Seminar Schedule

FALL SEMESTER 2009
TUESDAYS AT 3:35 PM
7-135 WDH
 

9/15
Dr. Allan E. Rettie
Professor and Chairman            
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Washington
"CYP4 Enzymes: Diverse Roles in Xenobiotic Bioactivation and Disease"

9/22
Amit C. Ganger                    
Graduate Student – Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minnesota
"Engineering and Development of Recombinant Antibodies as Anti-Angiogenesis Therapeutics"

9/29
Srikanth Kotapati                    
Graduate Student - University of Minnesota
"Identification and Elimination of Bioactivation Liabilities in Drug Discovery"

10/6
Dr. Vasu Nair                    
Head, Department of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
University of Georgia
"Drug Discovery Against Retroviruses: The Quest for Inhibitors of HIV Integrase"

10/13
Dr. Carmelo J. Rizzo
Professor – Department of Chemistry
Vanderbilt University
"Formamidopyrimidine (Fapy) Lesions from Initial N7-Alkylation of Deoxyguanosine"

10/20
Dr. Arun K. Ghosh                
Professor – Department of Chemistry        
Purdue University
"Organic Synthesis Redefined to Meet the Challenges of Today’s Medicine"

10/27
Gisvold Symposium at Coffman Memorial Union Theatre, 2nd floor, 1:00 to 5:00pm

11/3
Dr. Janet L. Smith
Professor – Life Sciences Institute            
University of Michigan
"Structure-Function of the Remarkable Polyketide Synthase for Curacin A Biosynthesis"

11/10
Martin B. Phillips                    
Graduate Student – Medicinal Chemistry        
University of Minnesota
"Cancer Therapies Based on Modulation of the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway"

11/17
Dr. Glenn D. Prestwich                
Professor – Department of Medicinal Chemistry    
The University of Utah
"Engineered Extracellular Matrices for Regenerative Medicine and Drug Evaluation"

11/24
Kathryn M. Michalski
Graduate Student – Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minnesota
"Chemistry and Biology of the Antibiotic Platensimycin"