Luanne F. Tilstra

• Appointment in Prof. Mattice's group: Graduate student, 1984-1987.
• Ph. D. Dissertation (LSU): "Polypeptides: Conformational Transitions and Complex Formation with Catechins and Procyanidins" 1987.
• Topic of research with Prof. Mattice: Formation of beta sheets; procyanidins
• Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, luanne.tilstra@rose-hulman.edu

Publications coauthored with Prof. Mattice

• Tilstra LF; Mattice WL "The Beta Sheet to Coil Transition of Polypeptides, as Determined by Circular Dichroism" in Circular Dichroism: Conformational Analysis of Biomolecules, Fasman GD, Ed., Plenum Press, New York 1996, Chapter 8.
• Tilstra LF; Cho D; Bergmann WR; Mattice WL "Complexes of Condensed Tannins with Biopolymers" in The Chemistry and Significance of Condensed Tannins Hemingway RW; Karchesy JJ, Eds., Plenum Press: New York City, New York, 1989, pp 335-341.
• Tilstra LF; Maeda H; Mattice WL "Interaction of (+)-Catechin with the Edge of the beta Sheet Formed by Poly(S-carboxymethyl-L-cysteine)" J Chem Soc, Perkin Trans II 1988, 1613-1616.
• Tilstra LF; Mattice WL "Collapse of a Polypeptide Chain as a Result of the Intramolecular Formation of Antiparallel beta Sheets" Biopolymers 1988, 27, 805-819.
• Mattice WL; Tilstra L "Basis for Large Differences in the Cooperativity of the Formation of Antiparallel beta-Sheets and Clusters of Interacting alpha-Helices in Isolated Chains" Biopolymers 1987, 26, 203-211.
• Tilstra L; Strickland TC; Clark DS; Mattice WL "Helix Formation by Poly{bis(hydroxyethyl)-L-glutamine}" Coll Polym Sci 1986, 264, 469-472.