Seminars and Awards
SUMMER 2021
All Seminars will be held at 3:35pm CST in 1-450 Moos Tower.
To Join via Zoom: z.umn.edu/MedChem21-22
SEPTEMBER 7
Jacob Smith, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Rick Wagner)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Inhibition of Cap-Dependent Translation via Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 4E (eIF4E): A Promising Host-Directed Strategy Against SARS-CoV-2
SEPTEMBER 14
**Virtual**
Dr. Alessio Ciulli, Professor
School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
How PROTAC Degraders Work: Molecular Recognition and Design Principles
SEPTEMBER 28
Laura Hirsch, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Daniel Harki)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Inhibiting Oxidative Phosphorylation in Cancer Cells through Activation of Caseinolytic Protease P (ClpP)
OCTOBER 5
Distinguished Lecture
**Virtual**
Dr. Pamela Bjorkman, David Baltimore Professor
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Neutralizing Antibodies Against Pandemic Viruses
OCTOBER 12
Mackenzie Wyllie, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Daniel Harki)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Discovery of Novel RNA Binding Small Molecules for the Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
OCTOBER 19
Student-Invited Lecture
Dr. Daniel Nomura, Professor
College of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley
Reimagining Druggability using Chemoproteomic Platforms
OCTOBER 26
Dr. Daniel Flaherty, Assistant Professor
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University
Validation of Therapeutic Targets and Drug Development for Antibiotics and Chronic Pain
NOVEMBER 2
**Virtual**
Dr. Jennifer Golden, Assistant Professor
Medicinal Chemistry Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
TBA
NOVEMBER 9
Mikki Twiggs, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Adam Duerfeldt)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Hydrazide-containing Oseltamivir Analogues as Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitors
NOVEMBER 16
Melanie Nevins, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Valerie Pierre)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Novel Thiol-Based Cephalosporin Conjugates as Metallo-Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors
NOVEMBER 23
Katelyn Stevens, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Adam Duerfeldt)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Inhibition of Phosphoinositide-3-Kinase Delta Using Some Novel Quinazolinone Derivatives
DECEMBER 7
Julia Lee, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Adam Duerfeldt)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Utilizing Novel Aniline Pyrimidine Scaffold in the Search for the Treatment of MLL Fusion Leukemia
DECEMBER 14
An Yang, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Gunda Georg)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
The Discovery of Selective CDK6 PROTAC Degraders
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Map to 1-451 Moos Tower
Contacts
Elizabeth A. Ambrose, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Masonic Cancer Center
Fellow of the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
University of Minnesota
717 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414-2959
Email: ambrose@umn.edu
Web: http://www.umn.edu/~ambrose
Annie M. Howarth
Executive Office and Administrative Specialist
Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
University of Minnesota
2231 6th Street SE; 2-163 CCRB
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
University of Minnesota
2231 6th Street SE; 2-163 CCRB
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Office: 612-626-4455; Fax: 612-624-4996
Email: henn0305@umn.edu