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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Colloquium

(2007-2008)

Seminars are held at noon in 90 Snell Library Unless Noted

All are welcome to attend

Coffee, Tea & Cookies will be served

   Date  
Inviting Faculty Speaker Title     
9/20/07

Grad Committee

Dr. Amiji

Lillian Vanvlerken

Pharm. Sci. Ph.LD. Candidate

Modulation of Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Using Polymer-Blend Nanoparticles
09/27/07 Dr. Loring

Dr. David Schulz

Pfizer Global Research & Development

Discovering New Agents to TReat Psychiatric, Neurological, and Addictive Disorders.  A Case Study:  The Chantix Story
10/04/07 Dr. Makriyannis

Dr. corinne Augelli-Szafran

Director, Laboratory of Experimental Alzheimer Drugs (LEAD) Center for Neurologic Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

From Industry to Academia... Alzheimer Disease Drug Discovery
10/11/07 Dr. Ohta

Dr. Alexander Chouker

Department of Anesthesiology Klinikum Grosshadern Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Ischemic Precoditioning Prevents from Hepaticischemia-Reperfusion Injury:  The Role of Adenosine and the Adenosine A2A REceptor
10/18/07  
10/25/08

Grad Student

Dr. Schatz

Mattia Migliore

Pharm. Sci Ph.D. Candidate

TBA
11/01/07 Dr. Giese

Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg

Senior Scientist and Director of the Antioxidants REsearch Laboratory at the jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and Professor in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, at the Tufts University

Evidence-Based Nutrition and the Problem of Proof
11/08/07 Dr. Gatley
Cancelled
Cancelled
11/15/07 Dr. Campbell

Ashish Kalra

Pharm Sci. Ph.D. Candidate

Investigating the Role of Mucins in Cancer Chemotherapy
11/29/08 Dr. Deth

Dr. Cassandra Smith

Director, Molecular Biotechnology Research Laboratory, Boston, MA

The Schizophrenia Paradox:  Links Between Genetic and/or Environmental Causes
12/06/07 Dr. Khaw
Cancelled
Cancelled
12/13/07 Dr. Gatley

Dr. Kim Lindsey

McLean Hospital

Pharmacological MRI of Tobacco Smoking
01/03/08 Dr. Sitkovsky
Cancelled
Cancelled
01/10/08 Dr. Torchilin

Rishikesh Sawant

Pharm Sci. Ph.D.

Candidate

Northeastern University

Polyethylene Glycol as a Key Component of Long Circulating Delivery Systems for Therapy and Imaging
01/17/08 Dr. Amiji

Dr. Ebo de Muinck

Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology Scientific Director, Pre-

Clinical Research Center Dartmouth Medical School Lebanon, NH

Molecular Imaging of Neo-Vessels:  Learning to Understand the Signal using a Multi-Model Imaging Approach
01/24/08 Dr. Waszczak

Dr. Robert Thorne

Assistant Research Scientist

New York University School of Medicine

CNS Drug Delivery and Distribution: Methods, Mechanisms and pathways
01/31/08

Dr. Gatley

Search Committee

Erxi Wu

Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Cancer Therapeutics:  Target and Treatment
02/07/08

Dr. Gatley

Search Committee

Phyllis Pugh

University of Toledo College of Medicine

PACAP and the Ciliary Ganglion: Neuropeptide Enhancement of Neuronal Survival and Excitability  
02/14/08

Dr. Gatley

Search Committee

Valentina Sabino

Scripps Research Institute, Lajolla

Role of Sigma Receptors in Alcohol Reinforcement
02/21/08

Dr. Gatley

Search Committee

Sherrye Glase

Stony Brook University

Endocannabinoid metbolism in the Mouse Brain
02/28/08

Dr. Gatley

Search Committee

Dr. Patrice Smite

Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Molecular Mechanisms Mediating Degeneration and Functional Repair of Nervous System

Presentation will be held at 2pm

03/06/08 Dr. Giese
Cancelled
Cancelled
03/13/08 Dr. Khaw
Cancelled
Cancelled
03/20/08 Dr. Deth

Dr. Thoms Smithgall

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

HIV Accessory Proteins as Targets for Anti-Retroviral Drug Discovery
01/07/08 Dr. Ohta

Akio Otha

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

Genetic Differences Between C57BL/6 and 129 Mice in Intensity of T Cell Response as a Caveat in Studies Using Gene-Targeted Mice
04/03/08 Dr. Pouyani

Luis Brito

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

Targeted Enothelial Nitric Oxide Gene Delivery with Lipopolyplexes for the Treatment of Coronary Restenosis
04/10/08 Dr. Sitkovsky
Cancelled
Cancelled
04/17/08 Dr. Torchilin
Cancelled
Cancelled
04/24/08 Dr. Waszczak

Carol Paronis

Assistant Professor

Harvard Medical School

McLean Hospital

Discordance in Opioid Tolerance and Dependence in Vivo
05/01/08 Dr. Amiji

Dr. Wei Duan

Deakin University

Victoria, Australia

Application of Aptamer Technology in Protein Domain-Specific Targeting and Nanomedicine

"Special Seminar room 114MU

1-2PM

5/16/08 PharmSci Research Showcase

Dr. Peter Isakson

Divsional Vice President

Immunology Research, Site Head, Abbott Bioresearch Center

Cuclooxygenase 2: Cardiovascular Myths vs. Therapeutic Realities

CSC Ballroom 7:30am-4:45pm register at: www.rxce.neu.edu

 

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