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| Adam Blaszczak
Director, InnovaBio
Office: JHS 257
Phone: 801-957-6323
FAX: 801-957-6373
Email: adam.blaszczak@slcc.edu |
A native of Poland, Adam in 1992 received TEMPUS scholarship to conduct his research for Masters Degree in Dr. Robert Glass's laboratory at the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK. For his graduate work at the University of Gdansk he conducted his research in Maciej Zylicz's lab on the heat shock response in Escherichia coli. In 1995 he became a research associate at the Institute of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IBB PAN) Warsaw/Gdansk, Poland. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Gdansk in 1998. Before joining the InnovaBio team for over ten years Adam conducted research on transcriptional gene regulation in cancer cells at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. |
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| Mary Nelson
Assistant Director, InnovaBio
Office: JHS 240
Phone: 801-957-6327
FAX: 801-957-6373
Email: mary.nelson@slcc.edu |
Mary received her Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Seattle University in 2000. She entered the University of Utah to study Oncological Sciences at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute. Her graduate work focused on the ETS family of transcription factors and the response of Ets1 to the Ras/MAPK and calcium signaling pathways. Mary received her Ph.D. in 2007 and continued to work in her graduate lab until January of 2009 when she was hired by SLCC. She is very happy to be a part of training the new generation of scientists. When Mary is not in the lab, she enjoys playing softball and competing in triathlons. |
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| Alejandro Pabon
Research Technician, InnovaBio
Office: JHS 241
Phone: 801-957-6338
FAX: 801-957-6373
Email: miguel.pabon@slcc.edu |
Alejandro was born over thirty years ago, in a prime Caribbean coastal town in Venezuela. His mother is a Clinical Biochemist who runs her own lab and his father is a retired Chemical Engineer who spends his time now as an adventurer/traveler. He graduated with his Masters in Biochemistry from Utah State University. His research experience includes: Enzymology and molecular biology of the protozoa Leishmania mexicana and Biological nitrogen fixation on molybdenum and vanadium metal centers. His hobbies include: Bicycling on asphalt and dirt, rock-climbing, skiing the big open back country, surfing the warm coast when back at home and cooking and sewing during the night time. |
