Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences (GPPS) | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Date Time Room Speaker Presentation Title
08-19-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 GSBS Student-Faculty Retreat – Keynote Speaker Kevin Pruitt, PhD, Associate Professor, Immunology and Molecular Microbiology, TTUHSC, Lubbock "Biological alchemy: When developmental pathways pave the way for cancer"
08-26-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 GPPS Student Sarah Anderson Doctoral Dissertation Defense "Investigating the Potential of Dental Pulp Derived Stem Cells with or without Priming as a Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease"
09-02-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 Internship Experience: Sabrina Rahman Archie, Sadisna Shahi, Hong-My Nguyen  
09-09-2022     Abilene Cancer Symposium  
09-16-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 GPPS Student Md. Sariful Howlader, Oral Qualifying Exam "Role of KLF2 in myeloid cells in controlling atherosclerosis"
09-21-2022 11:30pm AMSOP 210/B03A / ABSOP 1130 GPPS Student Yash Mehta, Oral Qualifying Exam "A monoclonal antibody-human-β-glucuronidase conjugate as an activator of prodrug monomethyl auristatin F-glucuronide for site-specific treatment of colorectal cancer"
09-23-2022 11:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 1130 Distinguished Speaker, Sponsored by Office of Sciences – Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Pharmacological & Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine­­, St. Louis, Missouri "Novel mechanisms underpinning neuropathic pain states"
10-07-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 Alumni Speaker Katie Bennett, PhD, MB (ASCP), NRCC-CC, Professor, Molecular Pathology, Dept. of Laboratory Sciences & Primary Care, TTUHSC, Lubbock "Taking the Less-Traveled Road Through Academia"
10-14-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 GPPS Student Derek Barthels, Doctoral Dissertation Defense "Effects of Dental Pulp-Derived Stem Cells on Glial Cells of the Central Nervous System"
10-21-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 GPPS Student Prathyusha Naidu, Oral Qualifying Exam "Role of autophagy during Apigenin-mediated osteoblastogenesis and anti-osteoclastogenesis process"
10-28-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 Guest Faculty Speaker Ebenezer Tumban, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Molecular Virology & Vaccinology, School of Veterinary Medicine, TTU, Amarillo "Bacteriophage VLPs: a platform to enhance the immunogenicity of peptide antigens"
11-04-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 GPPS Student Nausheen Syeara, Oral Qualifying Exam "Repurposing potential antimigraine PDE-2 inhibitor, PF-05180999, for post stroke motor and depressive behavior recovery"
11-09-2022 11:30pm AMA SOP 210 / ABI SOP 1130 GPPS Student Sejal Sharma, Oral Qualifying Exam "The SARS-CoV-2 infection worsens blood-brain barrier integrity in the smoking and vaping population"
11-11-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 GPPS Student Yeseul Ahn "Trafficking pathway of T-cell receptor mimic antibodies (TCRm) RL6A in human brain-derived endothelial cells"
11-11-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 GPPS Student Sadisna Shahi "Evaluating the effect of urea-based analogs on the mitochondrial health of cancer cells"
11-18-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 Guest Faculty Speaker Sami Nazzal, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, TTUHSC JHH SOP, Dallas "The role of vitamin E, sulforaphane, and elastomers in the development of nanoemulsions, adhesives, and chewing gums"
11-25-2022     No Seminar: Thanksgiving Holiday  
12-02-2022 12:30pm AMA SOP 107 / ABI SOP 2200 GPPS Student Md. Rakibul Islam "Impact of nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery and co-encapsulation of alendronate on the immune modulatory effects of doxorubicin in the tumor microenvironment"
12-02-2022 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Shreyas Gaikwad "MBO suppresses pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by modulating the tumor immune microenvironment"
         
         
Date Time Room Speaker Presentation Title
01-13-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Iqra Pervaiz "Modeling Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome at the Human Blood-Brain Barrier In Vitro Using CRISPR-Cas9 Edited Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells"
