The College of Pharmacy Graduate Program will hold the following seminars during spring Semester 2022 on Tuesdays, 11:00 am–11:50am, Pharmacy (Skaggs) room 325. If you would like to meet with an invited speaker immediately following the seminar, Roundtable Lunch will be held from 12:00–1:00 PM in Pharmacy 360 and limited to 10 students. Please indicate your interest in attending through the Doodle poll that will be sent out prior to each Roundtable. Questions about the course may be directed to the Course Coordinator, Dr. Hongmin Li (hli1@pharmacy.arizona.edu). Questions about the Roundtable or lecture title may be directed to Graduate Program Coordinator, Stephanie Sikora (ssikora@pharmacy.arizona.edu).
Zoom Link for Seminars: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/86061523849
January 18REMOTE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/86061523849Graduate Track: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Speaker: Junzhi Yang (Ronaldson Lab) Affiliation: UA Grad Student Topic: Acetaminophen Alters the Integrity of the Blood-Brain Barrier through Disruption of Claudin-5 at the Tight Junction |
January 25REMOTE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/86061523849Graduate Track: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Speakers: Danielle Johnson (Jewett Lab) Elise Miller (Karnes Lab)
Affiliation: UA Grad Students
Topic: Strategies for Exploring the Role of Mitochondrial Membrane Proteins During Disease-State Through the use of Triazabutidiene Chemical Probes |Pharmacogenomics of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) |
February 1REMOTE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/86061523849Graduate Tracks: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Speakers: Dominique Gaffney (Galligan Lab) Kara Burton (Craig Lab)
Affiliation: UA Grad Students
Topics: Methylglyoxal-derived post-translational modifications restore metabolic homeostasis in diet induced metabolic disorder | Effect of a Phthalate Mixture on the IGF1 System in Female CD-1 Mice |
February 8In-PERSON PRESENTATIONGraduate Track: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Speaker: Dr. Kymberly Gowdy Affiliation: Ohio State University Topic: Dietary n3-PUFAs Modulate the Pulmonary Response to Environmental Exposures Host: Lisa Tran (T32 predoctoral trainee)
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February 15Graduate Track: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Speakers: Kiara Bachtel and Austin Thompson (Schnellmann Lab) Affiliation: UA Grad Students Topics: Investigating the Role of Lasmiditan in the Regulation of Sirtuins in Spinal Cord Injury |HTR1F Mediated Mitochondrial Biogenesis & Its Role In Renal Vascular Recovery Following Acute Kidney Injury |
February 22In-PERSON PRESENTATIONGraduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development
Speaker: Victor Ogungbe Affiliation: Jackson State University Topic: Targeted Covalent Inhibition of Trypanosomes and Alphaviruses Host: Hongmin Li |
March 1REMOTE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/86061523849Graduate Track: Pharmaceutics
Speaker: Kristy Ainslie Affiliation: University of North Carolina Topic: Acetalated dextran: A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine (and vaccines) go down! Host: Jianqin Lu |
March 15In-PERSON PRESENTATIONGraduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development
Speaker: Dalibor Sames Affiliation: Columbia University Topic: From Psychedelics to Opioids: Imaging and Restoring Synapses with Pharmacological Tools Host: Robin Polt |
March 22REMOTE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/86061523849Graduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development
Speaker: Joanne Lemieux Affiliation: University of Alberta Topic: Antiviral drug development targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease Host: Hongmin Li |
March 29Graduate Track: DDD & PharmTox
Speakers: Jeremy Snell (Wondrak Lab) Aryatara Shakya (D. Zhang Lab)
Affiliation: UA Grad Students Topics: Hypochlorous acid (HOCl): From Environmental Exposure to Photochemoprevention of Skin Cancer | Exploring the interplay of NRF family transcription factors and the segregase protein p97 in cancer |
April 5In-PERSON PRESENTATIONGraduate Track: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Speaker: Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne Affiliation: Harvard University Topic: Emerging therapeutic targets in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia Host: Haining Zhu |
April 12Graduate Track: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Speaker: Tatiana Kutateladze Affiliation: University of Colorado, Denver Topic: Molecular Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation Host: Jim Galligan |
April 19Graduate Track: Pharmaceutics
Speakers: Hanan Alameddin and Bayan Alhefzi (Guzman Lab) Affiliation: UA Grad Students Topics: Inhaled Doxycycline as a Potential Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea |Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Liposomes for Controlled Drug Delivery |
April 26REMOTE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/86061523849 Graduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development |
April 27In-PERSON PRESENTATIONGraduate Track: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Speaker: Lawrence James Hayward Affiliation: Department of Neurology University of Massachusetts Medical School Topic: Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD): Genetics, Cellular Models, and Approaches to Therapy Host: Haining Zhu |
May 3Graduate Track: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Speakers: Lisa Tran (Ding Lab) Ingrid Peterson (Schnellmann Lab)
Affiliation: UA Grad Students Topics: Role of Macrophage CYP19A1 in Lung Tissue Repair | Formoterol Induces Recovery Following Spinal Cord Injury |