Seminars

Pharmaceutics seminars are open to the public and offered weekly during the academic year.

Tuesdays 3:30 to 4:30 PM CDT, Moos 5-125 
Email kmjames@umn.edu to request a Zoom link

September 3

Welcome to the Department of Pharmaceutics and Introduction to the Seminar Series
Ronald A. Siegel, ScD, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Katie M. James, Graduate Program Coordinator

September 10 

Research Ethics
Ronald A. Siegel, ScD, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies

September 17 

Annual Safety Refresher Training (Required)
Rebecca Cuellar, PhD, STS, College Safety Officer
Nancy Rolstad, MS, CBSP(ABSA), Biosafety Specialist
Eric Derrah, PhD, Lab and Research Safety Manager

September 24

Engineering Synthetic Alternative to Biologics for Medicine
Suzie H. Pun, PhD, Washington Research Foundation Professor of Bioengineering & Director of Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington

October 1

Alleviation of TBI Outcomes with NOP Receptor Modulation
Kelly M. Standifer, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences

October 8

Cellular Trafficking of Cationic Bicelles in a Blood-Brain Barrier Cell Culture Model In Vitro
Joan Cheng, PhD Candidate, Kandimalla Lab

October 15

Core Ideas in Artificial Intelligence: From Perceptron to Transformers
Hamid R. Tizhoosh, PhD, Professor, Laboratory for Knowledge Inference in Medical Image Analysis (KIMIA Lab), Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics, Mayo Clinic

October 22

No Seminar - AAPS Annual Meeting

October 29

Influence of Microbiota on Expression of Gut Transporters and Enzymes Affecting Oral Bioavailability
Doug Nelson, PhD Candidate, Kandimalla Lab

November 5

Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Amorphous and Crystalline Drugs
Vikram C. Joshi, PhD Candidate, Sun Lab

November 12

Evaluating the Impact of pH on the Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Tumor Delivery of Nanoparticles
Yiqin Li, PhD Candidate, Pang Lab

November 19

Predicting Tabletability Flip from Powder Mixing Rule and Approaches to Overcome It
Zijian Wang, PhD Candidate, Sun Lab

November 26

Processing Induced Phase Transitions in Pharmaceuticals
Raj Suryanarayanan, PhD, Professor, William & Mildred Peters Endowed Chair, and Department Head

December 3

Anti-Inflammatory Approaches Targeting Vascular Endothelial Cells in Diverse Diseases
Ying Wang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic

December 10

Targeting DNA Damage Response in Brain Tumors
Lina Le, PhD Student, Elmquist Lab