2009 Research Showcase
Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Showcase: May 8, 2009
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CURRY STUDENT CENTER - BALLROOM
Free of charge
Key-Note Speaker: Dr. Phillip Sharp, MIT
| MORNING SESSION | |
| 8:00 – 8:30am (Ballroom) |
REGISTRATION - COFFEE AND PASTRIES |
| 8:30 – 8:35am (Ballroom) |
WELCOME Dean Stephen R. Zoloth, Bouve College of Health Sciences |
| 8:35 – 8:45am (Ballroom) |
“Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Overview” Prof. Mansoor Amiji Professor & Acting Department Chair |
| 8:45 – 9:05am (Ballroom) |
DRUG DISCOVERY RESEARCH Center for Drug Discovery Overview "How Do Ligands Interact with Functional Proteins: Ligand-Assisted Protein Structure" Prof. Alexandros Makriyannis, Director |
| 9:05 – 9:20am (Ballroom) |
“Genetic Regulation of Nicotinic Receptor Expression” Prof. Ralph Loring |
| 9:20 – 9:35am (Ballroom) |
“Genotoxicity in Drug Development: Discovery and Characterization” Prof. Roger Giese Environmental Cancer Research Program |
| 9:35 – 9:55am (Ballroom) |
DRUG DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH N.E. Inflammation & Tissue Protection Institute Overview “How Real is Anti-Hypoxia/ Adenosinergic Immunotherapy for Cancer Patients?” Prof. Michail Sitkovsky, Director |
| 9:55 – 10:10am (Ballroom) |
"How Redox Shapes the Brain" Prof. Richard Deth |
| 10:10 – 10:20am (McLeod Suite) |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:20 – 10:25am (Ballroom) |
“Center for Translational NeuroImaging Overview” Prof. Craig Ferris, Director |
| 10:25 – 10:40am (Ballroom) |
"The Role of Pre-Clinical Nuclear Imaging in Drug Development" Dr. Jack Hoppin |
| 10:40 – 10:55am (Ballroom) |
"Enhanced Targeted Cancer Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy" Prof. Ban-An Khaw |
| 10:55 – 11:15am (Ballroom) |
DRUG DELIVERY RESEARCH Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology & Nanomedicine Overview "New Ideas in Multifunctional Liposomes and Micelles" Prof. Vladimir Torchilin Director |
| 11:15 –11:30 am (Ballroom) |
"Intranasal Delivery of GDNF: A Novel Neuroprotective Strategy for Parkinson's Disease" Prof. Barbara Waszczak |
| 11:30 – 11:45am | "Advances in Multifunctional Nano-Delivery Systems
for Drugs and Genes" Prof. Mansoor Amiji |
| 11:45am – 12:45pm (Ballroom) |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS "Small RNAs as Therapeutic Agents and Targets" Phillip A. Sharp, MIT Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine |
| 12:45 –1:30 pm (McLEOD SUITE) |
BUFFET LUNCH |
| AFTERNOON SESSION | |
| 1:30 – 2:00pm (Curry Lounge) |
POSTER SESSION PRESENTATIONS |
| 2:00 – 2:30pm (Ballroom) |
INFORMAL Q AND A WITH Dr. Phillip A. Sharp |
| 2:30– 3:00pm (Ballroom) |
POSTER SESSION AWARDS Prof. Robert Campbell |