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This was the schedule for the

May 18, 2007 Pharmaceutical          Click here for pictures of the event.

Sciences Research Showcase

2007 Research Showcase 

       
 
"Emerging Therapeutics"
   
 

May 18, 2007 ............................

 

 

Behrakis Health Sciences Building, Northeastern University / Boston, MA

   
7:30AM-8:30AM  ..................... 
 

 

Registration and continental breakfast  (10 Behrakis Lobby)

 

8:30AM ....................................

  Welcome (Prof. Mansoor Amiji)
 

 

PRESENTATIONS ................

 

10 Behrakis

   

8:35AM ....................................

 

 

"Smart" Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers

Prof. Vladimir Torchilin

   

 

8:55AM ....................................

 

 

Targeting Low Abudance Targets for Diagnosis and Therapy

Prof. Ban-An Khaw

   

9:15AM  ...................................

 

 

Oral and Systemic Therapeutic Gene Delivery Using Non-Viral Vectors

Prof. Mansoor Amiji

   

9:35AM  ...................................

 

 

Self-assembled Extracellular Matrices for Dermal Regeneration

Prof. Tara Pouyani

   

9:55AM  ...................................

 

 

 

Cognitive Impairment for Ionizing Radiation Encountered in Interplanetary Space:  Prospects for Pharmacological Mitigation

Prof. John Gatley

   

10:15AM  .................................

 

Coffee Break

   

10:30AM  .................................

 

 

Ligand-based Structural Biology: Probing the Endocannabiniod System

Prof. Alexandros Makriyannis

   

10:45AM  .................................

 

 

 

Anti-Inflammatory vs. Pro-Inflammatory Effects of Shortage vs. Excess of Oxgen:  The Hypoxia-Adenosinergic Pathway

Prof. Michail Sitkovsky

   

11:05AM  .................................

 

 

 

How the Stratum Responds to Dopamine:  New Light on the D1-D2 Receptor Segregation Versus Co-Localization Debate

Prof. Barbara Waszczak

   

11:20AM ..................................

 

 

 

 

 

Keynote Address

Merck Research Laboratories Boston:

Approaches to Drug Discovery and Development

Dr. Lex Van der Ploeg,

Site Director

Merck Research Laboratories Boston

   

 

12:20PM  ..................................

 

 

Buffet Lunch  (Third Floor Atrium, Behrakis)

         
   

 

12:30PM - 2:30 PM ........... .......

 

 

Poster Session  (Third and Fourth Floor, Behrakis)

   

 

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM ........... ........

 

 

Dessert

    3:00 PM ...................................  

 

Poster Session Awards

Prof. Robert Campbell

School of Pharmacy

Behrakis Health Sciences Building

Northeastern University

360 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA  02115

Free of charge

On-line Registration at

www.ace.neu.edu/rxce