Department Seminar: Dr. Marina Tanasova

Nov 15, 2018

LSSUChemistrySeminar

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Dr.MarinaTanasova

MichiganTechnologicalUniversity

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Developingchemicaltoolstosolvebiologicalproblems

2:00pmFriday,November16

Crawford302

**Note:Asessionwillbeheldfrom3:00-4:00pmforstudentsinterestedingraduateschoolopportunitiesatMTU.**

Abstract:Theresearchinourlaboratoryfocusesondevelopingmolecularprobesandbiochemicalassayforidentifyingandunderstandinglinksbetweenimpairedbiologicalmechanismsanddiseases.Weheavilyrelyonchemicalbiologytounderstandmolecularinteractionsthatcontrolcellularequilibriumandusesyntheticorganicchemistrytoproducesmallmoleculestomonitorandadjustimpairedbiochemicalprocesses.Themultidisciplinaryresearchenvironmentinthelabprovidesadiverseplatformattheinterfaceofchemistryandbiologyforstudenteducationatanylevel.