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