Research Day 2025
April 11, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford
Address
1601 Parkview Ave., Rockford, IL
Calendar
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Friday, April 11, 2025
Dr. Morten P. Meldal, awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is our keynote speaker. A professor at the University of Copenhagen and head of the Center of Evolutionary Chemical Biology, Dr. Meldal has a unique influence on methods used in peptide and combinatorial chemistry. His pioneering work spans combinatorial chemistry, click chemistry, polymer chemistry, and more, influencing fields from synthetic biology to nano assays.
Dr. Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram, Head of Department of Biomedical Sciences and the Michael L. and the Susan M. Glasser Professor of Rural Health Professions Education and Research, will serve as the Chair for the 2025 Research Day. He leads research on vaccines against lymphatic filariasis and gene mining of schistosome and lymphatic filarial parasites. His team’s work includes identifying vaccine candidates and advancing strategies for effective immunization.
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Date posted
Jul 23, 2024
Date updated
Jul 23, 2024