01-20-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Rayna Bandy "The Role of Metabolism in Cytotoxicity of UR-1-1-13"
01-27-2023 1:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 Guest Speaker Babafela B. Awosile, DVM, MVSc, GradCert (One Health), PhD, DACVPM, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, TTU School of Veterinary Medicine, Amarillo "Dynamics of beta-lactamases in enteric bacteria from the surveillance programs in the United States"
02-03-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Siavash Shahbazi Nia "Impact of structural modification on the affinity and metabolic stability of novel KOR ligands"
02-03-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Ehsan Nozohouri "Propofol Acutely Increases Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability for Sucrose in Mice"
02-10-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 Tech Talk Guest Speaker Cole Seifert, PhD, Research & Technology Specialist, Croda, Inc., Lubbock, TX "GAP Peptides: Journey from TTU Technology to Successful Startup Company"
02-17-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Ashok Silwal "TP53 codon 72 polymorphism modulates reactive oxygen species-dependent cell signaling in macrophages"
02-24-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 1130 GPPS Student Trevor Anderson "Unleashing Granzyme B: A Retrospective in Antibody Fusion Protein Development"
03-03-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 Student Research Week (SRW) – Keynote Speaker [TKL to Lbk AEC] Peter Walter, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of California San Francisco; Director, Bay Area Institute of Science, Scientific Leadership of Altos Labs "Targeting the Cell’s Stress Pathways for Therapeutic Benefit"
03-10-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2300 GPPS Student Hong-My Nguyen, Doctoral Dissertation Defense "Bugs as Drugs: A Promising Immunotherapeutic Approach for Solid Tumors"
03-15-2023 12:00pm AMASOP 210 / ABSOP 1130 GPPS Student Mariam Oladejo, Doctoral Dissertation Defense "CD105 and ISG15 as Modulators of Immunotherapeutic Response in Renal Cell Carcinoma"
03-24-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Amanda (Wooster) McCormick "Analysis of the effects of therapeutic vaccination with tumor vascular-primed dendritic cells in a mouse model of colon cancer"
03-31-2023 1:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Sounak Bagchi "Development of a robust and sensitive method for simultaneous quantification of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine by LC-MS/MS in the mouse cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and brain microdialysis samples"
04-07-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 No Seminar: Spring Holiday in lieu of 03-17-2023 SOP exam date  
04-14-2023 12:30pm ABSOP 2200 / AMSOP 107 GPPS Student Izuchukwu Francis Okpalanwaka "Generation and characterization of a novel bispecific antibody targeting colorectal tumor angiogenesis"
04-14-2023 12:30pm ABSOP 2200 / AMSOP 107 GPPS Student Wyatt Paulishak "Listeria-Mediated Chemotherapeutic Delivery, a Novel Therapeutic Approach to Cancer Therapy"
04-21-2023 12:30pm ABSOP 2200 / AMSOP 107 GPPS Student Kirti Shetty "Exosomal ITGβ1 Regulates LAM Cancer Stem Cell Properties via ITG-c-Src-FAK-cdc42 axis"
04-21-2023 12:30pm ABSOP 2200 / AMSOP 107 GPPS Student Patricia Back "Understanding the metabolism of liposomes in macrophages"
04-28-2023 12:30pm ABSOP 2200 / AMSOP 107 GPPS Student Manas Agrawal "Elucidating the anticancer mechanism of Pimavanserin, an antipsychotic agent for the treatment of Glioblastoma"
04-28-2023 12:30pm ABSOP 2200 / AMSOP 107 GPPS Student Shadan Modaresahmadi "Complosome regulates cancer cell proliferation via mTORC1 signaling"
05-05-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Sumaih Zoubi "High-Dose Acetaminophen has No Acute Impact on the Integrity of the Blood-Brain Barrier"
05-05-2023 12:30pm AMSOP 107 / ABSOP 2200 GPPS Student Durga Puro "Evaluating Efficacy of Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) Targeting Distinct Epitopes on RON Receptor as a Combination Therapy for Cancer"
05-12-2023 12:30pm ABPH 2201C / AMSOP 107 GPPS Student Elizabeth "Beth" Daugherity "Beyond COVID: mRNA Vaccines for Cancer"
05-12-2023 12:30pm ABPH 2201C / AMSOP 107 GPPS Student Apoorva Kasetti "Everolimus enhances pro-metastatic potentials of LAM-derived exosomes"