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“International work is part of the fabric of Emory University. Our world-class faculty, internationally engaged staff and community of highly talented international students, scholars and alumni develop initiatives and collaborations that have global scope, and the International Awards were established to celebrate these exemplary people as they further Emory’s impact around the world.” Read the…Continue readingDennis Liotta among Emory researchers recognized for global impact
Since opening his Emory lab in 2009, Khalid Salaita has used nanotechnology to understand the physical forces that cells exert as they interact with one another. Now, through the power of mentorship, Aaron Blanchard, Joshua Brockman and Victor Ma, have taken knowledge gained from their training in Salaita’s lab to study cancer through the National Cancer…Continue readingHarnessing Potential: How the Salaita Lab Refines Researchers
Emory graduate chemists are
‘super heroes’ in fight against ‘superbugs’.Continue readingChemists teach old drug new tricks to target deadly staph bacteria
A refugee raised in Atlanta, Samuel Zinga plans to pursue both a PhD and MD. Along with extensive academic research, his legacy at Emory includes building an education pipeline for other refugee, immigrant and low-income students.Continue readingMcMullan Award recipient excels in science while striving to give back
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EBCC Featured in Emory News
The Emory Biotech Consulting Club, founded by members of the Wuest Lab and supported in part by Dennis Liotta, is featured in a recent Emory News report. The article includes quotes from Henry Zecca (Jui Group) and Bill Wuest. Young Emory scientists wanted a taste of what biotech business careers might be like. So they…Continue readingEBCC Featured in Emory News
Carol Clark profiles the Davies Group with a focus on a recent Nature paper, the latest in a series demonstrating the ability to use a dirhodium catalyst to selectively functionalize C-H bonds in a streamlined manner, while also maintaining virtually full control of the three-dimensional shape of the molecules produced.Continue readingChemical catalyst turns ‘trash’ to ‘treasure’
Emory is one of the first major research universities to completely overhaul how it teaches chemistry, from introductory courses to capstone senior seminars. The new curriculum, called Chemistry Unbound, is supported by a $1.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Continue readingChemistry synthesizes radical overhaul of undergraduate curriculum