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Kalter, Valerie Gene was born on June 5, 1954 in Oceanside, New York, United States. Daughter of William Burton and Erva Elsa (Rubin) Kalter.
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Valerie Gene Kalter
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Valerie Gene Kalter, American biologist, educator. Achievements include research in different Transforming growth factor-beta receptor subtypes in pulmonary fibroblasts and effects of Transforming growth factor-beta on these cells; research on effects of nicotine on these cells. Grantee American Heart Association, 1985-1987, Wilkes University Faculty Development Committee, 1992-1994, 96-97.
Education
Bachelor in Biological Science, Northwestern University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology and Biophysics, University Iowa, 1983.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, San Diego, 1983-1986; postgraduate researcher in pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, 1986-1988; lecturer in biology, University of California, San Diego, 1988; senior staff fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1988-1991; assistant professor biology, Wilkes U., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1991-1997; associate professor biology, Wilkes U., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, since 1997. Science fair judge Pennsylvania Academy Science, Wilkes-Barre, since 1993, chair housing/local arrangements, White Haven, Pennsylvania, 1994-1995, state membership chair, Wilkes-Barre, since 1996. Reviewer Anatomical and Physiological text publications, since 1995.
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Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, American Physiological Society, Sigma Xi, Beta Beta Beta.
