Seminars
Pharmaceutics seminars are open to the public and offered weekly during the academic year.
Tuesdays, 3:00 to 4:00 PM Central Time, Remote/Online
Email Katie James at kmjames@umn.edu to request a Zoom join link
January 19
Validation and Applications of Stress Transmission Ratio: A Robust Predictor of Material Plasticity
Gerrit Vreeman, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Sun Lab
January 26
A Rational Approach to the Choice of Combination Therapies for Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent GBM
Sneha Rathi, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Elmquist Lab
February 2
β-Cyclodextrin/PEG Hydrogel Microspheres as a Hydrophobic Drug Delivery Platform for Chemoembolization
Joel Updyke, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Panyam & Siegel Labs
February 9
No Seminar (Research Day 2021)
February 16
Facilitating Intracellular Therapeutic Delivery in Cancer Cells with Anti-HSPG2 Monoclonal Antibody
Zekun Shao, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Panyam Lab
February 23
Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease Amyloid-β Peptides on 18Fluorodeoxyglucose Transport at the Blood-Brain Barrier
Lushan Wang, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Kandimalla Lab
Acidity of Frozen and Freeze-Dried Protein Formulations
Jinghan Li, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Sury Lab
March 2
GI Device Development in a Few Movements
Giovanni Traverso, MB, BChir, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Assistant Professor of Medicine (part-time), Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
March 9
Crystallization in Amorphous Solid Dispersions: Role of Cooling Rate during Preparation from Melt
Rahul Lalge, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Sury Lab
March 16
Endothelial VCAM-1 Expression as a Marker for Cerebrovascular Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease Brain
Vrishali Salian, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Kandimalla Lab
Targeting p53/MDM2 Pathway in the Treatment of Glioblastoma
Wenjuan Zhang, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Elmquist Lab
March 23
Enabling Technologies for Manufacturing Thermostable & Cost-Effective Biopharmaceuticals: Value Creation Through Innovation
Akhilesh Bhambhani, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist, Drug Product Development and New Technology, Merck & Co., West Point, Pennsylvania
March 30
Dissecting the Control of Blood Flow Through Brain Capillaries
Andy Y. Shih, PhD, Associate Professor, Center for Development Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
April 6
No Seminar (Spring Break)
April 13
Agmatine Influence on Cellular and Molecular Pain Signaling
Tongzhen Xie, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Fairbanks Lab
A Semi-Mechanistic Pharmacokinetic Model to Investigate Amyloid Beta Trafficking and Accumulation at the BBB Endothelium
Zengtao Wang, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Kandimalla Lab
April 20
Clinical Trial Simulations
Michael Donohue, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
April 27
Achieving High Drug Loaded Amorphous Solid Dispersions by the de Gennes Method
Sichen Song, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Siegel Lab
Improving the Powder Properties of C10 for Oral Protein Delivery
Joan Cheng, Pharmaceutics Graduate Student, Sun Lab