Colloquium Series
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Colloquium
2009-2010
All Seminar Presentations will be Held at Noon in Room 90 Snell Library Unless Otherwise Noted
(On September 24th and October 15th, the seminars will be held in room 444 Curry Student Center)
Everyone is Welcome to Attend
Coffee, Tea & Cookies Will be Served
| Date | Inviting Faculty | Speaker | Title |
| 9/10/09 | Dr. Sitkovsky | Andrew Taylor, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
"Targeting the Molecular Pathways in Occular Inflammatory Diseases" |
| 9/17/09 | Dr. Makriyannis | Jeffrey Ruberti, Ph.D. Extracellular Matrix Engineering Research Laboratory Northestern University Boston, MA |
"Smart Matrix Theory: Is Collagen a Brilliant String or a Dumb Rope?" |
| 9/24/09 | Dr. Ferris | Schahram Akbarian, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA |
TBA |
| 10/1/09 | Dr. Campbell | Cancelled |
Cancelled |
| 10/08/09 | Dr. Loring | Dr. Erin Cram Northeastern University, Biology Department |
"In Vivo Regulation of Cell Migration and Contractility" |
| 10/15/09 | Dr. Khaw | Nikolaus Sucher, MD Professor of Herbal Pharmacology, College of Health and Science and Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and the Director of Herbal Analysis and Pharmacology Laboratories at the Center for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
"Neuroprotective Effects of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicines: A Molecular Perspective" |
| 10/22/09 | Dr. Deth | Christina Muratore Graduate Student Northeasetern University, Boston, MA |
"Age-Dependent Changes in Redox Status Modulate Methionine Synthase" |
| 10/29/09 | Dr. Torchilin | Tiziana Musacchio Postdoctoral Fellow Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine Northeastern University, Boston, MA |
"System for Effective Stabilization and Delivery of siRNA: Reversible SiRNA-Phospholipid Conjugate in Mixed Polymeric Micelles" |
| 11/05/09 | Dr. Ohta | Mark Exley, Ph.D Assistant Professor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School |
"Immunotherapy: augmenting anti-tumor responses via NKT cells". |
| 11/12/09 | Dr. Waszczak | Anna Moore, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Radiology and Director of Molecular Imaging Laboratory at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Charlestown, MA 02129 |
"Molecular Imaging in Cancer and Diabetes" |
| 11/19/09 | Dr. Amiji | Dr. Michael Pollastri Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University |
Technology-Enabled Medicinal Chemistry: A Parachute Approach to Neglected Disease Drug Discovery |
| 12/03/09 | Dr. Amiji | Lara Jabr-Milane Graduate Student Northeastern University Boston, MA |
TBA |
| 12/10/09 | Dr. Gatley | TBA |
TBA |
| 12/17/09 | Dr. Boisse | Beverly Teicher, Ph.D. Vice President of Oncology Research at Genzyme Inc. Framingham, MA |
TBA |
| 01/14/10 | Dr. Giese | TBA |
TBA |
| 01/21/10 | Dr. Schatz | TBA |
TBA |
| 01/28/10 | Dr. Paronis | TBA |
TBA |
| 02/04/10 | Dr. Sitkovsky | TBA |
TBA |
| 02/11/10 | Dr. Makriyannis | TBA |
TBA |
| 02/18/10 | Dr. Ferris | TBA |
TBA |
| 02/25/10 | Dr. Loring | TBA |
TBA |
| 03/11/10 | Dr. Torchilin | TBA |
TBA |
| 03/18/10 | Dr. Ohta | TBA |
TBA |
| 03/25/10 | Dr. Waszczak | TBA | TBA |
| 04/01/10 | Dr. Pouyani | TBA |
TBA |
| 04/08/10 | Dr. Amiji | TBA |
TBA |
| 04/15/10 | Dr. Gatley | TBA |
TBA |
| 04/22/10 | Dr. Boisse | TBA |
TBA |
| 04/29/10 | Dr. Giese | TBA |
TBA |