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2007 Research Showcase

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This was the schedule for the May 18, 2007 Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Showcase

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"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 (V. Torchilin)
 

 

PRESENTATIONS  ................

 

10 Behrakis

   

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

 

Specific antibody-enhaned tumor therapy and imaging using pharmaceutical nanocarriers

Prof. Vladimir Torchilin

   

 

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

 

 

Medical Imaging Radiotracers for the Cannabinoid System

Prof. John Gatley

   

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

 

 

 

Medications for Neuropathic Pain:  Targeting the CB2 Cannabinoid Receptor

Prof. Alexandros Makriyannis

 

   

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

 

Bioactivation and cytotoxicity of styrene

Prof. Jiang Zheng

 

   

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

 

Methionine Synthase as a Redox Sensor:  Implications for Treatment of Oxidative Stress-related Disorders

Prof. Richard Deth

    10:15AM  ................................ Coffee Break
   

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

 

Mitochondria-targeted Nanoparticulated Drug Carriers

 Prof. Volkmar Weissig

   

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

 

Multifunctional Nanosystems for Targeted Delivery and Imaging

Prof. Mansoor Amiji

   

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

 

Targeting tumor vessels with PEG-modified cationic liposomes

Prof. Robert Campbell

   

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

 

 

 

 

Keynote address

PET and SPECT Imaging of the Dopamine Transporter. A Multidisciplinary Tale of Eight Cities

Prof. John L. Neumeyer,

McLean Hospital, Harvard University

   

 

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

 

Buffet Lunch  (Raytheon Amphitheater)

       
   

 

12:30PM  .................................

 

Poster Session  (Egan Center)

   

 

2:00 PM  ..................................

 

Awards (and Dessert)

       

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