Department of BioMolecular Sciences
Fall 2018 Graduate Student and External Speaker Seminar Series
All Seminars located in TCRC 2066
Tuesdays at 11 am
Thursdays at 10:30 am
Fridays at 2 pm
(Titles will be posted as they become available. Changes are noted in red.)
| Speaker | Title | Date |
| Dr. David Colby | Intro. of New Students, Seminar & Graduate Program | August 21, Tuesday |
| Pablo Caviedes, MD, PhD University of Chile Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM), Faculty of Medicine Guest Speaker Host: David Allen |
Tissue microencapsulation in cell transplant therapy. Applications in hypoparathyroidism and type 1 diabetes: Medical and Engineering Challenges | August 23, Thursday |
| Abidah Parveen | Comparative Assessment of Safety and Quality of Tinospora Species- Tinospora crispa and Tinospora sinensis | August 28, Tuesday |
| No Seminar | No Seminar | August 30, Thursday |
| Omer Fantoukh | Quality and Safety Assessment of Medicinal Plants Commonly Consumed as Herbal Teas; Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) and Moringa (Moringa oleifera) | September 4, Tuesday |
| Erik Hodges ORP |
Insulin and IGF-1 in the Aging Brain | September 7, Friday |
| Amna Adam | Assembly of Highly Fluorinated Enolates From 3,3,3-Trifluoropropionic Acid | September 11, Tuesday |
| Hao Liu ORP |
The Effect of Heparin Lyase on Gut Microbiome in Pancreatic Carcinoma | September 14, Friday |
| Manal Alhusban | Cheminformatic Approach for Deconvolution of Active Compounds in a Complex Mixture – PhytoSERMs in Licorice |
September 18, Tuesday |
| Barbara Adaikpoh ORP |
Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Glycosylated RiPPs using promiscuous UDP-Glycosyltransferases | September 21, Friday |
| Taghreed Majrashi | Chemical and Biological Evaluations of Asimina triloba and Rollinia mucosa | September 25, Tuesday |
| Moneerah Alqahtani ORP |
Targeting Acquired Resistance to CDK4/6 Inhibition Mediated by CCNE1 Amplification with Combination Therapy of HDAC Inhibitor (panobinostat) and CDK4/6 Inhibitor (palbociclib) in pRb+ TNBC | September 28, Friday |
| Disha Prabhu | Role of Astrocytic IGF-1 in Regulation of Learning and Memory | October 2, Tuesday |
| Dr. Thomas Werfel University of Mississippi Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Guest Speaker Host: John Rimoldi |
Targeted Therapies at the Interface of Nanotechnology and Cancer Biology | October 4, Thursday |
| Shukria Akbar ORP |
Investigation and Heterologous Production of Nonribosomal Peptides Associated with Bacterial Microbiome of Ambrosiodmus lecontei Beetle | October 5, Friday |
| Claire Tran | Exploring Anticancer Potential of Plant Extracts Belonging to Annonaceae Family | October 9, Tuesday |
| Amber Kay ORP |
Therapeutic Effects of Adipose-derived Stem Cell Secretome on the Deposition of Advanced Glycation End-products After Myocardial Infarction | October 12, Friday |
| Dr. Noelle C. Anastasio University of Texas Medical Branch Guest Speaker Host: Jason Paris |
Serotonin: Glutamate Synergy in Substance Use Disorder Relapse-Related Behaviors | October 16, Tuesday |
| Coy Waller Lecture Dr. Mahmoud ElSohly University of Mississippi Research Professor Professor of Pharmaceutics |
Building on the Legacy of Coy Waller at Ole Miss | October 19, Friday 11:00 am The Ford Center |
| Niloofar Khaje ORP |
Determining the Effect of Phosphorylation on Rabies Phosphoprotein (P) Structure and Ability to Interact with Other Proteins | October 19, Friday |
| Barbara Adaikpoh | Myxobacterial Perception, Degradation, and Transformation of Exogenous Environmental Quorum Signals | October 23, Tuesday |
| AyoOluwa Aderbigbe ORP |
Computer-aided Design of Cell-active Chemical Probes and Modulators of Poly (ADP-ribose) Glycohydrolase for the Treatment of Homologous Recombinant Repair Deficient Cancer | October 26, Friday |
| Shukria Akbar | Establishing Myxobacteria-Pseudomonas Ecological Model Systems | October 30, Tuesday |
| Mohammed Riaz ORP |
Developing Enterobactin and PR73SH as Neuroprotective Agents to Treat Parkinson’s Disease (PD) | November 2, Friday |
| Niloofar Khaje | Current Applications of HRPF-FPOP and Development of Methods | November 6, Tuesday |
| Dr. John Bentley University of Mississippi Chair, Professor of Pharmacy Administration & Marketing Guest Speaker Host: Jason Paris |
Application of Statistical Methods | November 8, Thursday |
| AyoOluwa Aderbigbe | Computational Search for Antagonists of the Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor | November 13, Tuesday |
| Mohammed Hawwal ORP |
An isoflavone metabolite as a potential cause of biliary atresia | November 16, Friday |
| Hao Liu | Develop Strategies for Heparin/Heparan Sulfate Oligosaccharides Fractionation | November 20, Tuesday |
| Mohammed Riaz | Mass Spectrometry as a Molecular Screening and Quality Control Technique | November 27, Tuesday |
| Mohammed Hawwal | Phytochemical Investigation of Mimosa pigra | November 29, Thursday |