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Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech \/ Emory University\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ebe3da45ed62595e38529b216353c08bb\u0022\u003EAttend \u003Cstrong\u003Ein-person\u003C\/strong\u003E at the Petit Biotechnology Building (IBB) - \u003Cem\u003ELunch provided, while supplies last\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e79b200dcfd17f86621b0809371522094\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_xO-l7jElRRSFRBs-Yvfqaw\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EREGISTER HERE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E for virtual participation link\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EBIO\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EMelissa Lambeth Kemp received her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from University of Washington. Kemp joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2006 after completing postdoctoral training at MIT. Her expertise is in computational modeling of metabolism and signal transduction, as well as developing statistical modeling tools to examine network relationships in high-dimension datasets. One major aspect of her research program linking ROS \u2013 the byproducts of aerobic metabolism \u2013 to the fundamental way that cells interpret instructions from their environment, their neighbors, and their own genetic blueprint. Specific applications of her diverse work include systems modeling of transient phosphatase oxidation of kinase cascades, patient-specific differences in cytotoxicity to redox-cycled chemotherapeutics and radiation, and the coordination of oxidative metabolism with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Her research program also includes a component of developing high-throughput screening methods for assaying cue-signal-response relationships in cells and analytical tools for single cell gene expression.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKemp currently serves as the Research Director of the multi-site NSF Engineering Research Center \u201cCell Manufacturing Technologies\u201d. In her former role as Associate Director of the NSF Science and Technology Center \u201cEmergent Behavior of Integrated Cellular Systems,\u201d she spearheaded the multi-site center\u2019s computational activities by developing agent-based models of context-dependent cellular decisions to generate new hypotheses of intercellular communication in pluripotent stem cell differentiation and emergent patterning; this work continues currently in quantifying organizational principles and spatial relationships in iPSC-derived tissues from multi-omics data. Kemp\u2019s career honors include a Whitaker Graduate Fellowship, Merck\/CSBi postdoctoral fellowship, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar, NIH New Innovator Award, and the CSB2 Prize for Innovative Measurement Methods from the Council for Systems Biology in Boston.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/soda\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESpatial Omics and Data Analytics (SODA) Center\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E meets monthly for networking, information transfer, and active partnership formation. These seminars will feature internal faculty spotlights, external leaders, and dedicated time slots for \u201cSynergy Sessions\u201d where faculty pitch data challenges or analytical solutions, directly seeding joint grant applications and cross-departmental Ph.D. mentorship.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Quantification and simulation of spatial organization in iPSC-derived tissues\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E - Melissa Kemp, Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Quantification and simulation of spatial organization in iPSC-derived tissues\u0022 - Melissa Kemp, Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"36924","created_gmt":"2026-10-26 14:09:38","changed_gmt":"2026-10-28 12:31:24","author":"mdunn71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-11-19T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2026-11-19T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-11-19T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-11-19 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-11-19 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-11-19 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Petit Biotechnology Building, 315 Ferst Drive NW, Suddath Seminar Room 1128, Atlanta, GA 30332","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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