Spring 2017 Archive
Jen Nwankwo, PhD.
Healthcare Strategist and Investor Bain & Company, Boston, MA
“Target Validation of Calpain-1 as a Novel Regulator of Platelet Hyperactivity and Pain Sensitivity in a Humanized Mouse Model of Severe Sickle Cell Disease”
Dr. Qinglian Liu, Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine
“Structural and Biochemical Studies of HSP 70 Molecular Chaperones”
Dr. Young-Hoon Ahn, Assistant Professor
Wayne State University, Division of Chemistry
"Chemical Approaches for Characterizing Protein Glutathionylation"
Dr. Joseph L. McClay, Assistant Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University, Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
“Genes and Epigenetic Mechanisms Mediating Central Nervous System Drug Response”
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Biology
“Statins Inhibit Mast Cell-Mediated Inflammation”
Dr. Karl Krueger, Program Director
National Cancer Institute, Maryland, Division of Cancer Prevention
“Research Funding by the National Cancer Institute: An Insiders Perspective”
Caren L. Freel Meyers, Associate Professor
John Hopkins Medicine, Maryland, Dept. of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
"Targeting a Bacterial Metabolic Branch Point through Inhibition of DXP Synthase"
Dr. Sandro R da Rocha, Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Pharmaceutics
“Dendrimer Nanocarries for Transport Modulation Across the Pulmonary Epithelium”
Xu Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences
Interactions of Pleiotrophin with Glycosaminoglycans
Kwang Chul Kim, Ph.D., Professor and Director
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Departments of Otolaryngology, Physiology and Medicine
Roles of Mucins in Respiratory Tract Inflammation
Hui-Wang Ai, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia
Illuminating Biology with Genetically Encoded Biosensors
John Lazo, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology
School of Medicine, University of Virginia
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases as Emerging Cancer Therapeutic Targets
Ian S. Ramsey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Physiology & Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University
Insights into the Control of TRPV2 Channel Activity in Microglia and Peripheral Leukocytes by ROS and Cannabinoid Ligands