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Guest Speaker: Dr. Melissa Kemp, Carol Ann & David D. Flanagan Professor at the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech & Emory University.

Talk Title: “Computational methods for exploring the principles of multicellular organization of iPSCs”

Bio: Melissa L. Kemp received her B.S. in nuclear engineering, minoring in biomedical engineering, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington. Following postdoctoral work as a CSBi/Merck Fellow in Biological Engineering at MIT, she joined the faculty of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in 2006. As a Carol Ann & David D. Flanagan Professor and Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar, Dr. Kemp’s research program focuses on the development of computational systems biology methods to investigate two overarching themes in cancer, immunology, and regenerative medicine applications: i) the role of cellular redox metabolism in influencing information processing and cell fate decisions; and ii) modes of communication that drive self-organization in multicellular engineered living systems. Dr. Kemp is currently the research director of a multi-institutional NSF Engineering Research Center in Cell Manufacturing Technologies and is the former co-chair of the NCI Cancer Systems Biology Consortium. Dr. Kemp’s career honors include Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar and NIH New Innovator.

Hosted by: Dr. Tim Elston