2011-2012 Student Proposals and Defenses

Date Time Location Candidate Title
11/01/2011 12:00pm - 1:00pm 114 Mugar Malav Trivedi
Doctoral Thesis Proposal
"Redox/Methylation Signaling as a Unifying Epigenetic-Based Mechanism of Drug Addiction"
11/30/2011 1:30pm - 3:30pm 334CSC Bhushan Pattni
Thesis Defense
"Cell toxicity evaluation of lipid-based nanoparticles delivering survivin - siRNA and Doxil in sensitive and resistant human carcinoma"
12/8/2011 9:30pm - 11:30pm 6 Robinson Hall Darshna R. Patel
Thesis Defense
"In-Vitro Evaluation of Mitochondria-Specific Cermaide Delivery in Targeted Biodegradable Polymeric Nanoparticles to Overcome Drug Resistance in Tumor Cells"
12/21/2011 10:30am - 12:30pm 412 Mugar Robert Riehle
Doctoral Thesis Proposal
"Combination Anticancer Nanopreparations of Novel Proapoptotic Drug, TRAIL and siRNA"
1/10/2012 10:30am - 12:30pm 114 MugarOnkar Vaze
Doctoral Thesis Defense
"Lipid-Based Systems For Delivery Of Drugs And siRNA"
1/12/2012 10:00am - 12:00pm 412 MugarRitesh Thekkedath
Doctoral Thesis Defense
"Development of Cell - Specified Delivery Systems by Surface Modification of Lipid - Based Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers"
1/17/2012 10:00am - 12:00pm114 MugarJaydev Upponi
Doctoral Thesis Defense
"Nanopreparations for Cancer Imaging and Theranostics"
1/25/2012 10:30am - 12:30pm406 Egan HallTao Wang
Doctoral Thesis Defense
"Landscape Phage Fusion Protein-Modified Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers for Targeted and Cytoplasmic Delivery of Chemotherapeutics to Breast Cancer Cells in Vitro and in Vivo"
3/23/2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm448 Curry Student CenterMarsha D'Souza
Doctoral Thesis Defense
"Novel Cannabidiol and Anandamide Analogs"
4/25/2012 2:30pm - 4:30pm114 MugarAnjali Apte
Doctoral Thesis Defense
"Multifunctional nanocarriers for enhanced tumor delivery"
5/31/2011 1:00pm - 3:00pm 425 Shillman Hall Abraham Abouzeid
Doctoral Thesis Proposal
"Polyethylene Glycol–Phosphatidylethanolamine /Vitamin E-Based Micelles for the Co-Delivery of Paclitaxel and Curcumin to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance in Cancer"
6/6/2012 1:00pm - 3:00pm420 Shillman HallMahmoud Nasr
Doctoral Thesis Defense
"Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization of Human Monoacylglycerol Lipase in Solution and in the Presence of Nanodisc Membrane Models"

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