ChemE Graduate Seminar Series: Shuyi Ma
Understanding and Engineering Pathogen Regulation to Improve Treatment Outcomes
Shuyi Ma
Assistant Professor, UW Department of Pediatrics
Principal Investigator, Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UW Department of Chemical Engineering
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UW Department of Global Health
Abstract
Pathogens respond to drug-induced stress with context-dependent molecular adaptations that are regulated by transcription factors and kinases. These molecular processes can coordinate drug tolerance, persistence, phenotypic resistance to antibiotics that can lead to treatment failure in drug-sensitive patients. Deciphering stress response mechanisms is thus critical to anticipating treatment failure and designing drug-sensitizing adjuvants. We have combined computational modeling and experimental characterization of transcription factors and kinases in the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis to uncover new candidate targets that…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA A102. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: graduate students, postdocs, faculty.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
ChemE Graduate Seminar Series: Margarita Sánchez-Domínguez
From nano to macro: Micromulsions as confined reaction media for the synthesis of metallic, metal oxide, and MOF hierarchical nanoparticles and superstructures
Margarita Sánchez-Domínguez
Research Professor
Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S. C. (CIMAV S.C.) Monterrey, México
Abstract
Since first reported in 1982 the microemulsion reaction method has been employed extensively for synthesis of a variety of metallic, metal oxide and other inorganic nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution, high specific surface area and a good performance in certain applications such as catalysis. Most of those investigations were based on water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsions. However, the use of w/o microemulsions requires high amounts of solvent, hindering its applications at the industrial scale. Hence, from a practical, environmental, and economical point of view, the possibility of using oil-in-water (o/w) microemulsions may offer advantages, since the major phase is water. Such approach implies the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA A102. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: graduate students, postdocs, faculty.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
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