Join STEM for this Speaker Series Event

A Look at Drug Discovery . . . in 3D

Presented by Maricel Torrent, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Abbott Laboratories

Have you ever wondered how drugs are designed?  Join STEM for this interactive presentation that explores the pharmaceutical industry and the labs where all the action takes place. Follow the fascinating story of cell life and death at the atomic and molecular levels, looking through the eyes of scientists.  Learn the key role three-dimensional structures play in drug discovery, and why scientific breakthroughs are often the result of multiple minds working together to resolve very challenging puzzles.

Wednesday, March 28 ¨ 2 p.m.

Des Plaines Campus ¨ Room 1604

Free and open to all.

Maricel Torrent, who earned a Ph.D. in computational chemistry, has more than a decade of experience as a molecular modeler in the pharmaceutical industry.

Sponsored by the Center for Promoting STEM and Oakton Student Government. Questions?  Contact Gloria Liu at glorial@oakton.edu or 847.635.1738.