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Seminars

August 2025
Date Time Seminar
27
Wednesday,
Aug.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Introduction of Department Seminars & Departmental Procedures for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows"
Speaker: Bradley McConnell & Tayla Dunn, UHCOP
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via

September 2025

Date Time Seminar
3
Wednesday,
Sept.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Development of HER2-Directed Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor and 5-Fluorouracil Co-loaded Nanoemulsions and Exosomes for the Treatment of HER2+ Metastatic Cancer"
Speaker: Sana Sharif, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 91ÁÔÆæ, Houston, TX
Mentor: Xinli Liu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
10
Wednesday,
Sept.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Modulation of Cancer-Specific Interactomes via Chemical Switches and Molecular Glues"
Speaker: Arvin Dar, Ph.D., Professor and Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research, Chemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Host: Alexander Statsyuk
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
17
Wednesday,
Sept.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Oncolytic Viruses as Dual-Action Cancer Therapeutics: Tumor Destruction and Immune Mobilization/Engagement"
Speaker: Shaun Xiaoliu Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., M.D. Anderson Professor and Chair, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, 91ÁÔÆæ, Houston, TX
Host: Diana Chow
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
24
Wednesday,
Sept.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "TBD"
Speaker: Sheng Pan, Ph.D., Professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine-Center for Translational Cancer Research, The Brown Foundation Institute, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
Host: Radbod Darabi
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via

October 2025

Date Time Seminar
1
Wednesday,
Oct.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Transcriptional Control of Skeletal Muscle and Smooth Muscle Diseases"
Speaker: Ning Liu, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Host: Mingfu Wu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
8
Wednesday,
Oct.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "TBD"
Speaker: Xiaoli Sun, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UTHealth San Antonio, Long School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, San Antonio, TX
Host: Guizhen Zhao
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
15
Wednesday,
Oct.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Advancing Cancer Immunotherapy By Targeting PRMTs"
Speaker: Weiyi Peng, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director, Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, Department of Biology and Biochemistry; Director, UH Drug Discovery Institute; 91ÁÔÆæ, Houston, TX
Host: Bradley McConnell
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
22
Wednesday,
Oct.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Hepatocyte Asah1-Mediated NAFLD and Cardiovascular Dysfunction: Therapeutic Potential of Targeting Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cell Dysfunction"
Speaker: Rui Zuo, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 91ÁÔÆæ, Houston, TX
Mentor: Yang Zhang
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
29
Wednesday,
Oct.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "TBD"
Speaker: Min Li, Ph.D., George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Cell Biology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Host: Ashok Kumar
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via

November 2025

Date Time Seminar
5
Wednesday,
Nov.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Immunogenic Cell Death in Colorectal Cancer Therapy"
Speaker: Lin Zhang, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Host: Ruiwen Zhang
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
12
Wednesday,
Nov.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title:"TBD"
Speaker: Sundus Jabeen Amina, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 91ÁÔÆæ, Houston, TX
Mentor: Bin Guo
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
19
Wednesday,
Nov.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "“Targeting KRAS-Driven Cancers Using 3-Dimensional (3D) Peptoid Scaffolds"
Speaker: Eunsun Park, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 91ÁÔÆæ, Houston, TX
Mentor: Gomika Udugamasooriya
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via

December 2025

Date Time Seminar
3
Wednesday,
Dec.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Synthesis and Binding Mode Analysis of a New Class of Receptor-Interacting Protein Kinase 3 Inhibitors"
Speaker: Manu Bala, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 91ÁÔÆæ, Houston, TX
Mentor: Greg Cuny
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via
10
Wednesday,
Dec.
 12:00 p.m.
PPS Seminar
Title: "Rational Dose Modification of Statins and Metformin in Obese Patients Post–Gastric Bypass Surgery"
Speaker: Hanyue (Cathy) Liao, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 91ÁÔÆæ, Houston, TX
Mentor: Diana Chow
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and via