Department of BioMolecular Sciences
The University of Mississippi

Department of Medicinal Chemistry Seminars

 

SPRING 2013 Medicinal Chemistry Seminar Series

WERE In TCRC 2066 at 11 am – 12 noon on Tuesdays,

except as noted

 

Date

Lecturer

Affiliation

Title

January 15

Dr. Timothy J. Mantle

Trinity College Dublin, School of Biochemistry and Immunology

Vile bile pigments? A jaundiced view of linear tetrapyrroles

February 5

Dr. John Kiss

Professor of Biology and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Mississippi

Plant Research on the International Space Station

February 19

Manal Nael

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi

Nucleoside, Nucleotide, and Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors of Hepatitis C-virus NSSB RNA-Dependent DNA-Polymerase

February 26

Eric Bow

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi

Antivirals Targeting Influenza-A Virus

March 5

Shivangi Awasthi

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mississippi

Allosteric Modulation of Seven Transmembrane Spanning Receptors: Theory, Practice, and Opportunities for Central Nervous System Drug Discovery

March 26

2012-13 Joseph Sam Distiguished Alumni Award Lecturer:

Dr. Gary O. Rankin

Professor and Chair,
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology,
Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine,
Huntington, WV

Role of Phase I and Phase II biotransformation in N-(haloaryl)succinimide nephrotoxicity

April 2

Dr. Sanjeev Krishna, FRCP, ScD, FMedSci

Professor of molecular parasitology and medicine, St. George’s, University of London

Artemisinins and the SERCA Hypothesis

Thursday, April 11, 3 pm

Prof. Jacques Poupaert

Professor, The Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Teaching Medicinal Chemistry Nowadays: Challenges & Opportunities

April 30

Borne Lecture:

Dr. Kenneth A. Jacobson

Chief, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry & Molecular Recognition Section, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Structure-Based Discovery of Novel Ligands of GPCRs: Focus on Adenosine and P2Y Receptors

Fall 2012 Medicinal Chemistry Seminar Series

WERE In TCRC 2066 at 11 am – 12 noon on Tuesdays,

except as noted

 

Date

Lecturer

Affiliation

Title

August 21 WELCOME BACK/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
August 28

Pankaj Pandey

UM MedChem

Application of Lipid-Based Formulations in Drug Discovery

September 4

Amer Tarawneh

UM MedChem

Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinases

September 11

Mohamed Jihan

UM MedChem

Current Landscape of Phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) Inhibition

September 25

Jay McLaughlin

Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies

Associate Member Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Novel Opioid Ligands as Possible Treatment for Pain and Drug Abuse

October 9

Richard W. Scott

Polymedix, Inc.

Vice-President, Research

The Design and Therapeutic Applications of Chemical Mimics of Host Defense Proteins

October 23

Emily E. Scott

University of Kansas MedChem

Associate Professor

Structures of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes: Elucidating Drug Metabolism and Opportunities for Drug Design

November 13

Ivaylo N. Ivanov

Georgia State University

Chemistry Department

Assistant Professor

Integrative Modeling of Protein/DNA Complexes at the Replication Fork