Seminar Programs
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers the following types of seminars:
- a regular Departmental (PSCI 595) Seminar Series with seminars presented by invited speakers from both UIC and other institutions (currently scheduled on Wednesdays at 11:30am in the College of Pharmacy)
- a Trainee Talks Series with short seminars presented by Postdocs and Graduate Students from or affiliated with the department (currently scheduled for alternating Monday mornings in the MBRB Auditorium)
- special seminars that are either presented on a recurring basis (often annually as with the Farnsworth and Webster-Sibilsky Lecture series) or on an ad-hoc basis
Upcoming PSCI Seminars Heading link
Seminar Schedule Fall 2024 |
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(In-person seminars are Wednesdays at 11:30 AM in Room B32 PHARM in Chicago and via remote for Rockford unless otherwise noted) |
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| Wednesday, August 21 | NO SEMINAR (classes start August 26) |
| Wednesday, August 28 ONLINE ONLY | EHSO ANNUAL SAFETY TRAINING REFRESHER FOR CURRENT/RETURNING STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES THIS REFRESHER TRAINING SESSION IS INTENDED FOR ALL RETURNING PSCI GRADUATE STUDENTS, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, STAFF RESEARCHERS, AND RESEARCH-TRACK FACULTY WHO WORK IN OR SUPERVISE PERSONNEL IN WET LABORATORIES NOTE THAT THIS TRAINING IS ONLINE VIA ZOOM ONLY. |
| Wednesday, September 4 | Connecting genes to molecules in bacterial communities that sequester the greenhouse gas methane Aaron Puri, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Utah (host: Brian Murphy) |
| Wednesday, September 11 | Strategies, Approaches, and Results in Pursuit of Bioactive Compounds from Fungi Nicholas Oberlies, PhD, Patricia A. Sullivan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (host: Mario Augustinovic) |
| Wednesday, September 18 | Steve Seung-Young Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UIC (host: Nancy Freitag) |
| Wednesday, September 25 | Biodegradable particle for vaccine delivery Aliasger K. Salem, PhD, Lyle and Sharon Bighley Endowed Chair & Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Iowa (host: Zongmin Zhao) |
| Wednesday, October 2 | Engineering Biomimetic Materials to Empower Multifunctional Therapeutic Small Extracellular Vesicles Yichun Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (host: Zongmin Zhao) |
| Wednesday, October 9 | Reprogramming lipogenic metabolism and inflammation for cancer prevention Atieh Hajirahimkhan, PhD, Northwestern University (host: Debra Tonetti) |
| Wednesday, October 16 | Jonathan L Vennerstrom, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Paul Carlier) |
| Wednesday, October 23 | Genome mining strategies for discovering new fungal natural products Yi Tang, PhD, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles (host: Alessandra Eustaquio) |
| Wednesday, October 30 | Effective Strategies to Prolong Drug Residence Time on the Ocular Surface Crystal Shin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (host: Rick Gemeinhart) |
| Wednesday, November 6 | Haibing Zhou, PhD, Luojia Distinguished Professor, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (host: Terry Moore) |
| Wednesday, November 13 | Learning the determinants of protein folding energy landscapes from large-scale experiments Gabriel J Rocklin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University (host: Bryan Lampkin) |
| Wednesday, November 20 | Genomics-Driven Discovery of Antimicrobial Natural Products With New Modes of Action Dmitrii Travin, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Retzky College of Pharmacy, UIC (host: Brian Murphy) |
| Wednesday, November 27 | NO SEMINAR (Thanksgiving Week) NO SEMINAR |
| Wednesday, December 4 | From Bench to Sea to the Arizonan Desert - A Natural Product Journey Christopher Cartmell, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, College of Medicine Tucson, The University of Arizona (host: Brian Murphy) |
| Wednesday, December 11 | Let it RiPP! Mechanistic Insights in Plant Natural Product Biosynthesis Lisa Mydy, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan (host: Brian Murphy) |
| Wednesday, December 18 | Microbial natural product and enzyme discovery Melanie Higgins, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama (host: Brian Murphy) |
| Course Coordinator: Matt Henke | José Villegas |
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PSCI Trainee Talks Heading link
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| 10/7/2024 | Angela Nguyen (Ondrus lab) | Ana Lopez-Hernandez (Riley Lab) |
| 11/4/2024 | Sruthi Mohan (Carlier lab) | Monica Haughan (Burdette Lab) |
| 12/2/2024 | Du'a Al-Smadi (Eustaquio lab) | Rocío Rivera Rodríguez (Johnson Lab) |
| 1/13/2025 | Nana Oblie (Henke Lab) | Dee Dee Aman (Freitag Lab) |
| 2/3/2025 | Trevor Dean - Moore Lab | Abigail Gligor (Sant Lab) |
| 3/3/2025 | Sriranjani Srikanth - Ondrus Lab | Ian McIntire (Federle Lab) |
| 4/7/2025 | Jane Miglo (Burdette Lab) | Giridhar Chandrasekharan (Freitag lab) |