Seminars and Awards
Spring 2022
All Seminars will be held at 3:35pm CST in 1-451 Moos Tower.
To Join via Zoom: z.umn.edu/MedChem21-22
JANUARY 18
Bo Hu, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Adam Duerfeldt)Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Discovery of AAK1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
JANUARY 25
Caitlin Lichtenfels, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Rick Wagner)Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Bioorthogonal Cleavage Reactions as a New Approach to Prodrugs
FEBRUARY 15
Dr. Chris McCurdy, ProfessorDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida
Kratom (Mitragyna Speciosa): A Complex Symphony of Alkaloids that May Help the Opioid Crisis
FEBRUARY 22
Dr. Mark P. Farrell, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Kansas
TBA
MARCH 1
**Taito O. Soine Lecture**
Dr. Sarah O'Connor, ProfessorMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Harnessing the Chemistry of Medicinal Plants
MARCH 8
Dr. Eszter Boros, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry, Stony Brook University
Establishing Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry Applications of Gallium(III) and Titanium(IV) - How Fundamental Coordination Chemistry Informs Development and Validation of Novel Antibiotics and Radiopharmaceuticals
MARCH 15 - POSTPONED!!!
**Distinguished Lecture**
Dr. Christa Müller, ProfessorPharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn
MARCH 29
**Virtual**
Dr. Yves Auberson, ProfessorBiomedical Research, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Vignettes from the Pharma Industry
APRIL 5
**Virtual**
Dr. Kelly Chibale, ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cape Town
Evaluating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis-mediated Metabolism to Facilitate Small Molecule Medicinal Chemistry Optimisation
APRIL 12
**Virtual**
Dr. Jennifer Petter, Founder & CIOArrakis Therapeutics
A Structure-based Approach to RNA-targeted Small Molecules
APRIL 19
**Distinguished Lecture**
Dr. Craig Cameron, Professor and ChairDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Antiviral therapy: Towards the Personal and the Precise
APRIL 26
**Philip S. Portoghese Lecture**
Dr. Jane Aldrich, ProfessorDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida
Novel Opioid Peptides that Don't Follow the Rules
MAY 3
**Abul-Hajj/Hanna Award Winner Lecture**
Alexander Hurben, Graduate Student (Advisor: Dr. Natalia Tretyakova)Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Mapping Molecular Mechanisms that Drive Pathology with Chemical Tools & Highlighting Events which Influence Graduate Student Phenotype
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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