Fall 2021 Graduate Student and External Speaker Seminar Series
Tuesday and Thursday seminars are scheduled at 11:00 AM. Titles will be posted as they become available.
| Speaker | Title | Date |
| Dr. Paul Boudreau | Course Expectations | August 24, Tuesday |
| Dr. Kristine Willett, Department Chair & BioMolecular Sciences Student Advocates | Presentation my the Chair and BSA | August 26, Thursday |
| Dr. Laura Sanchez Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Santa Cruz Guest Speaker |
Visualizing Chemistry in Microbial Biofilms | August 31, Tuesday |
| Dr. Carolyn Cassady Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Alabama Guest Speaker |
Analysis of Acidic Peptides by Mass Spectrometry | September 2, Thursday |
| Andrew J. Ahearne ORP |
Isolation of Novel Bacterial Species Through pH Variation in Concert with Nutrient Solubilizing Bacteria |
September 10, Friday 2:00PM TCRC 1044 |
| Mehjabeen Hossain ORP |
Repurposing Asthma Medication to Target Mast Cell-mediated Tumorigenesis and Immune Suppression in Pancreatic Cancer | September 17, Friday 2:00PM TCRC 1044 |
| Maali Alshammari Prospectus Defense |
Synthetic Studies on Valuable Fluorinated Building Blocks | September 21, Tuesday |
| Baharul Islam ORP |
Discovery of small-molecule covalent inhibitors of O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (NAFLD-HCC) |
September 24, Friday 2:00PM TCRC 1044 |
| Alaa Qrareya Prospectus Defense |
HIV-1 TAT Effects to Accelerate or Accentuate Age-related Co-morbidities in Mice: Potential Benefits of Neurosteroids | September 30, Thursday |
| Cellas Hayes ORP |
Cannabigerol, Cognition, and Lifespan | October 1, Friday 2:00PM TCRC 1044 |
| Dr. Katherine Duncan Senior Lecturer Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Guest Speaker |
Polar Antibiotic Exploration – Awakening Ancient Antarctic Bacteria | October 5, Tuesday |
| Dr. Constance Bailey Assistant Professor, Chemistry University of Tennessee, Knoxville Guest Speaker |
Synthetic and Chemical Biology of Bacterial Megasynthases | October 7, Thursday |
| Dr. G. Michael Wall SVP/CSO at Nacuity Pharmaceutical, Inc., and VP, Sound Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2021 Joseph Sam Distinguished Alumnus Lecture |
Drug Repurposing: New Uses for Old Drugs | October 8, Friday 2:00PM TCRC 1044 |
| Moneerah Alqahatani Prospectus Defense |
Late-Stage Diversification of Select Natural Products – New Chemical Entities with Improved Biological Activities | October 12, Tuesday |
| Reem Alkhodier ORP |
Developing Bupropion Analogs as Potential CYP2D6 Inhibiting Pharmacoenhancers | October 15, Friday 2:00PM TCRC 1044 |
| Mohammed Ahmed | Bacterial small molecules as a tool for heavy metal bioremediation | October 19, Tuesday 11:00-11:30 AM |
| Priyanka Samanta | Systematic Computational Study of the Interactions of Marine Sulfated Glycans with SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein Receptor Binding Domain |
October 19, Tuesday 11:30-12:00 PM |
| Dr. Sandra Loesgen Associate Professor, Chemistry – Chemical Biology Division University of Florida Guest Speaker |
New Bioactive Natural Products From Microorganism and Where To Find Them | October 21, Thursday |
| Dr. Kathy Cunningham Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Texas Medical Branch Guest Speaker |
The Long and Winding Road to Addiction Therapeutics | October 28, Thursday |
| Benjamin Sawyer ORP |
Cannabinoids, Ferulic Acid, and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer | October 29, Friday 3:00PM TCRC 1044 |
| Dr. Joanna Bajsa-Hirschel Plant Physiologist USDA Guest Speaker |
Natural Products in Bioherbicide Discovery | November 2, Tuesday |
| Dr. Erin E. Carlson Associate Professor, Chemistry University of Minnesota Guest Speaker |
Targeting bacterial virulence through two-component system signaling | November 16, Tuesday |
| Md. Imdadul Khan Prospectus Defense |
Lead Optimization: Development of L-γ-methyleneglutamine Compounds for Cancer, Allopregnanolone Analogs for Anti-HIV Viremia, and (Phenoxyphenyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone Compounds for Malaria | November 18, Thursday |
| Dr. Eden Tanner Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Mississippi Guest Speaker |
Ionic Liquids as Antifouling Polymeric Nanoparticle Coatings | November 30, Tuesday |
| Hanan Albataineh Prospectus Defense |
Survey of genomics and metabolic potential of myxobacteria | November 30, Tuesday 12:00 PM |
| Tomayo Berida Prospectus Defense |
Effort toward the development of novel inhibitors of MraY as antibacterial agents targeting multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis | December 1, Wednesday 2:00 PM TCRC 2066 |