Speaker News
Louisiana Tech’s “New Frontiers in Biomedical Research” series will open 2017-2018 by welcoming Dr. Patrick Cobb, Class of 1981
October 2017
Dr. Patrick Cobb will be the first speaker of the "New Frontiers in Biomedical Research" seminary series of the 2017-2018 school year. The seminar will be held on Ocotber 2, 2017, 2 pm, in University Hall. Dr. Cobb will be presenting on “Immunotherapy: How it Changed (Almost) Everything in Oncology.” Click the link below for more information on the seminar series and about the speaker.
NFBR lecture series concludes with presentation by renowned botanist
May 2016
Dr. Joseph Spatafora, professor of botany and plant pathology at Oregon State University and a 1986 Louisiana Tech University alumnus, will discuss his research during a presentation titled, “Phylogenomics of Fungal Secondary Metabolism” in the final installment of Louisiana Tech’s 2015-2016 New Frontiers in Biomedical Research lecture series.....
Louisiana Tech lecture series to host expert in metabolic, molecular medicine
April 2016
Dr. Joseph Bass, the Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine and chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine at Northwestern University, will visit Louisiana Tech University on April 4 as part of the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research lecture series......
Louisiana Tech to host LSUHSC physiologist as part of research
lecture series
March 2016
Louisiana Tech University’s will host a presentation by Dr. Neil Granger, the Boyd Professor and head of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, on March 14 as part of its New Frontiers in Biomedical Research lecture series....
New Frontiers lecture series welcomes distinguished chemist, chemical biologist
February 2016
Louisiana Tech University will host a presentation by Dr. Wilma K Olson, the Mary I. Bunting Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University, on February 15 for the next installment of its 2015-2016 New Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering seminar series.
Sports Concussion Researcher to Present as part of New Frontiers lecture series
December 2015
Dr. Li-Shan Chou, professor and chair of the Department of Human Physiology at the University of Oregon, will present a lecture titled “Tracking Functional Deficits Following Concussion Using Movement Analysis” on December 14 as the next installment of Louisiana Tech University’s New Frontiers in Biomedical Research series...
Research Chemist to present next installment of New Frontiers seminar series
October 2015
Dr. Bryant Nelson, staff research chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will present a lecture titled “Fundamental Interactions of Engineered Nanomaterials with DNA and DNA Repair Proteins,” on October 19 as part of Louisiana Tech University’s New Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering seminar series....
Introducing 2015-2016 Seminar Speakers
September 2015
Interdisciplinary collaborations, alumni spotlights and features, and research discussions by renowned guest speakers will form the foundation for the 2015-2016 edition of the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research seminar series at Louisiana Tech University. A presentation by Dr. Michelle Dawson titled, “Mechanics and Malignancy: Biophysical Approaches for Understanding Cancer” will begin the 2015-2016 series on...
Series opens with alumnus Dr. Michelle Dawson, Class of '99
September 2015
The New Frontiers in Biomedical Research lecture series will kick-off its third year at Louisiana Tech University on September 21with a presentation by Dr. Michelle Dawson, assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech and 1999 Louisiana Tech alumnae. Dawson, whose research is focused on manipulating cell mechanics to control...