Christy Cooper, M.S.
Research Interests: Bioanalytical chemistry, protein-polymer interactions, proteomics, molecular biology, mammalian tissue culture, high performance liquid chromatography, electrospray mass spectrometry
Curriculum Vitae:
Christy L. Cooper
Bindley Bioscience Center, 1203 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (765) 496-2674, clcooper@purdue.edu
Master of Science in Chemistry
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Degree conferred August 2005, GPA 3.3
Thesis advisor/ topic: Paul Dubin/ Polyelectrolyte-Protein Charge Pattern Recognition
Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry
Olivet College, Olivet, MI
Degree conferred August 2001, GPA 3.9
Oct 05-present Laboratory Technician VII- Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
*Perform mammalian cell and tissue culture and maintain cell lines
*Design polymer-based nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery
Jan 05-Aug 05 Research Assistant- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
*Utilized titrimetry, electrophoresis, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, and chromatography techniques to study polyelectrolyte-protein interaction
*Collaborated with colleagues to prepare technical reports and manuscripts; prepared and presented research seminars to colleagues
Aug 03-Dec 04, Teaching Assistant- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
June-Dec 01 Indianapolis, IN
*Lectured general chemistry laboratory courses for first- year majors
*Distributed and graded assigned materials
Jan 02-Aug 03 Co-op Analytical Chemist- Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis, IN
*Performed tandem high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS) analysis of peptides
*Programmed automated liquid handling equipment to assay peptides expressed in E. coli fermentation broths
May 00-Aug 00 Research Assistant-Texas A&M University
College Station, TX—National Science Foundation-Research
Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU)
*Prepared starting materials toward the total synthesis of the marine-derived natural product ageliferin and scaled up reactions for large-scale organic synthesis
* Performed analytical methods, including NMR spectroscopy and thin-layer chromatography (TLC)
*Purified compounds using flash column chromatography
Cooper, C.L., Dubin, P.L., Kayitmazer, A.B., and S. Turksen, “Polyelectrolyte-Protein Complexes”, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 10 (1-2):52-78 (2005)
Cooper, Christy L., Goulding, Ann, Kayitmazer, A. Basak, Stoll, Serge, Turksen, Sibel, Kumar, Anil, and Paul L. Dubin, “Effects of Polyelectrolyte Chain Stiffness, Charge Mobility, and Charge Sequences on Binding to Proteins and Micelles”, Biomacromolecules, 2006, accepted
Christy L. Cooper, A. Basak Kayitmazer, and Paul L. Dubin, “Ionic Strength and pH Dependence of the Binding of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) to Random Copolymers of Acrylamidomethylpropane sulfonate (AMPS) and Acrylamide (AAM)”, American Chemical Society 2004 Indiana Local Section Poster Session, Greencastle, IN
Christy L. Cooper, A. Basak Kayitmazer, and Paul L. Dubin, “Charge Pattern Recognition in Polyelectrolyte-Protein Interaction”, Sigma Xi 2005 Graduate Research Competition, Indianapolis, IN