1. Acquisition of an X-Band EPR Spectrometer SystemHarold R. Rogers, California State University-Fullerton Foundation, DMR 0723144 We will be using the EPR spectrometer to study, using spin labels, how polymer-bound organometallics influence biofilm formation; to study the mechanism metal-halogen exchange; to investigate unique reactive oxygen species and metalloenzyme systems involved in iron storage in cells; and to study the structures of the active sites of engineered cytochrome c’ proteins. Since our department requires research for all degrees, our students – many of whom are women and under-represented minority students – will receive hands-on experience with equipment that is widely used in industry, oil exploration, medicine, food processing, forensics, biotechnology, and other ‘real-world’ applications. The EPR spectrometer will join our 400-MHz NMR spectrometer and x-ray diffractometers, along with instruments from other universities in California, as part of Cal-PRISSM – a partnership to provide real-time remote access to the instruments with a simultaneous real-time online learning environment to high schools, community colleges, and universities that could benefit from such access. PRISSM will allow students and faculty at such institutions to experience ‘hands-on’ research into the structure of matter.