Purdue University Northwest – Hammond Campus (IN)
Department of Biological Science
Radmila Sarac, PhD
Associate Professor
Dr. Sarac obtained her B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She obtained her Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Pharmacology,and Physiology from the University of Chicago in the laboratory of Dr. Deborah J. Nelson. Dr. Sarac has been a faculty member at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana since 2005 where she is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Her primary research interests include understanding the functional and structural properties of the G protein-activated inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) ion channel family.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (PA)
Department of Pathology
Harry C. Blair, MD
Professor of Pathology
Dr. Blair is a member of the Division of Clinical Chemistry in the Section of Laboratory Medicine, and is a VA Merit Investigator and Staff Pathologist. He is also on the faculty of the Department of Cell Biology and in the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Blair obtained his BA and MD from Washington University.
University of Washington (WA)
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Paul H. Schlesinger, MD, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
Dr. Schlesinger is a member of the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Schlesinger obtained his BS at the University of Illinois and he got his MD and PhD from The University of Chicago.
Manros Therapeutics, France
Dr. Laurent Meijer
Co-founder, President and CSO, ManRos Therapeutics
Dr. Laurent Meijer is the co-founder of ManRos Therapeutics and one of the world’s leading experts in disease-relevant kinases and their pharmacological inhibitors. Dr. Meijer has generated more than 40 patents, published over 340 articles, edited 6 books and has been working with three Nobel Prize recipients. In 1985-86, with Edwin Krebs (Nobel Prize award 1992), he extensively characterized the M-phase specific Histone H1 kinase (which turned out to be CDK1/cyclin B). In the late ’80s, with Tim Hunt (Nobel Prize award 2001), he identified the CDK1 associated regulatory subunit as cyclin B. With Paul Greengard (Nobel Prize award 2000), he has been studying brain protein kinases and pharmacological inhibitors for three years (2001-2004) at the Rockefeller University (New York).
Laurent Meijer holds a PhD from University of Lille (1978) and University of Paris (1983). He is married and has two children.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Anjaparavanda P. Naren, PhD
Thomas Boat Chair in Cystic Fibrosis Research, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Research
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Research