| Aug 25: |
No seminar |
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Aug 27: |
Available |
| Sep 1: |
Plagiarism seminar - mandatory for 1st and 2nd year students |
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Sep 3: |
Available |
| Sep 8: |
Frank Ankudey - "Natural Products and Cancer Research" Abstract |
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Sep 10: |
Pre-recorded seminar:
Prof. Sir David Lane, University of Dundee, UK and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore - "Drug discovery and target validation in the p53 pathway"
This is our first test of prerecorded seminars; we encourage all to attend.
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| Sep 15: |
Joseph Kasper - "Conformational Activation in the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor" Abstract |
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Sep 17: |
Available |
| Sep 22: |
Mark Riofski - "Synthesis and Selection of a Library of Macrocycles Generated by DNA-Templated Organic Synthesis" Abstract |
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Sep 24: |
Fred E. Cohen, MD, Professor of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, Medicine, and Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California San Francisco - "Prion Diseases" (Prerecorded seminar)
Abstract | Research
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| Sep 29: |
Changho Han - "Combating Drug Resistant Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia with Jak2 Kinase Inhibition" Abstract |
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Oct 1: |
Dr. Haojie Huang, Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota
Abstract | Research
Host: Chang-Deng Hu
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| Oct 6: |
Kristen Lesniak - "In vivo monitoring of drug-target interactions through the use of semisynthetic biosensors" Abstract |
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Oct 8: |
Available |
| Oct 13: |
No Seminar - October Break |
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Oct 15: |
Dr. Warren Heideman, Associate Dean for Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin - "Yeast and Zebrafish in Pharmacy School"
Abstract | Research
Host: Dr. Tony Hazbun
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| Oct 20: |
Abdelrahman Mayhoub - "Bisphosphonates, A Novel Anti-Cancer Agent" Abstract |
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Oct 22: |
Dr. Robert Hughes, Assistant Professor, Buck Institute for Age Research
- "Defining the Therapeutic Target Space for Huntington's Disease" Abstract | Research
Host: Tony Hazbun
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| Oct 27: |
Andrew Lipchik - "Small RNA Activation of Gene Expression" Abstract |
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Oct 29: |
No Seminar
Jenkins-Knevel and Kinely Awards Symposium
3:30 PM in the PMU West Faculty Lounges
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| Nov 3: |
Rachel Wright - "Disruption of Molecular Motors as a Primary Cause of Motor Neuron Degeneration in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" Abstract |
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Nov 5: |
David M. Miller III, Ph.D., Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University - "Wiring the C. elegans motor circuit: Turning off the wrong genes to make the right connections."
Abstract | Research
Host: Chang-Deng Hu
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| Nov 10: |
Steven Ouellette - "miRNA Networks: Motif Prediction, Validation and Therapeutic Implications" Abstract |
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Nov 12: |
Shaomeng Wang, Ph.D., Molecular Therapeutics Program University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan - "Targeting protein-protein interactions for new cancer therapeutics"
Abstract | Research
Host: Dr. Donald Bergstrom
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| Nov 17: |
Bingjie Hu - "DDX3 as a Novel Target for HIV Therapeutics" Abstract |
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Nov 19: |
Dr. Brian M. Baker, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame - "T cell receptor cross-reactivity via by peptide-specific conformational dynamics"
Abstract | Research
Host: Dr. Chiwook Park
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| Nov 24: |
Available |
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Nov 26: |
No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break |
| Dec 1: |
Available |
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Dec 3: |
No Seminar
Tyler Lecture - Stewart Center, Room 306
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| Dec 8: |
Available |
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Dec 10: |
Dr. James Inglese, Deputy Director, NIH Chemical Genomics Center and Director, Biomolecular Screening and Profiling Division, NIH Chemical Genomics Center - "Integrative Technologies Enabling Chemistry and Biology as a Public Resource for Investigational Molecular Probe Development" Research | Bio
Host: Dr. Richard Gibbs
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| Dec 15: |
Final Exams |
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Dec 17: |
Carston R. Wagner, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota - "Toward Therapeutic Self-Assembling Protein Nanostructures " Abstract |
Research
Host: Dr. Donald Bergstrom
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