Seminars
Pharmaceutics seminars are open to the public and offered weekly during the academic year.
Tuesdays, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Seminars will not be taking place on-campus/ITV, but instead will take place via Zoom.
Please send an email to kmjames@umn.edu to request a Zoom join link.
January 21
Blood-Brain Barrier Insulin Resistance Reduces Insulin Delivery and Increases Toxic Amyloid Beta Accumulation in Alzheimer's Brain
Andrew Zhou, Graduate Student, Kandimalla Lab
January 28
Nanoparticle Size and Shape Determine its Cell Entry Efficiency in the Bystander Manner
Yuexuan Li, Graduate Student, Pang Lab
Targeting of Tumor-Associated Macrophage with PI3Kγ Inhibitor-Loaded Nanocarriers for Cancer Therapy
Yihan Wang, Graduate Student, Pang Lab
February 4
Paclitaxel-Loaded Hydrogel Microspheres for Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization
Joel Updyke, Graduate Student, Panyam & Siegel Labs
Engineering the Fc Portion of Antibody
Zekun Shao, Graduate Student, Panyam Lab
February 11
Macromolecular Drug Delivery Across the Blood Brain Barrier: Challenges and Techniques
Sneha Rathi, Graduate Student, Elmquist Lab
Surprising Tabletability of Elastic Crystals
Gerrit Vreeman, Graduate Student, Sun Lab
February 18
Role of Bile Acids/Salts to Prolong the Supersaturation of Poorly Soluble APIs
Rahul Lalge, Graduate Student, Sury Lab
February 25
Radiosensitizers as Adjuvants in the Treatment of Brain Tumors
Surabhi Talele, Graduate Student, Elmquist Lab
March 3
Bridging Pre-Clinical Drug Screening with Patient Molecular Profiles for Biomarker Discovery and Drug Repurposing
R. Stephanie Huang, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
March 10
No Seminar (Spring Break)
March 17
No Seminar (Spring Break Extended)
March 24
Contrasting Intranasal IgG Delivery to the Central Nervous System in Wild-Type and Transgenic Mice
Tongzhen Xie, Graduate Student, Fairbanks Lab
Albumin-Binding Near-Infrared Dye Conjugate for Tumor Metastasis Diagnosis
Wenjuan Zhang, Graduate Student, Elmquist Lab
March 31
Dehydration Behavior of Levothyroxine Sodium Pentahydrate
Navpreet Kaur, Graduate Student, Sury Lab
April 7
Molecular Imaging Probe Targeting Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1B1 Enzyme for Early Tumor Detection
Zengtao Wang, Graduate Student, Kandimalla Lab
Impact of Amyloid Beta Peptides of Glucose Trafficking in Alzheimer's Disease
Lushan Wang, Graduate Student, Kandimalla Lab
April 14
Anomalous Behavior of Mannitol Hemihydrate: Implications on Sucrose Crystallization in Colyophilized Systems
Jayesh Sonje, Graduate Student, Sury Lab
The Oral Delivery of Peptides and Proteins
Joan Cheng, Graduate Student, Sun Lab