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/
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.
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