Thursday, July 20

Zoom link: https://ndsu.zoom.us/j/95977267126?pwd=N0trYmU0VGRLTHBwbDhmTDIzbWsvdz09
 

8:30 a.m. Breakfast / Registration – Harry D. McGovern Alumni Center - Atrium (1241 N. University Drive, Fargo, ND)

Session 1, Atrium, Alumni Center - Presentations in Alumni Center Reimers      

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks: David Bertolini, NDSU Provost, and Colleen Fitzgerald, NDSU Vice President for Research and Creative Activity

9:30 a.m. “Remodeling the Lung Tumor Microenvironment with Locally Administered Immunochemotherapies” Sandro da Rocha, Ph.D., Professor, Director of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University

10:15 a.m. Break 

10:45 a.m. “Targeting Transcriptional Reprogramming for Cancer Therapy” Igor Roninson, Ph.D., Professor, Director, Center for Targeted Therapeutics College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina

11:30 a.m. “Cell and Lattice-Based Modeling for Cancer Biology” Luke Theogarajan, Ph.D., Professor and Vice-Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara

12:15 p.m. Lunch / Poster Session 

Session 2, Atrium, Alumni Center

1:45 p.m. “Development of long-lasting nanozymes for pathogen deactivation” Sudipta Seal, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida Orlando

2:30 p.m. “Engineering of soft nanomaterials for combination cancer therapy” Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University

3:15 p.m. Break 

3:45 p.m. “Current Status of Early Detection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma “ Randal Brand, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, GI Malignancy Early Detection, Diagnosis & Prevention Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

4:30 p.m. Closing Comments - Jagdish Singh, Professor and Chair, NDSU Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

5:30 p.m. Reception 

6:30 p.m. Dinner

7:00 p.m.  “Immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer” Michael A. (Tony) Hollingsworth, Ph.D., Associate Director for Basic Research
Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha

Friday, July 21

Zoom link: https://ndsu.zoom.us/j/97724871896?pwd=ZEExeU85NWFjSGJldEI5VmpHU0J0dz09

Alumni Center Reimers Room

8:30 a.m.  Breakfast

8:30 a.m.  “Antibody-Drug Conjugates as Targeted Cancer Therapies: Recent Developments in Linker and Conjugation Chemistries”
Pradeep Dhal, Ph.D., Senior R & D Director within Early Development Synthetics Platform organization, Sanofi Global Research and Development, Bridgewater, New Jersey 

9:15 a.m.  Informal discussion with Dr. Dhal and students on industrial research careers

9:15 a.m.  Q & A with Dr. Dhal

9:45 a.m.  Break

10:00 a.m.  "Communicating Effectively: Intent, Impact and Avoiding Pitfalls" Informal discussion with Kristine Paranica (NDSU Ombudsperson)

11:00 a.m.  Lunch (grab-n-go), Atrium