2009-2010 Pharmaceutical Sciences Colloquium

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	Tumor Hypoxia, the Warburg Effect, and Multidrug Resistance: Modulation of Hypoxia Induced MDR Using EGFR-Targeted Polymer Blend Nanocarriers for Combination Paclitaxel/Lonidamine Therapy
12/10/09	Dr. Gatley	Raphael A. Zoeller Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics Boston, MA	Forward Genetics: Animal Cell Mutants Reveal a Novel Dependency of Lipogenesis on a Glycolytic Enzyme
12/17/09	Dr. Boisse	Beverly Teicher, Ph.D. Vice President of Oncology Research at Genzyme Inc. Framingham, MA	Endosialin: An Evolution of an Anticancer Drug Target
01/14/10	Dr. Giese	Dr. Mansoor Amiji Professor and Acting Chair	"Town Hall Meeting with Graduate Students"
01/21/10	Dr. Schatz	Edward J. Calabrese, Ph.D. Professor of Toxicology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA	"Hormesis is Central to Pharmacology and Toxicology"
01/28/10	Dr. Deth	Dr. Suzanne de la Monte Brown University School of Medicine, Pierre Galletti Laboratories, Providence, RI	"Brain Insulin Resistance in Models of Peripheral Insulin Resistance"
02/04/10	Dr. Sitkovsky	Cancelled	Cancelled
02/11/10	Dr. Makriyannis	Dr. Jack Bergman Associate Professor, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA	"Medications for Stimulant Abuse: Preclinical Evaluation of Modafinil"
02/18/10	Dr. Amiji	Anish Bhardwaj, MD, FAHA, FCCM, FAAN Chairman, Department of Neurology, Professor of Neurology and Neurological,Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA	Emerging Concepts in Evolution of Cerebral Edema: Bedside to the Bench
02/25/10	Dr. Ohta	Bo Ying Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA	"siRNA-Loaded Cationic Liposomes for Cancer Therapy: Development, Characterization and Efficacy Evaluation"
03/11/10	Dr. Torchilin	Alex Avdeef, Ph.D. President/CSO pION Inc. Woburn, Massachusetts	"In Vitro Cellular and In Situ Brain Perfusion Permeability Models of the Blood-Brain Barrier - Rate and Extent of Brain Penetration"
03/18/10	Dr. Loring	Marina Picciotto, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut	"Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Signaling Pathways Involved in Addiction and Learning"
03/25/10	Dr. Waszczak	Geoffrey M. Kuesters Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA	"Development and Evaluation of Bevacizumab-Modified Pegylated Cationic Liposomes Using Cellular and In Vivo Models of Human Pancreatic Cancer"
04/01/10	Dr. Pouyani	Shifalika Tangutoori Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA	"An Evaluation of Colchicine-Loaded Polyethyleneglycol (PEG)-Modified Cationic Liposomes Using In Vitro and In Vivo Models of Lung Carcinoma"
04/08/10	Dr. Amiji	Mark Niedre, Ph.D. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA	"Small Animal Fluorescence Tomographic Molecular Imaging"
04/15/10	Dr. Gatley	Cancelled	Cancelled
04/22/10	Dr. Ferris	Rita Perlingeiro, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Lillehei Endowed Scholar, Lillehei Heart Institute - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota	"From ES/iPS Cells to Skeletal Muscle Precursors"
04/29/10	Dr. Giese	Cancelled	Cancelled