Spring 2025
January 16, 2025 - 4th Annual CPRT Symposium
- When: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Where: 小猪视频 Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC) Atrium
Fall 2024
December 2, 2024 - CPRT Seminar
Ben Zhong Tang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shenzhen, China
鈥�Visualizing Biostructures and Monitoring Bioprocesses by Conceptually New AIEgens鈥�
- When: Monday, December 2, 2024 at 3 p.m.
- Where:听小猪视频 Saab Emerging Technologies & Innovation Center (ETIC) Atrium
November 6, 2024 - CPRT Seminar
Pradeep K. Dhal, Ph.D.
Ventry Biopharma Solutions, LLC
Lexington, MA
鈥�Engineering Multifunctional Nanoparticle聽Subunit Vaccines鈥�
- When: Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 3 p.m.
- Where:听小猪视频 Saab Emerging Technologies & Innovation Center (ETIC) Atrium
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September 30, 2024 - CPRT Seminar
Debashis Sahoo, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics and Computer Science & Engineering
University of California San Diego
鈥淗arnessing Machine Learning for Biomarker Prediction in Chronic Diseases鈥�
- When: Monday, September 30, 2024 at 2 p.m.
- Where:听 小猪视频 Saab Emerging Technologies & Innovation Center (ETIC) Atrium
You can also join us via聽聽(Zoom ID: 4097 501 119).
Spring 2024
3rd Annual Center for Pathogen Research and Training (CPRT) Symposium
- When: Wednesday, January 10, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Where: 小猪视频 Saab Emerging Technologies & Innovation Center (ETIC) Atrium
Fall 2023
November 17, 2023 - CPRT Seminar
Ji-Xin Cheng
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Boston University
鈥淏ond-selective Chemical Imaging: A New Window for Life Science鈥�
- When: November 17, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.
- Where: Olney Science Center 316, 265 Riverside St., Lowell, MA
November 3, 2023 - CPRT Seminar
Lizbeth Hedstrom
Department of Biology
Brandeis University
鈥淭argeting a prokaryotic protein in a eukaryotic pathogen鈥�
- When: November 3, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.
- Where: Olney Science Center 316, 265 Riverside St., Lowell, MA
You can also join us via (Zoom ID: 938 5307 7459).
October 6, 2023 - CPRT Seminar
Bryan Bryson
Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
鈥淟earning the Rules of Mtb-Derived Antigen Presentation on MHC-I and MHC-II鈥�
- When: October 6, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.
- Where: Olney Science Center 316, 265 Riverside St., Lowell, MA
Spring 2023
2nd Annual CPRT Symposium
- When: Thursday, January 12, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Where: 小猪视频 Saab Emerging Technologies & Innovation Center (ETIC) Atrium
Fall 2022
October 12, 2022 - CPRT Open Seminar
Gregory Chiklis, Ph.D., CEO MRN Diagnostics
"The Transformation of Diagnostic Testing from the Reference Laboratory to the Bedside During the Covid Pandemic"
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 4 p.m.:
- In-person: Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC) Atrium
- Virtual:
A lot has changed with the pandemic and our industry has made a major shift towards self-administered diagnostic tests. In this talk, Chiklis will examine the new technologies that make this possible, pros and cons of untrained user testing, universal testing access, and the effect of these tests on managing the spread of the virus.
Chiklis will be happy to discuss with students about internship and career opportunities in diagnosis industries.
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September 14, 2022 - CPRT Open Seminar
Kevin Outterson , J.D., LL.M, Executive Director, CARB-X
"Repairing the broken business model for antimicrobial R&D"
Professor Outterson teaches health care law at Boston University, where he co-directs the Health Law Program. He serves as the founding Executive Director and Principal Investigator for CARB-X, an >$800M international public-private partnership to accelerate global antibacterial innovation. Key partners in CARB-X include the US Government (BARDA & NIAID), the Wellcome Trust, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the UK Government (GAMRIF), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Professor Outterson鈥檚 research work focuses on the law and economics of antimicrobial resistance, particularly push and pull incentives for antimicrobials.
Learn more about Kevin Outterson on the
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