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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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In addition to its annual lectures, ChBE hosts a weekly seminar throughout the year with invited lecturers who are prominent in their fields. Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held on Wednesdays in the Molecular Science and Engineering Building ("M" Building) in G011 (Cherry Logan Emerson Lecture Theater) at 4 p.m. Refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m. in the Emerson-Lewis Reception Salon.
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"Integrating Engineering, Biology and Chemistry to Target and Disrupt the Tumor Microenvironment"
James Van Deventer, Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract:
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States. Although survival rates are improving, these improvements are slow and uneven, with death rates attributable to some cancers remaining unchanged for over 40 years. Part of the difficulty in treating cancer is that tumor cells coopt their surroundings to create an environment conducive to cancer progression. This environment, known as the tumor microenvironment, is just as important to tumor progression as the tumor cells. Protein-based therapeutics hold great promise for disrupting this essential cancer support network. This talk will present biomolecular engineering approaches to the discovery of proteins capable of targeting the tumor microenvironment.
