Seminar Series Schedule 2009
January 8 - 11:00 AM - Chuck Reynolds, PhD (Johnson & Johnson)
"Application of Computer Modeling in Drug Discovery"
January 30 - 11:00 AM - Yvonne Paterson, PhD (Dept. of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
"A Multi-Pronged Approach to Tumor Immunotherapy Using Listeria Monocytogenes as an Antigen Delivery Vehicle"
February 13 - 11:00 AM - Sandhya Kortagere, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine)
"Hybrid Structure Based Method and its Application to Design New Lead Compounds"
March 3 - 11:00 AM - Brian Haab, PhD (Laboratory of Cancer Immunodiagnostics, Van Andel Institute)
"The Prevalence and Nature of Glycan Alterations on Specific Proteins in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Revealed Using Antibody-Glycan Sandwich Arrays"
March 11 - 11:00 AM - Wai Law, PhD (PortaScience, Inc.)
"Point-of-Care Testing for WBCs"
March 19 - 4:00 PM - Dr. Stephen Locarnini (Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory/WHO Collaborating Centre for Virus Reference & Research)
"The Virology of Hepatitis B Immunomodulation and Therapy"
Hepatitis B Foundation's 2009 Bruce Witte Lecturer
March 25 - 11:00 AM - Dr. Wolfram Gerlich (Institute for Medical Virology, Geissen, Germany)
"Escape Mutants in Occult and Reactivated Hepatitis B Virus Infection"
April 8 - 11:00 AM - Dr. Harvey Friedman (Infectious Disease Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"TBA"
April 16 - 11:00 AM - Paul Ahlquist, PhD (Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin)
"TBA"
April 27 - 11:00 AM - Raymond Dwek, FRS (Oxford Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford)
"Glycobiology - Leading to Novel Therapies for Hepatitis and HIV"
May 20 - 11:00 AM - Dr. David Kaplan (Gastroenterology Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
"Dysfunctional Tumor Antigen-Specific T-Cell Responses in Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
May 27 - 11:00 AM - Bart DeCorte, PhD (Pharmaceutical Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson)
"The Long Road to Intelence®, a Next-Generation NNRTI for the Treatment of HIV"
June 17 - 11:00 AM - Terry Butters, PhD (Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford)
"Therapeutic Potential of Protein Folding Inhibitors"
June 26 - 11:00 AM - Dr. Michael Fried (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"HBV Treatment Guidelines: Navigating the Twilight Zone"
July 16 - 11:00 AM - Gary Jacob, PhD (Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
"What a Lifetime in Drug Development Has Taught Me...Or, What They Don't Teach You in Graduate School"
August 19 - 11:00 AM - Stephen Lee, PhD (OraSure Technologies, Inc.)
"Recent Developments in Point of Care Testing for HIV and Hepatitis"
September 16 - 11:00 AM - Bruce Maryanoff, PhD (Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development)
"An Odyssey in Drug Discovery Through Serine-Protease Space"
September 18 - 8:30 AM - 2009 Annual Regional Biotech Conference*
"A Roadmap for Biotechnology Ventures"
September 23 - 11:00 AM - Luis Montaner, DVM (The Wistar Institute)
"Innate Immune Effectors and HIV-1: From Viral Replication to ART and Back"
September 30 - 11:00 AM - James Arthos, PhD (Laboratory of Immunoregulation, NIAID, NIH
"The Role of Integrin in Alpha4beta7 in HIV-1 Transmission"
October 5 - 11:00 AM - James Barrett, PhD (Drexel University College of Medicine)
"Development of Drugs to Treat Cognitive Disorders Associated with Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases"
October 15 - 11:00 AM - Daniel Flynn, PhD (Commonwealth Medical College)
"Defining the Cellular Function of AFAP1: A Potential Drug Target for Breast and Ovarian Cancer "
October 21 - 11:00 AM - Rene Daniel, MD, PhD (Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College)
"Epigenetics in Gene Transfer and Stem Cell Differentiation"
October 29 - 11:00 AM - Hie-Won Hann, MD (Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College)
"Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis B and Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
November 2 - 11:00 AM - Maria Maccecchini, PhD (President & CEO, QR Pharma)*
"Pathways Leading to Alzheimer's Disease"
November 12 - 11:00 AM - D. Craig Hooper, PhD (WHO Center for Neurovirology, Thomas Jefferson University)
"Delivery of Therapeutics Across the Blood-Brain Barrier by Immune Mechanisms"
November 19 - 4:00 PM - Allen Reitz, PhD (ALS BioPharma)*
"The Pennsylvania Center for Drug Discovery: Public Private Partnerships to Accelerate Innovation"
November 30 - 11:00 AM - Melik Demirel, PhD (Penn State University)
"Pathogen Sensing Via Ramen Activated Nanoparticles (RANs)"
December 17 - 11:00 AM - Lin Li, PhD (University of Pennsylvania)
"Novel Biomarkers of Cancer Metastatic Potential by MR/Optical Imaging"
December 21 - 4:00 PM - Herb Taylor, PhD (VP, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)*
"Outlook For The U.S. Economy"
*Regional Biotech Council (RBC) Seminar Speakers (Registration may be required)
