Title: EMPLOYING COMMON IONS AND MOLECULES FOR SUSTAINABLE CLEAN WATER Speaker: Dr. Swathy J. R. Abstract: Despite the existence of several innovative solutions in the field of water purification, successful technologies continue to encounter significant challenges. Many of these technologies lack sustainability and durability due to frequent manual interventions and associated expenses. While various global […]

Speaker: Prof. Michael Toneff, PhD, Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, Widener University. Title: A dual-fluorescent reporter to identify mechanisms regulating the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer. Abstract: The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a developmental and wound-healing process whereby stationary epithelial cells undergo a reversible phenotypic change to a motile, mesenchymal-like state. EMT can aberrantly occur […]

Speaker: Dr. Shrikrishnan Sankaran Title: Living Therapeutic Materials – Hydrogel encapsulated bacteria for smart drug delivery Abstract: Living therapeutics is a rapidly growing field in which live microorganisms are engineered to produce and deliver drugs right within the body. A unique advantage of this approach is that the organisms can be programmed with smart functions […]