SPRING
2005 SEMINAR SERIES
TUESDAYS at 11:00 AM in
NCNPR 2066
| DATE | LECTURER | AFFILIATION | TITLE |
| Jan 25 | Dr.Randy Wadkins | UM Chemistry and Biochemistry | "Designing
Camptothecins That Form Stable Complexes with DNA and
Topoisomerase I" |
| Feb 1 | Ms. Nidhi Singh | UM Medicinal Chemistry | "ADMET Prediction in silico" |
| Feb 8 | Mr. Stephen Slauson | UM Medicinal Chemistry | "Medicinal
Chemistry of Hepatitis C" |
| Feb 15 | Mr. Akshay Patny | UM Medicinal Chemistry | "Artemisinin and Related Endoperoxides" |
| Feb 22 | Dr.
Len Lothstein Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences |
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, UT Cancer Institute | "N-Benzyladriamycin-14-acyl
Compounds: Improved Antitumor Efficacy Through Protein Kinase C
Targeting" |
| Mar 8 | Dr.
Kevin Burgess Professor |
Texas
A & M University Department of Chemistry |
"Mono-
and Bivalent Peptidomimetics to Mimic or Disrupt Protein-Protein
Interactions" |
| Mar 15 | Spring
Break |
Spring
Break |
NO SEMINAR |
| Mar 22 | Mr.
Stephen Scully |
UM
Medicinal Chemistry |
"Kratom
(Mitragyna speciosa), a legal
psychoactive natural product with opioid
activity" |
| Mar
29 |
Dr.
Nirdosh Jagota Senior Director |
Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals, Worldwide Regulatory Affairs |
"The
Role of Regulatory Affairs in Drug Development in the Pharmaceutical
Industry " |
| Apr
5 |
Dr
. John Cooperwood, Assistant
Professor |
Florida A & M University | "Synthesis
and Evaluation of Steroidal Compounds as Anti-Breast Cancer Agents" |
|
May 3 |
Dr.
Stephen J. Cutler Associate
Professor |
Mercer
University, Southern School of Pharmacy |
"Use
of Natural Products in the Design, Synthesis, and Pharmacological
Evaluation of Terphenyl Anti-Inflammatory Agents" |
| May 3 | Ms.
Neha Vyas |
UM
Medicinal Chemsitry |
"The
Role of Active Metabolites in Drug Discovery" |