Seminar Schedule
Spring Semester 2019 Weekly Seminars
Wednesdays, 12:20 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Room 1-450 Moos Tower (Twin Cities) | HH 302 (Duluth)
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Date |
Title |
Presenter |
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January 23 |
Course Introduction and Orientation
Research Emphasis Track
Welcome! |
Swayam Prabha, PhD, MBA, Assistant Professor ECP L’Aurelle Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor ECP Assoc. Director of Grad Studies Robert Straka, BSc, PharmD, FCCP, Professor and ECP Department Head |
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January 30 |
CPF Day – NO CLASS |
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February 6 |
CPF Day – NO CLASS |
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February 13 |
Pharmacokinetics Modeling of Nano-engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cells |
Shen Cheng, MS, ECP PhD Student, Dr. Swayam Prabha’s Lab |
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February 20 |
Genetic sources of variation for Serum Urate-lowering response to allopurinol: Implications for Genotype Guided Therapy |
Jay (Ya-Feng) Wen,PharmD, ECP PhD Student, Dr. Robert Straka’s Lab |
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February 27 |
Faculty research presentations |
Mark Kirstein, PharmD, Associate Professor ECP |
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March 6 |
Physiological and pharmacokinetic issues of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy |
Ashwin Karanam, PharmD, ECP PhD Student, Dr. Angela Birnbaum’s Lab |
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March 13 |
Predicting clinical trial outcomes for drug combination therapies using cancer cell line screens |
Alexander Ling, PhD Candidate, Committee on Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, ECP Researcher with Dr. Stephanie Huang |
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March 20 |
Spring Break - NO CLASS |
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March 27 |
Use of Ursodeoxycholic acid for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study |
Abhishek Sathe, MS, ECP PhD Student, Dr. Lisa Coles’ Lab |
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April 3 |
CPF Day – NO CLASS |
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April 10 |
NO CLASS |
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April 17 |
Faculty research presentations |
Robert Straka, BSc, PharmD, Professor and ECP Dept Head Melanie Nicol, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor ECP |
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April 24 |
Protein Prenylation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease |
Angela Jeong, PharmD, ECP PhD Student, Dr. Ling Li’s Lab |
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May 1 |
Preclinical Models of Juvenile Doxorubicin-induced Latent Cardiotoxicity |
Ibrahim Abdelgawad, ECP PhD Student, Dr. Beshay Zordoky’s Lab |
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May 8 |
Faculty research presentations |
Neuropharmacology Professor |