Seminars are held remotely on Wednesdays, weekly at 4:00 p.m. unless otherwise stated. Select a semester from the drop-down menu below to browse the schedule.

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August 30, 2023
4:00pm
NCRC Building 10 South Atrium
Leyuan (Liam) Ma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department of Bioengineering (Graduate Group) Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

“Boosting Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell therapy via a synthetic vaccine”

Faculty Host: Dr. James Moon
Speaker Abstract
September 6, 2023
4:00pm
2548 NUB
Dr. Jozef Al-Gousous
Lecturer at the Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Michigan

“CO2-H2O Reaction: Implications for Intestinal Drug Dissolution and Solubility”

Faculty Host: Dr. Ashlee Brunaugh
Speaker Abstract
September 13, 2023
4:00pm
2548 NUB
Yingzi Bu
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ph.D. Candidate
University of Michigan

“Variational Autoencoder (VAE) in Drug Discovery: Classification and Generation”

Faculty Host: Dr. Duxin Sun
Speaker Abstract
September 27, 2023
4:00pm
NCRC Building 10 Research Auditorium
Dr. Leaf Huang
Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor Eshelman School of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Liposomal Antibiotics Induces Anticancer Immunity by Killing the Tumor Associated Bacteria”

Faculty Host: Dr. James Moon
Speaker Abstract
November 8, 2023
4:00pm
2548 NUB
Dr. Zhilei Chen
Associate Professor
Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology Department Texas A&M University

“Engineering locally delivered protein therapeutics”

Faculty Host: Dr. Ashlee Brunaugh
Speaker Abstract
November 15, 2023
4:00pm
NCRC Building 10 - Research Auditorium
Kristen Hong Dorsey
Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD Candidate
University of Michigan

”Evaluation of synthetic high-density lipoprotein and mimetic micelle composition for the treatment of cardiovascular disease”

Faculty Host: Anna Schwendeman
Speaker Abstract
November 29, 2023
4:00pm
2548 NUB
Dr. Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Colorado State University

“Preclinical development of aerosol therapies for treatment of pulmonary mycobacterial infections”

Faculty Host: Dr. Ashlee Brunaugh
Speaker Abstract
November 30, 2023
1:00pm
NCRC Building 520, Room 3140
Yingzi Bu
Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD Candidate
University of Michigan

“Machine Learning Guided Drug Discovery: Application in Janus Kinase Inhibitor Design”

Faculty Host: Dr. Duxin Sun
Speaker Abstract
December 13, 2023
4:00pm
NCRC Building 10 - Research Auditorium
Ziyun Xia
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ph.D. Candidate
University of Michigan

“Characterization of Exparel, Understanding of Critical Manufacturing Process Parameters and Investigation of Drug Release Mechanisms in vitro and in vivo”

Faculty Host: Dr. Anna Schwendeman
Speaker Abstract