Seminars

The College of Pharmacy Graduate Program will hold the following seminars during spring 2023 semester 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. Haining Zhu (haining@pharmacy.arizona.edu).  Questions about the Roundtable or lecture title may be directed to Graduate Program Coordinator, JJ Arévalo (jjarevalo@pharmacy.arizona.edu).  

Zoom Link for Seminars: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/89821199132

January 17

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Speakers: Austin Thompson, Schnellmann Lab
Affiliation: UA Grad Students
Topics: HTR1F Mediated Mitochondrial Biogenesis & Its Role In Renal Peritubular Endothelial Cells Recovery Following LPS Exposure In Vitro.
 

January 24

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development
Speakers: Ke Chen, Li Lab | Ajibola Adelakun, Schwartz Lab
Affiliation: UA Grad Students
Topics: Structural and functional study of Cryptococcus neoformans FBP-aldolase  |  Investigation of Nucleic Acids-Ewing Sarcoma RNA-Binding Protein 1 (EWSR1) Interactions Using Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay (EMSA)

January 31

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development
Speakers: Jack Godek, Zhang Lab | Xintong Liu, Li Lab
Affiliation: UA Grad Students
Topics: Discovery and Development of Novel Hsp70 Inhibitors | Targeting HECTD3, an E3 Ubiquitin ligase, for cancer metastasis suppression
 

February 7

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Kordower
Affiliation: Arizona State University
Topic: Pathogenesis, experimental modeling and nonhuman primate modeling of neurodegenerative diseases
Host: Haining Zhu

February 14

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development
Speakers: Xiaoyi Zhu, Chapman Lab | Naoya Kitamura, Galligan Lab
Affiliation: UA Grad Students
Topic: Discovery and Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Novel Hsp70 Inhibitors | Critical evaluation of glyoxalase cycle in cancer

February 21

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Speakers: Rukayat Aromokeye, Zhu Lab | Paul Victor, Schnellmann Lab

Affiliation: UA Grad Students

Topics: “Discovery of Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors of a Stress Granule Protein G3BP1 in Neurodegeneration” | "Pharmacological action of Naf-1 in Acute Kidney Injury through mitochondrial biogenesis "  

February 28

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Speaker: Dr. Michael Johnson
Affiliation: UA Immunobiology
Topic: Using Copper Toxicity to Exploit a Microbial Achilles Heel    
Host: Haining Zhu
 
 

March 4 - 12: Spring Recess -

NO CLASSES

 

March 14

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development
Speaker: Dr. Li Gan
Affiliation: Cornell Univeristy
Topic: Targeting innate immunity and proteostasis to treat neurodegenerative diseases
Host: Hongmin Li
 
 

March 21

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Pharmaceutics
Speaker: Kun Cheng
Affiliation: UMKC
Topic:Discovery of Small Anti-PD-L1 Peptides for Cancer Immunotherapy
Host: Jianqin Lu
 
 

March 28

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Tracks: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Speakers: Sarah Olson, Smith Lab | Michael Arowosegbe, Smith Lab
Affiliation: UA Grad Student
Topics:
 

April 4

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Tracks: Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology & Toxicology
Speakers: Joseph Adams, Date Lab | Danielle Johnson, Jewett Lab
Affiliation: UA Grad Student
Topics:
 

April 11

In-PERSON PRESENTATION

Graduate Track: Pharmaceutics
Speaker: Yoon Yeo
Affiliation: Purdue
Topic:
Carrier engineering for systemic gene delivery and chemoimmunotherapy
Host: Jianqin Lu

 

April 18

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development
Speaker: Wenyi Wei

Affiliation: Harvard University
Topic: Targeting Cell Signaling Pathways for Cancer Therapies
Host: Wei Wang

 

 

 

April 25

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Drug Discovery & Development and Pharmacology & Toxicology
Speakers: Nikhilesh Dhuria, Ding Lab  | Yuchen Liu, Zhu Lab
Affiliation: UA Grad Student
Topic:

May 2

In-PERSON PRESENTATION
Graduate Track: Pharmaceutics
Speaker: Deepak Shukla
Affiliation: UIC
Topic: 
Host: Abhijit Date