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
Seminar Schedule Spring 2026 |
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(In-person seminars are Wednesdays at 11:30 AM in Room TBA PHARM in Chicago and via remote for Rockford unless otherwise noted) |
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Wednesday, January 7 | NO SEMINAR (classes start January 12) |
Wednesday, January 14 | Maxim Svetlov, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UIC (host: Nancy Freitag) |
Wednesday, January 21 | Knocking the SOX off prostate cancer Steven Kregel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, Stritch School of Medicine Health Sciences Division, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago (host: Terry Moore) |
Wednesday, January 28 | Yury Polikanov, PhD, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIC (host: Nancy Freitag) |
Wednesday, February 4 | TBA |
Tuesday, February 10 | SPECIAL SEMINAR Istvan Petak, MD, PhD, Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Genomate Health, Inc, Cambridge, MA (host: William T. Beck) |
Wednesday, February 11 | NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR |
Wednesday, February 18 | Ruixuan Gao, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, UIC (host: Bryan Lampkin) |
Wednesday, February 25 | Thao Pham, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University (host: Debra Tonetti) |
Wednesday, March 4 | Lauren Goodrich, PhD, Head of Platform, Nimble Therapeutics, Abbvie, Madison, WI (host: Bryan Lampkin) |
Wednesday, March 11 | Amanda Dombrowski, PhD, Principle Research Scientist, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL (host: Andrew Riley) |
Wednesday, March 18 | Snehal Chaudhari, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison (host: Matt Henke) |
Wednesday, March 25 | SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK |
Wednesday, April 1 | Sloan Devlin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School (host: Matt Henke) |
Wednesday, April 8 | Helen E. Blackwell, PhD, Norman C. Craig Professor, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Program Director, NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison (host: Bryan Lampkin) |
Wednesday, April 15 | TBA |
Wednesday, April 22 | Michael Lo, PhD, Director, Merck Discovery Chemistry (host: Paul Carlier) |
Wednesday, April 29 | William C.K. Pomerantz, PhD, Merck Professor of Chemistry, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota (host: Andrew Riley) |
| Wednesday, May 6 | NO SEMINAR (Finals Week) NO SEMINAR |
Course Coordinator: Bryan Lampkin |
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PSCI Trainee Talks
| Date | Lab 1 | Lab 2 |
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| 9/8/2025 | Sarah Bonitatibus (Henke) | Polikanov (Benjamin Killam) |
| 10/6/2025 | Philana Phan (Zhao Lab) | Carlier (Kusha Malpath) |
| 11/3/2025 | Joohyun (Burdette Lab) | Ondrus (Anna Nguyen) |
| 12/1/2025 | Riley (Megan Jurek) | Elie (LeeLab) |
| 1/12/2026 | Miriam Rodrigues (Sant Lab) | Mandisa Timba (Mankin/Vasquez-Laslop) |
| 2/2/2026 | Tom Pavey (Eustaquio) | Jessia Raherisoanjato (Henke) |
| 3/2/2026 | Jason Shi (Villegas) | Luyu Zhang (Zhao lab) |
| 4/6/2026 | Dee Dee Aman (Freitag) | Ricky Foster (Federle) |