This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features another STEM mentor you will meet at our Parent-Daughter Workshop on June 24th. There are only a few spots left and registration closes on Friday, so don’t wait!
Kimberly Beatty is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Physiology & Pharmacology at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).
Dr. Beatty went to college knowing that she wanted to be a scientist. She got her undergraduate degree at UC Santa Barbara where she majored in biochemistry. In addition to all her classes, Beatty started doing research with one of her professors as well as two off-campus internships. Her experiences doing research and working in a lab led her to pursue a PhD in chemical biology at California Institute of Technology.
She now heads up her own lab at OHSU in the Center for Spacial Systems Biomedicine. Beatty and her team develop new chemical tools for imaging human diseases. These tools illuminate different molecular markers in diseased cells including tuberculosis (TB) and breast cancer. TB is the deadliest disease in human history and kills nearly 2 million people a year. Beatty has developed fluorogenic probes that light up and help track TB activity in cells. Check out the cool images her team has taken with their probes! (Left: tuberculosis markers; Right: cells tagged with their novel probe)
Not only does Dr. Beatty’s research shed light on deadly human diseases, she also mentors several graduate and post-graduate students in her lab – over half of which are female!! Don’t miss a chance to meet Kimberly Beatty at our Parent-Daughter Workshop and learn more about her background and research.
Register today for the June 24th Parent-Daughter STEM Workshop to meet Kimberly Beatty and other female STEM mentors!
