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

Seminars in Pharmaceutical Sciences


(In-person seminars are Wednesdays at 11:30 AM in Room B32 PHARM in Chicago and via remote for Rockford unless otherwise noted)


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


Leveraging 3D Optical Tissue Microscopy for In-Depth Spatial Cellular and Molecular Analysis in Therapeutic Target Discovery and Drug Development


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

Antimalarial Ozonides


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


Design and construction of small molecule degraders for treatment of endocrine resistant breast cancer


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


TBA


Dmitrii Travin, PhD, Postdoc, UIC (host: Brian Murphy)


Wednesday, November 27


NO SEMINAR (Thanksgiving Week)



NO SEMINAR


Wednesday, December 4

TBA


Christopher Cartmell, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Arizona (host: Brian Murphy)


Wednesday, December 11

TBA (Finals Week)



Lisa Mydy, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, University of Michigan (host: Brian Murphy)


Wednesday, December 18

TBA



Melanie Higgins, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama (host: Brian Murphy)


Course Coordinator: Matt Henke  | José Villegas


PSCI Trainee Talks Heading link

DateLab 1Lab 2
10/7/2024Angela Nguyen (Ondrus lab)Ana Lopez-Hernandez (Riley Lab)
11/4/2024Sruthi Mohan (Carlier lab)Monica Haughan (Burdette Lab)
12/2/2024Du'a Al-Smadi (Eustaquio lab)Rocío Rivera Rodríguez (Johnson Lab)
1/13/2025Nana Oblie (Henke Lab)Dee Dee Aman (Freitag Lab)
2/3/2025Trevor Dean - Moore LabAbigail Gligor (Sant Lab)
3/3/2025Sriranjani Srikanth - Ondrus LabIan McIntire (Federle Lab)
4/7/2025Jane Miglo (Burdette Lab)Giridhar Chandrasekharan (Freitag lab)