Medchem Seminar Series

TUESDAYS at 11:00 AM in Thad Cochran Research Center 2066

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Spring 2006

Date Speaker Title
January 24 Ms. Jessica Adkins, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi New Approaches toward Anti-HIV Chemotherapy
January 31 Mr. Prasenjit Mukherjee, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi Representation, Analysis and Searching Techniques for Chemical Structure Databases
February 7 Mr. Adel El-Sohly, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: Structural Revelations, Target Identifications, and Therapeutic Inspirations
February 14 Mr. Prasanna Sivaprakasam, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi The Kiss of Death: Chagas Disease
February 21 Dr. Charles A. Turnbough, Jr., Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Structure and Function of the Bacillus Anthracis Exosporium
February 28 Dr. Charles O. Rock, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Protein Science Division, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Structure, Regulation and Inhibition of Bacterial Fatty Acid Synthesis
March 21 Mr. Sanju Narayanan, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi Designed Multiple Ligands. An Emerging Drug Discovery Paradigm
April 4 Dr. Jerzy Leszczynski, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University New DNA Base Analogues - Theoretical Insight Into Origin of Mutagenic Properties
April 11: Cancelled Mr. David Weldon, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi Drug Transporters and Their Role in Tissue Distribution
April 18 Dr. Allen Reitz, Senior Research Fellow, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development; Editor, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry Borne Lecturer: BACE Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
April 25 Mr. Vanildo Braga, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi p53 Activation by Small Molecules: Application in Oncology

Fall 2005

Date Speaker Title
August 17 Dr. Jacques H. Poupaert, Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium Genesis, Structuration & Dynamics of Poly (Alkylcyanoacrylate)-based Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Systems: From Molecular to Supramolecular
September 2 Dr. Robert Doerksen Introductory meeting of MEDC543/643
September 6 Ms. Tammy Lince, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi The Use of Prodrugs as a Lead Modification Approach
September 13 Dr. Larry Toll, Senior Program Director, Neuropharmacology and SRI Fellow, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA Antinociceptive and Rewarding Effects of Novel ORL1 Agonists and Antagonists
September 20 Ms. Tuwanda Simmons, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi Melatonin Agonists for the Treatment of Sleep Disorders and Major Depression
September 27 Dr. William R. Baker, Vice President Research, Corus Pharma The Discovery of Nitroimidazopyrans and PA-824: Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Tuberculosis
October 25 Dr. Alexandros Makriyannis, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University Ligand-based Structural Biology on the CB1/CB2 Cannabinoid Receptors
November 1 Mr. Marco Arribas, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi Osteoarthritis: An untreatable disease?
November 8 Dr. Robert Vince, Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry; Director, Center for Drug Design, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota Design of Carbocyclic Nucleosides for the Treatment of AIDS
November 29 Dr. Kristine L. Willett, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Mississippi Benzo(a)pyrene and Flavonoid Effects on Gene and Protein Expression in Prostate and Endometrial Cancer Cells: Possible Mechanisms for Cancer Chemoprevention


Previous Medchem Seminars:
Fall 2004 Seminars | Spring 2005 Seminars

For more information, contact:

Mrs. Mary Russell, medchem@olemiss.edu
The Department of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Mississippi
School of Pharmacy
417 Faser Hall
University, MS 38677

Department Phone: 1-662-915-7101

Last update: August 1, 2006