Stacey A Kalovidouris

Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships

(713) 798-2039

Email

stacey.kalovidouris@bcm.edu

Positions

Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships: Center for Drug Discovery

Education

PhD from University of California at Los Angeles: 06/2002 - Los Angeles, California, United States

BA from Swarthmore College: 05/1997 - Swarthmore, PA, USA

Certifications

Postdoctoral Fellow: (07/01/2002 - 07/05/2004); California Institute of Technology

Kauffman Fellow (Class 19): (07/01/2014 - 07/04/2016); Kauffman Fellows Program

Professional Interests

Strategic Partnerships; Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery; Neurobiology, Oncology, Glycobiology, Nanotechnology

Professional Statement

Dr, Kalovidouris, a seasoned professional trained by a distinguished Nobel Laureate in chemistry and a prestigious Kauffman Fellowship Program in business and leadership development, provides strategic direction and execution for a variety of CDD initiatives.

Selected Publications

Stacey A. Kalovidouris, Cristal I. Gama, Lori Lee, Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson. " A Role for Fucose(alpha)(1-2)Galactose Carbohydrates in Neuronal Growth. " J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 2005 ; 127 : 1340-1341.
Ryan K. Zeidan, Stacey A. Kalovidouris, Thomas Schluep, Robert Fazio, Mark E. Davis. " A Solvent Free Method for Isotopically or Radioactively Labeling Cyclodextrins and Cyclodextrin-Containing Polymers. " Bioconj. Chem.. 2006 ; 17 : 1624-1626.
Stacey A. Kalovidouris, Ola Blixt, Alshakim Nelson, Sebastien Vidal, W. Bruce Turnbull, James C. Paulson, J. Fraser Stoddart. " Chemically Defined Sialoside Scaffolds for Investigation of Multivalent Interactions with Sialic Acid Binding Proteins. " J. Org. Chem.. 2003 ; 68 : 8485-8493.
Stacey A. Kalovidouris, W. Bruce Turnbull, J. Fraser Stoddart. " Glycodendrimers Based on Cellobiosyl-Derived Monomers. " Can. J. Chem.. 2002 ; 80 : 983-991.
W. Bruce Turnbull, Stacey A. Kalovidouris, J. Fraser Stoddart. " Large Oligosaccharide-Based Glycodendrimers. " Chem. Eur. J.. 2002 ; 8 : 2988-3000.
Roberto Ballardini, Barbara Colonna, M.T. Gandolfi, Stacey A. Kalovidouris, Lukasz Orzel, Francisco M. Raymo, J. Fraser Stoddart. " Porphyrin-Containing Glycodendrimers. " Eur. J. Org. Chem.. 2003 ; 288-294.
Heather Murrey, Cristal Gama, Stacey A. Kalovidouris, Wen-I Luo, Edward M. Diggers, Barbara Porton, Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson. " Protein Fucosylation Regulates Synapsin Ia/Ib Expression and Neuronal Morphology in Primary Hippocampal Neurons. " Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 2006 ; 103 : 21-26.

Intellectual Property

Methods of Inducing Neuronal Growth by a Fucose(alpha)(1-2)Galactose Moiety and Lectin: Method Patent #7,858,578 (Approved); Co Inventors: Stacey Kalovidouris; Cristal Gama; Linda Hsieh-Wilson

Languages

Greek, French