Buffalo Drug Research Symposium

Buffalo Drug Research Symposium

JUNE 9, 2003

8:30AM - 5:00PM


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University at Buffalo

Student Union Auditorium
North Campus


Sponsored by:
UB Department of Pharmaceutical Science
UB Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
RPCI Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics


The Buffalo Drug Research Symposium will offer a comprehensive view of the latest research being conducted in Buffalo in the fields of pharmacology, toxicology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug metabolism, medicinal chemistry and biomedicine. The symposium will have 3 sessions:

  • Graduate Student Platform Presentations
  • Two keynote speakers discussing the role of Nuclear Receptor in Metabolism
  • Poster session

Registration materials will be available on the Vice President for Research website (http//www.research.buffalo.edu) after May 5th . The agenda is as follows:


Time Speakers Title of Talk
8:30 Opening Remarks- Professor William J. Jusko, Chair, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
8:45 Tie Wang
Dept. of Phamacology & Toxicology 		Surfactant Protein A Protects Type II Dept. of Phamacology & Toxicology Pneumocytes from Insults In Vitro
9:00 Joelle Carlo
Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology 		Identification of a SARA-like Dept. of Pharmacology & amp;Toxicology Protein in Schistosoma mansoni
9:15 Ye Lu
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences 		L-Lactate and ?-Hydroxybutyrate Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences Uptake in Human Kidney HK-2 cells
9:30 Julie Bullock
Dept. of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 		The Influence of St. John's Wort on Dept. of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical The Pharmacokinetics (PK) & Sciences Protein Binding (PB) of Imatinib
9:45 Jin Jin
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences 		Corticosteroid Pharmacodynamics: Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences Glucose Regulation in Rats
10:00 Jay Friedman
Div. of Endocrinolgy, Diabetes & Metabolism 		Glucose Intake By Normal Human Div. of Endocrinolgy, Diabetes & Subjects Induces Nuclear Factor-?B Metabolism (NF-?B) Binding to Several NF-?B Binding Sites in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Promoter Region and Transcription of the Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)? gene
10:15 BREAK
10:30 Wensheng Liu
Dept. of Pharmacolgy & Toxicology 		A Drosophila model of Leigh Dept. of Pharmacolgy & Toxicology syndrome
10:45 Xiao-fei Zhou
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences		 Quantitative Structure-Activity Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences Relationship and Quantitative Structure-Pharmacokinetics Relationship of Dihydropyridines and Pyridines as Multidrug Resistance
11:00 Jun Qu
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences 		Quantitative Proteomics for Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences pharmaceutical research by a novel LC/MS/MS-based strategy
11:15 Yunfei Zhou
Roswell Park Cancer Inst. 		Synergy between EGFR and erbB2 Roswell Park Cancer Inst. receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors to inhibit colon cancer cell growth in vitro and sensitize apoptosis resistant colon cancer cells to death.
11:30 Kristin Kee
Dept. of Pharmacolgy & Therapeutics Roswell Park Cancer Inst. 		Activation of polyamine catabolism Dept. of Pharmacolgy & Therapeutics as a novel strategy for treating Roswell Park Cancer Inst. and/or preventing prostate cancer
11:45 Robert Arnold
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences 		Modulation of Tumor Vascular Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences Permeability by DOX Liposomes
12:00 Stanley Fernandez
Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology 		Inositol Trisphosphate Receptor and Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology Sodium/Calcium Exchanger Coupling in AII and Carbachol- Induced Responses in Sympathetic Neurons
12:15 LUNCH
1:30 Introduction Professor Wayne K. Anderson, Dean School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
1:35 James R. Burke, Ph.D.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical
Research Institute
Princeton, New Jersey 		A Highly-Selective IKK Inhibitor is Anti-Inflammatory in Murine Models of Disease
2:30 Professor Barry M. Forman
Beckman Research Inst. City
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, CA 		Orphan nuclear receptors, xenobiotic sensors and drug clearance
3:30 Poster Session and Refreshments
4:30 Presentation of Awards
• Best Graduate Student Platform Presentation
• Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation
Jorge José
Vice President for Research

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