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Dissertation Literature Mastery Seminar – Tristan Yang, PhD Student – “Computational Reconstruction of a Signature of Pathogenic Fungi”

Please join us for our PhD Student Tristan Yang's dissertation literature mastery seminar on "Computational Reconstruction of a Signature of Pathogenic Fungi" Global warming, due to anthropogenic carbon dioxide, makes it urgent to find improved agricultural strategies to trap atmospheric carbon dioxide into recalcitrant carbon compounds in the soil. We are addressing this problem by […]

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Dissertation Literature Mastery Seminar – Uchechukwu Anyaduba, PhD Student – “Surrogate Endpoints in Oncology: Using Real-World Patient Data to Test and Improve Validation Methods”

KGI Bldg. 121, Room 1111 121 Bucknell Ave., Claremont, United States

Please join us for PhD student, Uchechukwu Anyaduba's presentation on "Surrogate Endpoints in Oncology: Using Real-World Patient Data to Test and Improve Validation Methods" Overall-Survival (OS) remains the gold standard endpoint used in trials to establish the clinical benefit of cancer treatments. For many cancers, OS requires that trials have an extended follow-up period to […]

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PhD Student Payam Amiri: PhD Dissertation Defense Presentation – “The Development of a Novel Blood-Brain Barrier, Organ-on-a-Chip System and the Identification of Erythrocytes as a Key Contributor to Age-Associated Neurological Decline”

KGI Bldg. 535 535 Watson Dr., Claremont, CA, United States

Please join us for PhD student, Payam Amiri's PhD dissertation defense presentation on "The Development of a Novel Blood-Brain Barrier, Organ-on-a-Chip System and the Identification of Erythrocytes as a Key Contributor to Age-Associated Neurological Decline" Advancements in modern medicine have greatly extended human life expectancy. However, with the onset of age-associated conditions such as Alzheimer’s […]

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PhD Student Karen Yrene Paco Mendivil: PhD Dissertation Defense Presentation: “Intrinsically Disordered Proteins as Therapeutics Targets: Targeting Disordered Epitopes for the Development of SARS CoV2 Vaccine Candidates”

KGI Bldg. 121, Room 1111 121 Bucknell Ave., Claremont, United States

Please join us for PhD student Karen Yrene Paco Mendivil's PhD dissertation defense presentation on "Intrinsically Disordered Proteins as Therapeutics Targets: Targeting Disordered Epitopes for the Development of SARS CoV2 Vaccine Candidates" Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and IDP regions (IDPRs) fail to form stable structures but have important biological functions via interacting with various molecular […]

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Research Seminar Speaker Series: Jaehwan Kim, M.S. – “Microfluidic Auto-sampler for Raman Spectroscopy in Cell Therapy Manufacturing”

Please join us for our Research Seminar Speaker Series with Jaehwan Kim, M.S., MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, PhD Candidate The ability to readily monitor metabolite concentrations in cell culture media could enable tighter culture condition control and potential improvements in yield and clinical potency of a cell therapy product. In this […]

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PhD Literature Mastery Seminar – Ijeoma Nnadozie, PhD Student – “Identification of Functional Risk Variants Associated with Colorectal Cancer in African American Population”

Please join us for KGI PhD Student, Ijeoma Nnadozie's PhD Literature Mastery Seminar on: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the US. The incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer vary by sex, race, and ethnicity, with African Americans (AA) recording the highest incidence and mortality. The disparity for CRC […]

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Research Seminar Speaker Series: Brian O’Mara – “Downstream Process Development of Monoclonal Antibodies”

Please join us for our Research Seminar Speaker Series with Brian O'Mara, Associate Director, Downstream Process Development, Ambrx, Inc. Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) have become a predominant class of therapeutic modalities used in the treatment of several disease indications, including cancers, autoimmune, metabolic, allograft rejection, and infectious diseases. The 2020 global mAb market was USD 157 […]

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PhD Literature Mastery Seminar – Alexander Burns, PhD Student – “rAAVs for Gene Therapy Applications and Associated Manufacturing Platforms”

Please join us for KGI PhD Student, Alexander Burns, for his PhD Literature Mastery Seminar Recombinant Adeno-associated virus (rAAV) based gene therapies offer a better quality of life to patients with life-debilitating conditions. But the high cost of rAAV-vector manufacturing for gene therapy applications, which is passed to patients as high-cost treatments, deserves attention. Due […]

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PhD Literature Mastery Seminar – Ross Steinberg, PhD Student – The Implication of Mitochondrial Adaptation in Disease States”

KGI Bldg. 535, Room 152 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA, United States

Please join us for KGI PhD Student, Ross Steinberg's PhD Literature Mastery Seminar Various metabolic shifts occur within mitochondria prior to and in response to disease states, including cancer, Alcoholic Liver Disease and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, obesity, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease. These shifts can include changes in mitochondrial dynamics (fusion/fission), biogenesis, […]

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