President Shirley Ann Jackson listens to the research explanation of Katerina Leventis, biomedical engineering graduate student. Leventis’ poster was titled “Strong static magnetic field (SSMF) in the regulation of mammalian cell function.” Charles Rancourt ’70, director of patents and licensing in the Office of Technology Commercialization, asks questions of Brian Periera, chemical and biological engineering graduate student. Periera’s poster was titled “Studying the intein reaction mechanism.”		Marta Manning, chemistry and chemical biology graduate student, explains her poster to Jonathan Dordick, the Howard P. Isermann ’42 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Her poster was titled “Studying kinetic stability in proteins: Applications, method of detection, and structural evaluation.” Photos by RPI/Tiffany Lohwater

Rensselaer Ph.D. students enrolled in the new multidisciplinary course Perspectives in Biomolecular Science and Engineering presented their current thesis research Dec. 5 in the course’s inaugural poster session at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies.

Seventeen students from four departments — Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Chemistry and Chemical Biology — participated in the course and poster session, which are part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biotechnology Pre-doctoral Training Program at Rensselaer. The course included students with fellowships through the NIH program and additional Ph.D. students interested in pursuing a Certificate in Biomolecular Science and Engineering.

Published December 12, 2005