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1st Regional PREP Research Symposium

Participating Institutions: University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Thursday, May 24 , 2012
9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Austrian Auditorium - Clinical Research Building, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Richard K. Assoian named Interim Director of BGS

January 13, 2012

rick Susan Ross, PhD, Associate Dean for graduate education and director of the Biomedical Graduate Studies will be on sabbatical from February 2012 – January 2013. Rick Assoian, PhD, professor of Pharmacology, has been named Interim Director of BGS during this period.

Dr. Assoian’s involvement with graduate education at Penn has been extensive. In addition to co-directing classes in both the CAMB and Pharmacology Graduate Groups, Rick chaired admissions for the Cell Biology and Physiology (CBP) subgroup within CAMB for three years, and he currently chairs admissions for the Pharmacology Graduate Group. He sits on the CAMB curriculum committee, the executive committees of both the CBP and Pharmacology Graduate Groups, and the BGS Advisory Committee. Additionally, Rick is a BGS representative to the Council of Graduate Faculties, an advisory body within the Provost's office that is responsible for review of graduate groups and education throughout the University.

Faculty in the News

May 17, 2012 - Penn Researchers Recognized for Improving Nanotech Design Principles

A team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has recently been recognized by the National Science Foundation for the development of computer models that will be instrumental in improving the design of pharmaceuticals on an atomic scale.

Led by Ravi Radhakrishnan, PhD (BMB, GCB), the team also included Portonovo Ayyaswamy, PhD (Engineering) as well as David Eckmann, PhD, MD, and Vladimir Muzykantov, PhD (PHRM).

The team received a “Research Highlight” from the NSF’s Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental & Transport Systems, and the work for which they were honored was published in the Biophysical Journal.

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