Weekly Seminars

Interdisciplinary Science, Engineering and Health Science Seminars

Swenson College encourages an exchange of ideas and collaboration between disciplines at UMD. Anyone organizing a seminar that would like to include it in this list can contact [email protected].

For the week of April 15-21, 2024 

Monday, April 15
Title: Utilizing Waste Material from Minnesota for Stormwater Management Purposes
Speaker: Godbless Amoateng, UMD CE MS Student
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Title: Embedded Plate Anchorage Strength in Precast Hollowcore Slabs
Speaker: Justin Entinger, UMD CE MS Student
Time/Location: 12:00-12:50pm; 231 Swenson Civil Engineering
Host: Dr. Nate Johnson, Civil Engineering
Seminar Flyer: z.umn.edu/CE_Seminar

Tuesday, April 16
Title: Real-Time Intelligent System Control and Estimation using Audio and Vibrations      
Speaker: Dr. David Anderson
Time/Location:  Noon, MWAH 291
Host: Dr. Peng Fang, Electrical Engineering Department

Title: Iontophoretic Delivery of Drugs Via Iontopatch™: Scientific Fundamentals, Practical Applications, and Iontopatch™ Manufacturing Overview
Speaker: Marina Ruleva, PhD Student, Siegel and Kandimalla Labs
Title: Using a Macrophage Targeting Peptide to Improve Steroid Drug Delivery
Speaker: Mitch Kowalke, PhD Student, Pang Lab
Time/Location: 3:00 pm CT; Moos 5-125 (TC) / Zoom
Zoom by request only, [email protected]
Host: PHM 8100/Phar 6260 Pharmaceutics Seminar (Department of Pharmaceutics)

Title: New tools for flow-based peptide and protein synthesis
Speaker: Dr. Nina Hartrampf, Professor, University of Zurich
Time/Location: 3:35 pm CT; 1-450 Moos (TC)/165 LSci (DL)
Zoom by request, [email protected]
Host: Phar 6150 Medicinal Chemistry Seminar (Dr. Dan Harki, Department of Medicinal Chemistry)

Wednesday, April 17
Title: Enterohepatic Recirculation and its Impact on Developing Limited Sampling Strategies for Pharmacokinetic Studies
Speaker: Moataz Mohamed, ECP PhD student, Dr. Pamala Jacobson lab
Time/Location: 12:20 pm CT,  Room 1-450 Moos Tower (TC) / Zoom
Zoom: https://umn-private.zoom.us/j/96798095454?pwd=TzYySFY0TjN2bm5qK2RhK05zdjdrUT09
Host: 8100/PHAR 6160 (Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology)

Thursday, April 18
Title: How Metabolism Informs the Epigenome
Speaker: John Denu, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Time/Location: 3:00 PM CT, Room 105, 717 Delaware Building / Zoom
Join via Zoom: https://z.umn.edu/EpiCon23-24
Meeting ID: 996 3820 4713
Host: Chemical Biology

Title: Unraveling evolutionary patterns in ancient echinoderms
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Sheffield
Time/Location: 4:00pm, LSci 185
Host: EES Dept

Friday, April 19
Title: Thesis Seminar -  Novel Protein Interactions Demonstrate Nrf2/Keap1 Functions Beyond Oxidative Response          
Speaker: Emma Neidviesky  
Time/Location: 3pm/LSci 185  
Host: Dr. Howard Deng  

Title: Capturing Light: Energy and Charge Transfer in Molecular Dyads, Molecule-Nanocrystal Assemblies and Ionic Liquids
Speaker: Dr. David A. Blank, University of Minnesota, Taylor Distinguished Professor & Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry
Time/Location: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Chem 200
Host: Dr. Prashanth Poddutoori, UMD Chemistry & Biochemistry, Spring 2024 Symposium Speaker