MCMP Seminars - Fall 2008

All seminars are in RHPH 164 at 4:00 PM unless otherwise noted.

Schedules: Fall '08 | Spring '09 | Fall '09 | Spring '10

Click next to a speaker's name to read their abstract or research profile. Speakers with no university following their name are MCMP 696 students presenting a seminar to fulfill a graduate program requirement. Abstracts require Adobe® Acrobat Reader® to view. Acrobat Reader may be downloaded for free from Adobe's website.

Students should read the Student Seminar Guide. Contact Dr. Doug LaCount with any questions regarding the seminars.

Other seminar series: Interdisciplinary Life Sciences | Chemistry

Tuesday Seminars
Fall 2008
  Thursday Seminars
Fall 2008
Aug 26: Seminar Guidelines Review   Aug 28: Ming-Fong Lin - Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
"Neuroendocrine-like prostate cancer cells: Neuroendocrine transdifferentiation of prostate adenocarcinoma cells"
Research | Abstract
Host: Dr. Chang-Deng Hu
Sep 2: Jared Thompson - "Allosteric modulation of Muscarinic Receptors as a model for GPCR-targeted drug discovery"   Abstract
  Sep 4: James E. Pritchard, Ph.D. - Phillips Petroleum Company (retired)
"The Trans Fat Story and the Contributions of the Purdue College of Pharmacy"
Host: Dr. Rick Borch
Sep 9: Evgeny Kiselev - "Proteasome as anticancer drug target. Novel inhibitors inspired by nature."   Abstract   Sep 11: Chia-Jui Tsai - "Targeting host cell proteins as a means to inhibit HIV-1 replication"   Abstract
Sep 16: Guy Carter - Assistant Vice President, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
"Rapamycin Analogs: New Chemistry/ New Indications"   Abstract
Host: Tony Hazbun
  Sep 18: Greg Wilson - "Unknown Enzyme Characterization via Activity-Based Protein Profiling"   Abstract
Sep 23: Liza Shrestha - "Role of Autophagy in Huntington's Disease"   Abstract   Sep 25: Mike Stevens
"Potential Use of Virostatic Drugs in the Treatment of HIV Infection"   Abstract
Host: Richard Borch
Sep 30: Tony Pedley - "Development of a Personalized Medicine through Identification of New Pharmacological Targets in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"   Abstract   Oct 2: Joshua McAffee, PharmD., J.D. Candidate and Matthew J. McFarland, RPh, PhD.
"Achieving Success - IP and me". (Intellectual property in pharmaceutical academics and industry.)
Oct 7: CANCELLED   Oct 9: Available
Oct 14: No seminar - October break   Oct 16: Dr. Kirk Brewster, Dow Agrosciences LLC
"Inhibitors of HPPT (Homogentisate Decarboxylase: Prenyl/Phytyl Transferase) as Potential Herbicides" Research | Abstract
Host: Dr. David Nichols
Oct 21: Akhil Mehta - "Plant derived modulator of Glucocorticoid Receptor"   Abstract   Oct 23: David Anderson - "Entosis: A Nonapoptotic Cell Death Process Involving Cell-in-Cell Internalization"   Abstract
Oct 28: Kayla Temple - "Neuroprotection against Ischemic Stroke: Hypoxia & the Role of the Hypoxia Inducible Factor Pathway"   Abstract   Oct 30: Vladimir P. Torchilin - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University
"Multifunctional Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers: The Development of the Concept" Research | Abstract
Host: Don Bergstrom
Nov 4: Naomi Kariuki - "Bax and Bak are Key Players in Apoptotic Cell Death; Implications For Cancer Therapy" Abstract   Nov 6: No seminar
Jenkins-Knevel Graduate Student Awards Symposium
3:30 PM in the PMU West Faculty Lounge
      Nov 7: Dr. Ming-Daw Tsai - Director, Institute of Biological Chemistry & Professor, Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University
"Structure, Function and Specificity of FHA Domains in DNA Damage Response Signaling"
2:30 PM, RHPH 164 NOTE TIME CHANGE
Nov 11: Angela Wolf - "New 'Buzz' About Old Drugs: Repositioning of Therapeutics for Malaria" Abstract   Nov 13: Mansoor M. Amiji - Professor and Associate Department Chairman, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University - "Multifunctional Nanosystems for Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery" Research | Abstract
Host: Don Bergstrom
3:00 PM in RHPH 164 NOTE TIME CHANGE
Nov 18: Chris Suarez - "Screening resistant mutants in vitro: linking kinase target inhibition to therapeutic efficacy" Abstract   Nov 20: CANCELLED
Nov 25: Renee Killins - "Combined Inhibition of mTOR and MAPK Signaling in the Treatment of Melanoma" Abstract   Nov 27: No seminar - Thanksgiving Break
Dec 2: Ryan Grove - "Involvement of Pink-1 in Parkinson's Disease" Abstract   Dec 4: CANCELLED
Dec 9: CANCELLED   Dec 11: Tamara Minko - Rutgers University - "Receptor-targeted nanocarriers for tumor-specific treatment and imaging"
Research | Abstract
Host: Don Bergstrom
Dec 16: FINAL EXAMS   Dec 18: FINAL EXAMS

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