Registration and Continental Breakfast:   Ballroom

8:30AM    

 PRESENTATIONS

8:35AM

New Ways to Deliver Undeliverable Drugs:  Application of Layer-by-Layer Technology

Prof. Vladimir Torchilin, Department Chair

9:00AM

Novel Targeted Imaging and Therapy of Caner

Prof. Ban-An Khaw

9:25AM 

Advances in Drug and Gene Delivery Systems

Prof. Mansoor Amiji

9:50AM

Exploiting Tumor Physiology & Overcoming Cellular Barriers for Treatment

Prof. Robert Campbell

10:15AM

COFFEE BREAK:     

                     McLeod Suite

10:30AM

Functional MRI and Early Drug Discovery

 Prof. Craig Ferris

10:55AM

Regulation of Tissue Inflammation by the Hypoxia-Adenosinergic Pathway

Prof. Akio Ohta

11:20AM 

Unique Redox Regulation in the Human Brain and Its Implications for Neurological Disorders

Prof. Richard Deth

11:45AM.

Monoglycerol Lipase:  A Novel Cannabinergic Target

Dr. Anna Bowman

12:10PM

BUFFET LUNCH:    

                     McLeod Suite

1:00PM

POSTER SESSION:  

                     McLeod Suite/Curry Ballroom

2:30 PM

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PANEL DISCUSSION:

                     Ballroom 

Academic-Industry Alliances - Building Bridges  

W. Stephen Faraci, Ph.D., COO, Research Technology Center, Pfizer

Graham Jones, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Daniel R. Passeri, Ph.D., CEO, Curis, Inc.

Tomi Sawyer, Ph.D., CSO and SVP, Drug Discovery & Innovative Technologies, Aileron Therapeutics

Stephen Zoloth, Ph.D., Interim Provost; Dean, Bouve College of Health Sciences                                                                   

3:30 PM

COFFEE BREAK:        

                   McLeod Suite

3:45PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:   

                   Ballroom

Cyclooxygenase 2:  Cardiovascular Myths vs Therapeutic Realities

Dr.Peter Isakson, Divisional Vice President, Immunology Research, Site Head,Abbott Bioresearch Center

4:45 PM

POSTER SESSION AWARD:S - Ballroom

Prof. Robert Campbell