Discovery of Potential Cancer Therapeutics From Marine Organisms
Dr. Esther Guzmán, Research Professor
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
at Florida Atlantic University
Dr. Guzmán discusses how marine natural products may help us fight cancer.
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[RESOURCE LIBRARY] NOAA Ocean Exploration – Exploring the Blue Economy Biotechnology Potential of Deepwater Habitats
[READING] Scientific American – Hope for New Drugs Arises from the Sea
[WEBINAR] FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute – The Deep Sea’s Treasure Trove – Marine Natural Products as Potential Cancer Therapeutics
[DOCUMENTARY] WPBT2/South Florida PBS – Changing Seas Prescription: Oceans
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PRESENTER BIO
Dr. Esther Guzmán received her BS in Molecular Biology/Biotechnology at Salem-Teikyo University in 1996. She then worked for a year at the HIV database at Los Alamos National Laboratories. She obtained her PhD in Immunology from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston in 2004, followed by postdoctoral positions at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI). In 2007, Dr. Guzmán became the leader of the Cancer Cell Biology Program at the Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology Research at HBOI. This program focuses on drug discovery for cancer. Her work at HBOI has resulted in the discovery of novel anti-cancer properties for many marine natural products, and the development of assays to identify compounds that target important signaling pathways aberrant in cancers. She is an author on over 30 peer reviewed publications on cancer biology and is an inventor on 3 U.S. patents covering the anti-cancer use of marine natural products.
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