Ryan Calvert

Education

Ph.D., Nutrition Cancer Immunology, Purdue University

BA, Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Whitman College

AS, Walla Walla Community College

Professional Background

Limited Term Lecturer, Professor for Fundamentals of Nutrition, Purdue University

Post Doctoral Researcher, Focused on Proteomics, Purdue University

Certifications

Advanced Graduate Teacher Certificate, Purdue University

Recognition & Awards

Graduate Teaching Award, 2019, Purdue University

Graduate Student Research Award Oral Competition, 2017, American Society of Nutrition

Tabor Courses Taught

  • Anatomy
  • Immunology
  • Intro to Programming and Problem-Solving
  • Nature Study
  • General Biology
  • Physiology
  • Genetics
  • Research Design & Analysis
  • Principles of Nutrition
  • Medical Terminology

Current Publications

R.Calvert and M. Allsopp, The Early Bird Gets the Feedback: Lessons Learned from First-Time Instructors Following Formative Student Evaluations NDEP-Line Summer 2021 Newsletter, 9-18

Calvert, C. Crawford, C. Running. The prevalence of improper solution-making techniques places molar solutions in crisis, J Food Science Education. DOI: 10.1111/1541-4329.12186

Calvert, Ryan D.; Andolino, Chaylen J.; and Running, Cordelia, “Food Chemistry: Experiments for Labs and Kitchens” (2020). Department of Nutrition Science Open Educational Resources. Paper 1. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/fnoer/1

J.C. Fleet, G.N. Burcham, R.D. Calvert, B.D. Elzey, T.L. Ratliff, 1α, 25 dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) Inhibits the T cell Suppressive Function of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC), J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, April 2020 198:105557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsbmb.2019.105557

Calvert RD, Fleet JC, Fournier PGJ, Juarez P, Burcham GN, Haverkamp JM, Guise TA, Ratliff TL, Elzey BD. Monocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells from Tumor Tissue Are Differentiated Cells with Limited Fate Plasticity. Immunohorizons. 2022 Dec 1;6(12):790-806. doi: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2200079. PMID: 36480485.

Chen Y, Calvert RD, Azad A, Rajwa B, Fleet J, Ratliff T, Pothen A. Phenotyping Immune Cells in Tumor and Healthy Tissue Using Flow Cytometry Data. Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics

Presentations

R.Calvert and M. Allsopp, The Early Bird Gets the Feedback: Lessons Learned from First-Time Instructors Following Formative Student Evaluations, Lilly Conference-Designing Effective Teaching. 2019, Bethesda, MD.

Allsopp and, R.Calvert, Media: A Must for Making Meaningful Memories for Millennials! Lilly Conference-Designing Effective Teaching. 2019, Bethesda, MD.

Calvert RD, Burcham GN, Ratliff TL, Fleet JC. Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) Are Vitamin D Targets and 1α, 25 Dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) Inhibits their Ability to Suppress T Cell Function. Experimental Biology: American Society of Nutrition 2017, Graduate Student Research Award Oral Competition

Calvert RD, Burcham GN, Ratliff TL, Fleet JC. Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) Are Vitamin D Targets and 1α, 25 Dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) Inhibits their Ability to Suppress T Cell Function. Experimental Biology: American Society of Nutrition 2017, Immunology and Inflammation Research Interest Group Session \

Posters

James C. Fleet, Grant N. Burcham, Ryan Calvert, Timothy L. Ratliff. 1α, 25 dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) inhibits the T cell suppressive function of myeloid derived suppressor sells (MDSC) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl): Abstract nr 2364.

Calvert, C. Andoline, and C. Running. Thinking outside the bench: Teaching chemistry of foods in kitchens. Institute of Food Technology conference 2019

Cladis, C. Andoline, R. Calvert, and C. Running. Demonstrating protein functionality in foods: an innovative teaching lab for students in any setting. Institute of Food Technology conference 2019

Andoline, R. Calvert, and C. Running. A teaching laboratory on the physical and chemical properties of sweeteners. Institute of Food Technology conference 2019

Calvert, C. Andoline, and C. Running. Thinking outside the bench: Teaching chemistry of foods in kitchens. Purdue University, Transforming Education for Student Success Conference 2019

Calvert, R. D., J. C. Fleet, Y. Chen, A. Pothen, B. Rajwa, P. G. Fournier, P. Juarez, T. A. Guise, T. L. Ratliff and B. D. Elzey. Monocytic myeloid derived suppressor cells (M-MDSC) from spleen are multipotent while tumor M-MDSC have limited plasticity. American Association for Cancer Research, conference 2018

Calvert RD, Burcham GN, Ratliff TL, Fleet JC. Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) Are Vitamin D Targets and 1α, 25 Dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) Inhibits their Ability to Suppress T Cell Function. Experimental Biology, conference 2017

Ye Chen, Ryan Calvert, Ariful Azad, Bartek Rajwa and Alex Pothen, Automated template-based recognition and classification of myeloid-derived suppressor cells using flowMatch algorithm Great Lakes International Imaging & Flow Cytometry Association, 2017

Calvert RD, Burcham GN, Ratliff TL, Fleet JC. Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) Are Vitamin D Targets and 1α, 25 Dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) Inhibits their Ability to Suppress T Cell Function. Interdepartmental Nutrition Program Poster Session, Purdue University, 2014. 2015, and 2016