Carthene R. Bazemore-Walker
Assistant Professor:
Chemistry
Phone: 401 863 1978
carthene_bazemore-walker@brown.edu
BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
We seek to identify biomarkers of disease and to define disease mechanisms at the molecular level by utilizing tools of analytical chemistry, specifically high resolution chromatography and state of the art mass spectrometry.
Biography
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 2006-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, 2005-2006
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, 2001-2005
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Norfolk State University, 1999-2001
Director, Mass Spectrometry Facility, Praecis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1997-1999
EDUCATION
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Prof. L. J. Stern), 1997-1999
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, University of Virginia (Prof. D. F. Hunt), 1993-1997
B.S., Chemistry (summa cum laude), Norfolk State University, 1989-1993
Interests
Research in my laboratory is directed toward the development and application of proteomic methods that will allow for the characterization of protein post-translational modifications and multiprotein complexes at physiological levels. Student trainees not only create new chromatography and mass spectrometry technologies, but also utilize them to answer important questions related to cancer biology and immunology. More specifically, our interdisciplinary research endeavor focuses on the analytical goals of enhancing sample recovery, increasing chromatographic separation capability, and optimizing mass spectrometric detection limits in an effort to (1) identify novel protein biomarkers for autoimmune diseases, (2) characterize apoptotic signaling pathways initiated by microtubule-interfering chemotherapeutics, (3) and elucidate the structure and macromolecular interactions of signaling proteins.
Degrees
Ph.D.
Awards
ADVANCE Career Development Award, Brown University, 2007-2009
Harrison Award (to support undergraduate research), University of Virginia, 2006; 2004
Visiting Professorship Award, MAC, American Society for Cell Biology, 2000-2001
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, MIT chapter, elected to membership 1998
David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship for Chemistry, Physics, and Math, 1993-1997
University of Virginia Presidential Fellowship, 1993-1996
Dozoretz National Institute for Mathematics and Applied Sciences Scholarship, Norfolk State University, 1989-1993
Affiliations
American Chemical Society
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Funded Research
Leukemia Research Foundation, New Investigator Award, 07/01/2002-06/30/2005
Curriculum Vitae
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