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Dr. Jeanne Hardy, UMass Amherst – Fall 2021 Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Jeanne Hardy, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry University of Massachusetts Amherst Jeanne Hardy's website Title:  Caspase Protease Inhibitors as Alzheimers Disease Treatments Abstract: Caspases are cysteine proteases that are major players in key cellular processes, including apoptosis and inflammation. Amongst the human caspases, caspase-6 has been implicated in playing a unique and critical role […]

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Steven Beasley, Clark Graduate Student, Research Proposal – Fall 2021 Seminar Series

  Speaker: Steven Beasley BCMB Graduate Student Clark University Title:  "Point-of-Care detection of Prostate Cancer Biomarkers" Research Proposal Presentation Abstract: The primary goal of this research proposal is to develop a simple, quick, inexpensive, and accurate Point-of-Care test-strip based assay that uses multiple prostate cancer biomarkers to help Urologists provide better screening and treatment options […]

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Dr. Josh Worch, University of Birmingham (UK) – Materials Science Faculty Search Seminar

Speaker: Dr. Josh Worch, Ph.D. School of Chemistry University of Birmingham (UK) Title:  Step-growth polymerization and cis/trans isomerism: Vintage chemistry for next-generation materials Abstract: The stereochemistry within synthetic polymer backbones influences the physical and mechanical properties of the resultant bulk materials. Modern approaches to produce stereocontrolled polymers have relied heavily on chain-growth polymerization methods to […]

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