Month: August 2025

Voices EXTRA: Roman Suer on the 2025 Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk Award

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Roman Suer, Arts Scholars Program Manager and recipient of the 2025 Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk Arts – Community Outreach Award, discusses his award and the details and objectives of the Arts Scholars Program. Suer received the Pinchuk Arts Community Outreach Award for his work on a high school arts incubator project. The program provides applied learning experiences that connect classroom knowledge to real-world environments, encouraging students from a variety of disciplines to engage with the arts. Suer and host David Staley review the program’s emphasis on storytelling, creative identity, and career exploration.

This is the first in an occasional series of interviews with Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences staff.

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Dehua Pei: How Do Large Molecules Pass Through Cell Membranes?

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Dehua Pei, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, discusses his groundbreaking research on how biomolecules, particularly large proteins, traverse cell membranes. This fundamental question has significant implications for drug discovery. His team has identified a new mechanism they call vesicle budding and collapse (VBC) and is exploring its potential to deliver therapeutic agents for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. Pei and host David Staley discuss the importance of combining curiosity-driven research with societal needs, aiming to solve “undruggable” diseases (those lacking drug treatments) and improve sustainable agriculture. He also describes his journey from doing fundamental research to founding four biotech companies.

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