Agenda, Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
| TIME | TOPIC |
|---|---|
| 8:15am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast and Coffee Available |
| 9:00am – 9:10am | Opening Remarks– Jonathan Licht, M.D., UFHCC Director |
| Session 1 | Moderated by Zhongwu Guo, Ph.D. |
| 9:10am – 9:25am | Matthew Eddy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry: Biophysical Investigations of Signaling Proteins |
| 9:25am – 9:40am | Lina Cui, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry: Synthetic Glycans in Molecular Imaging and Drug Discovery |
| 9:40am – 9:55am | Xin Tang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: All-optical Interrogation of Cancer Mechanics and Drug Screening |
| 9:55am – 10:10am | Michael Harris, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry: Structure, Function, and Inhibition of RNase P: An Essential Ribonucleoprotein Enzyme |
| 10:10am – 10:30am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | W. Gregory Sawyer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering: Are Patient Explants a Promising Model for Personalized Cancer Treatment? |
| 10:45am – 11:00am | Gregory Hudalla, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering: Supramolecular Approaches for Localized Biotherapeutic Delivery |
| 11:00am – 11:15am | Guangrong Zheng, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry: PROTAC Technology Offers Great Opportunities for Academic Drug Discovery |
| Session 2 | Moderated by Rolf Renne, Ph.D. |
| 11:15am – 11:30am | Piyush Jain, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering: Engineered CRISPR/Cas Systems as Next-Generation Diagnostics |
| 11:30am – 11:45am | Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering: Leveraging Tumor Ecology to Optimize Cancer Treatment |
| 11:45am – 12:00pm | Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering: Tracking Nanoparticles and Cell Using Magnetic Particle Imaging |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch in atrium |
| 1:00pm – 1:15pm | Jing Pan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Continuous Blood Biochemical Monitoring for Personalized Disease Management |
| 1:15pm – 1:30pm | Zhongwu Guo, Ph.D., Professor and Scott Chair, Department of Chemistry: Carbohydrate-Based Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines |
| 1:30pm – 1:45pm | Carl Denard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering: Redefining, Repurposing, and Reprogramming Post-Translational Modification Enzymes |
| 1:45pm – 2:00pm | Mei He, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics: Extracellular Vesicle Enabled Precision Drug Delivery |
| 2:00pm | Closing Thoughts |
Physical Sciences Retreat Registration
The intent of this event is to bring together researchers from across UF to stimulate cancer-relevant collaborations. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please register below.
2022 Physical Sciences Retreat
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