Max is a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow in Feng Zhang’s lab at the Broad Institute where he uses structural biology, biochemistry, and genetics to investigate reverse transcriptases and their applications in genome engineering. He did his PhD research at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK in the lab of Kiyoshi Nagai where he investigated the structure of the spliceosome using cryoEM.Read more
Please join the South Texas Section for our monthly workshop and dinner meeting at Houston Marriott Sugarland, 16090 City Walk, Sugarland, TX 77479. The keynote for the STS-AIChE dinner will be delivered by Jane Stricker 5:30PM - 6:30PM Pre-Dinner Workshop (1 PDH) 6:00PM - 6:45PM Social Networking...Read more
Lisa is an investment manager with GC Ventures, the Boston based CVC arm of PTT Global Chemical, a Thailand based petrochemical company. Prior to joining GC Ventures 5 years ago, Lisa spent over 15 years at a consulting firm providing technical and commercialization assistance to startups and other small companies, primarily those receiving federal Small Business Innovation Research funds. These companies spanned a broad range of markets including chemicals, materials, medical devices and therapies, and energy. Lisa holds a MS in Environmental Engineering from Tufts University and...Read more
Sergey, a research fellow in Eugene Koonin's Evolutionary Genomics Research Group at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), is using computational methods to analyze genomic data. He has discovered multiple novel CRISPR-Cas systems using these methods, including Type VI (cas13) and numerous Type V (cas12).Read more
Sergey, a research fellow in Eugene Koonin's Evolutionary Genomics Research Group at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), is using computational methods to analyze genomic data. He has discovered multiple novel CRISPR-Cas systems using these methods, including Type VI (cas13) and numerous Type V (cas12).Read more
An actively practicing cardiologist and committed teacher, Kiran Musunuru, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., M.L., is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the genetics of heart disease and seeks to identify genetic factors that protect against disease and use them to develop new therapies. He is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the White House, the American Heart Association's Award of Meritorious Achievement and Joseph A. Vita Award, the...Read more
