Benjamin Clarke
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Credentials
PhD

Professor
Faculty, PhD Program in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Biography

Research Summary

1) Endocrinology: Investigating the role of pituitary hormones as immunomodulators and regulators of development.

2) Lyme disease: Characterizing the entrance of Borrelia burgdorferi into macrophage by non-opsonic mechanisms.

3) Development of active learn tools to teach biomedical concepts

Research Interests
endocrinology
lyme disease

Teaching Summary

Membrane Biology 
Receptor Biology
Immunology

Mentoring/Advising: undergraduate & graduate students

Courses Taught

Biochemistry Laboratory, Chem 5361
Immunobiology, MicB 5545
Immunopathology, MicB 5546
Molecular Pathogenesis, MicB 5555
Advanced Immunology and Immunobiology, MicB 8554
Evolution of Host Defenses, IBS 8980
Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, IBS 8102
The Biological Practitioner, IBS 8099
Medical School Immunology, MED 6541, MED 6520, MED 6724
Problem Based Learning Facilitator, Neuromedicine and IHO, MED 6566/6728

Service Summary

Lyme Disease Support; St. Luke’s Hospital
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Toastmasters International

Education

PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch
Major: Biochemistry
BS, University of South Florida
Major: Clinical Chemistry
BA, University of South Florida
Major: Biology
AA, Miami-Dade College
Major: Liberal Arts

Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements

Fellow, Fellowship
American Association for the Advancement of Science and Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Fellowship
University of Minnesota
Postdoctoral Fellow, Fellowship
University of Texas System Cancer Center

Honors and Recognition

Mentor Training, University of Minnesota NIH Proposal Preparation Program
2014
Scholarship: Facilitation Role for Entering Mentoring Workshop, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2013
Awarded Scholarship, SACNAS 2010 Summer Leadership Institute
2010
Travel Scholarship, Washington University School of Medicine
2006
Travel Scholarship, Washington University School of Medicine
2002
Awarded Scholarship, Workshop: Write Winning Grants, The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology and The Minority Access to Research Careers
1999
Minnesota Nominee for the 1996 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (National)
1996
Travel Award, Minorities Affairs Committee of the ASCB
1992
Awarded Scholarship, Monoclonal Antibodies and Immunocytochemistry, Minorities Affairs Committee, ASCB
1990
Graduate Research Assistantship
1986
Gip A. Hudson Memorial Award, 1986 National Student Research Forum
1986
Shirley Patricia Parker Memorial Award
1985

Professional Memberships

ASCB Minority Affairs Committee
2015-2021
American Chemistry Society
American Society for Cell Biology
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Endocrine Society
The Association of American Indian and Alaska Native Professors
The American Association for Immunology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Contact

Contact

Address

Department of Biomedical Sciences
323 SMed
1035 University Dr
Duluth, MN 55812