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Congratulations on successful Ph.D. thesis defense
Congratulations to Laurent Tillement and Daniel Martinez on successful Ph.D. thesis defenses. Posted January 26, 2011 by Elliott Crooke.
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Congratulations on successful Ph.D. thesis defense
The department wishes to congratulate Shehla Wynne on the recent successful defense of her thesis work, "Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Inhibit Prostate Cancer Cell Migration via Induction of p
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Dr. Djakiew to present in Pharmacology Research Rounds
Daniel Djakiew, Ph.D. will present next Friday March 4th at 12 noon the Research Rounds in the Department of Pharmacology.
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Dr Danielsen briefs the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on the FAST system of pathogen detection
Drs. Danielsen and Dretchen briefed DTRA (the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency) on recent developments in a pathogen detection system developed in the Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Pharmacology.
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MS in Bioinformatics planning committee
A committee has been set up to develop a master’s program in bioinformatics. This program will involve faculty from multiple departments and from Virginia Tech. More information can be obtained from Dr Danielsen.
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Dr Danielsen visits China
Dr Danielsen recently returned from a speaking tour of the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Xiaman and Beijing and included a presentation at the Third Annual Conference of Molecular Diagnostics.
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Dr. Edwards to present at USHUPO 2011
Dr. Edwards will present “Novel empirical FDR estimation techniques in the PepArML meta-search peptide identification platform” at the 2011 meeting of the US Human Proteome Organization
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Dr. Djakiew to present at MARM 2011
Dr. Djakiew has been invited to present his research on “NSAID-induced p75NTR dependent apoptosis in cancer” from the podium at a symposium focusing on the medicinal chemistry and chemical biology of anticancer compounds for the May 2011 Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM) of the American Chemical Society.
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2011 Bhussry Lecture: Brian Boyd, "The Story Mind." March 30, 4:00 PM, Research Bldg. Auditorium
This year’s Bhussry speaker is Brian Boyd, who is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Dr. Djakiew interviewed by Reuters News about anti-cancer effects of NSAIDs
Dr. Djakiew was extensively cited in a recent publication on the epidemiology of NSAID use and reduced risk of bladder cancer. The article titled “Less bladder cancer in frequent painkiller users” discussed differences in the protective effects of aspirin and ibuprofen in reducing the risk of developing bladder cancer and the potential mechanisms by which long term consumption of some NSAIDs may exert an unintended anti-cancer benefit.
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