The Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering has one new faculty opening at the Assistant or Associate Professor level beginning in August of 2008.

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The Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Vamsi Yadavalli to its faculty.

Dr. Yadavalli has spent the last two years as an NIH Post Doctoral Fellow with the NIAMS. Dr. Yadavalli received his PhD from Penn State in Chemical Engineering and his B.Tech. (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. Dr. Yadavalli's research areas are in the fundamental nanomechanics of muscle protein and novel nanoscale protein biosensors. His mentor at NIH was Dr. Kuan Wang of the Laboratory of Muscle Biology at NIAMS.

Please join me in welcoming this outstanding individual to our Department!

M.P.

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HEST Workshop: The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Workshop (HEST) at Virginia Commonwealth University is an intensive, laboratory based, four-day course that gives participants the rare opportunity to work and train with instructors experienced in developing and propagating NIH-approved human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines. Please visit http://www.engineering.vcu.edu/vcu-hest2007/ for more details.

Stem Cells: The Search for Cures; Challenges and Public Policy

November 19, 2007, 4:00 P.M; School of Engineering Auditorium (Room 101)

Open to the Public. Please visit http://www.engineering.vcu.edu/vcu-hest2007/symposium.html for more details.

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