FALL SEMESTER 2008
TUESDAYS AT 3:35 PM
7-135 WDH
9/9
Dr. Yitzhak Tor
Targeting and Exploiting Negatively Charged Biopolymers
Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California – San Diego
9/16
Dr. Binghe Wang
Going after the “Sweet Spot” in Selecting Aptamers for Glycoproteins
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University
9/23
Adam R. Benoit
Targeting Topoisomerase I in the Design of Anti-Cancer Therapies
Graduate Student – Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minnesota
9/30
There will be no seminar on this date
10/7
Dr. Saul Rosenberg
Bcl-2 Family Proteins as Anti-Tumor Targets
Sr. Director, Cancer Research
Abbott Laboratories
10/14
Dr. Kay Brummond
Exploiting Allenes in the Synthesis of Challenging
Professor
Functional Motifs
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
10/21
Trinh Le Doan (Amy)
Recent Applications toward the Proper Filling of Enzyme
Graduate Student – Medicinal Chemistry
Active Sites in Structure-Based Drug Design
University of Minnesota
10/28
Soine Lecturer
Dr. Duane D. Miller
Search for Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs)
Van Vleet Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Tennessee
11/4
Kathryn E. Pietsch
Targeting Spleen Tyrosine Kinases to Treat Inflammation
Graduate Student – Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minnesota
11/11
Dr. Brian O. Bachmann
Biosynthesis of Pharmacophores in Microorganism
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Vanderbilt University
11/18
Michael T. Peterson
Current Progress towards Inhibition of the Hepatitis C Virus
Graduate Student – Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minnesota
11/25
Dr. Magid Abou-Gharbia
Strategies for Discovery of Small Molecule Therapeutics
Senior Vice President
Chemical and Screening Sciences
Wyeth Research
