrate Promiscuity of Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase” 2017 Southeast Enzymes Conference, Atlanta, GA, Joan Ndungu, John Goodwin, and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

24. “Hydrogen peroxide inhibition of bicupin oxalate oxidase” 2016 Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbia, SC, John Goodwin, Hassan Rana, Joan Ndungu, Gaurab Chakrabarti, and Ellen Moomaw (oral).

23. “Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase (CsOxOx): Product Inhibition and a Novel Substrate Characterized Using Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry” 2016 Southeast Enzymes Conference, Atlanta, GA, John M. Goodwin, Gaurab Chakrabarti, and Ellen W. Moomaw (poster).

22. “Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Uncovers Substrate Promiscuity of Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase from Ceriporiopsis subvermispora” 2015 Southeastern Regional American Chemical Society Meeting (SERMACS), Memphis, TN. Hassan Rana and Ellen Moomaw (poster-regional).

21.“Bioinformatic Investigation of Oxalate Degrading Cupin Enzymes” 2015 Southeast Enzymes Conference, Atlanta, GA,  Lis Souza Rocha, Hassan Rana, Richard Uberto, Daniel Davidson, John A. Gerlt and Ellen W. Moomaw (poster).

20. “Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Uncovers a Three Carbon Substrate for Ceriporiopsis subvermispora Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase” 2015 Southeast Enzymes Conference, Atlanta, GA, Hassan Rana, Lis Souza Rocha, and Ellen W. Moomaw (poster).

19. “Protein Similarity Networks Reveal Relationships Among Sequence, Structure, and Function Within the Cupin Superfamily” 2013 Southeastern Regional American Chemical Society Meeting (SERMACS), Atlanta, GA. Richard Uberto and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

18. “Protein Similarity Networks Reveal Relationships Among Sequence, Structure, and Function Within the Cupin Superfamily” 2013 KSU Symposium of Student Scholars, Richard Uberto and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

17. "Functional Site Prediction Using Bioinformatic Tools for Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase” 2012 KSU Fall Showcase, Richard Uberto and Ellen W. Moomaw (poster).

16. "Enzymatic deglycosylation of bicupin oxalate oxidase” 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2012,  Bridget Immelman and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

15."Enzymatic Deglycosylation of Oxalate Oxidase”  2012 Symposium of Student Scholars, Kennesaw, GA, Bridget Immelman and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

14. "Characterization of the Role of Gycolsylation of Oxalate Oxidase”  2011 KSU Fall Showcase,  Bridget Immelman, Eric Hoffer, and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

13. "Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Putative Active Site Residues of Oxalate Oxidase” 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 2011, Morgan Grant, Eric Hoffer, and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

12. "Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Putative Active Site Residues of Oxalate Oxidase” 2011  Symposium of Student Scholars, Kennesaw, GA Eric Hoffer, Morgan Grant and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

11. "Characterization of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase Expressed In Pichia pastoris” 2011 Symposium of Student Scholars, Kennesaw, GA Kelsey Uberto, Eric Hoffer and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

10. “Characterization of Bicupin Cereporiposis subvermispora Oxalate Oxidase Expressed in Pichia” 2011 Enzyme Mechanisms Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL,Eric Hoffer, Kelsey Uberto, Patricia Moussatche, Alexander Angerhofer, Witcha Imaram, Nigel G. J. Richards, Ellen W. Moomaw (poster).

9. “ Inhibition and pH Dependence of Oxalate Oxidase from Ceriporiopsis subvermispora” 2010 Fall Showcase Kennesaw State University, Eric Hoffer, Kelsey Uberto, and Ellen W. Moomaw (poster).

8. "A Comparison of the N-Terminal Manganese Binding Site of Oxalate Decarboxylase (PDB code: 1uw8) with a Minimized Structure of the Same Atoms" 2010 Georgia Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Columbus, GA, Crystal Bruce and Ellen Moomaw (talk).

7. "The Use of Flame Atomic Absorption (FAAS) To Determine the Amount of Manganese in Oxalate Oxidase from Ceriporiopsis subvermispora" 2010 Georgia Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Columbus, GA, Chris Brooks and Ellen Moomaw (talk).

6. "Preliminary Biochemical Characterization of Oxalate Oxidase from Ceriporipsis subvermispora" 2010 Georgia Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Columbus, GA, Daniel Sledge, Crystal Bruce, and Ellen Moomaw (talk).

5. "A Rationale for Site-Directed Mutagenesis Experiments to Increase Oxalate Decarboxylase Activity in Oxalate Oxidase from Barley (Hordeum vulgare)" 2009 Georgia Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA , Crystal Bruce and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

4. "Homology Modeling of C. subvermispora Oxalate Oxidase" 2009 Georgia Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nathan Ray and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

3. "A structural comparison of a putative Acyl-CoA Thioesterase from Xanthomonas campestris (XC229) and a known thioesterase (4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA thioesterase ) from Pseudomonas sp. strain CBS-3 (PsHTE)" 2009 Georgia Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA , Saswat Panda and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

2. "A Structural Comparison of a Putative Ribulose 5-Phosphate Epimerase from Plasmodium falsiparum (PfalRPE) with an Enzyme Possessing Confirmed Ribulose 5-Phosphate Activity from Rice" 2008 Southeastern Regional American Chemical Society Meeting (SERMACS), Nashville, TN, Luke Riley and Ellen Moomaw (poster).

1. "A Structural Comparison of TM1287 (a putative Oxalate Decarboxylase from Theratoga maritima) with an Oxalate Decarboxylase from Bacillus subtilis" 2008 Southeastern Regional American Chemical Society Meeting (SERMACS), Nashville, TN, Christian Hoadley, Jason Tharpe and Ellen Moomaw (poster).