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David W. Grainger, ph.d.
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Anna Astashkina 2012 AAPS Biotechnology Graduate Student Symposium Award

Pharmaceutics Ph.D. student Anna Astashkina has recently been awarded a 2012 AAPS Biotechnology Graduate Student Symposium Award sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company, to be presented at the May 23, 2012 AAPS Biotechnology Research Symposium in San Diego, C.A

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ADMISSIONS

 

RESEARCH

 

Master's of Science in Medicine program

The Department of
Pharmaceutics and
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
occupies approximately 24,000
square feet of space in the
College of Pharmacy and two
nearby locations, all proximal to
the Health Sciences Center and Health Sciences
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PUBLICATIONS

 

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Tian L, Bae YH., Cancer nanomedicines targeting tumor extracellular pH. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2011 Oct 25.

Chen TH, Bae Y, Furgeson DY, Kwon GS., Biodegradable hybrid recombinant block copolymers for non-viral gene transfection. Int J Pharm. 2011 Oct 1.

Gormley AJ, Malugin A, Ray A, Robinson R, Ghandehari H., Biological evaluation of RGDfK- gold nanorod conjugates for prostate cancer treatment. J Drug Target. 2011 Dec;19(10):915-24.

Wang Y, Grainger DW., RNA therapeutics targeting osteoclast-mediated excessive bone resorption. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2011 Sep 10.

Hawe A, Rispens T, Herron JN, Jiskoot W., Probing bis-ANS binding sites of different affinity on aggregated IgG by steady-state fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence and isothermal titration calorimetry. Hawe A, Rispens T, Herron JN, Jiskoot W. J Pharm Sci. 2010 Oct 18

Kim DS, Kim SW, Kim JC, Cho JH, Kong JH, Park CR., Clinical analysis of hemodialysis vascular access: comparision of autogenous arterioveonus fistula & arteriovenous prosthetic graft. Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Feb;44(1):25-31. Epub 2011 Feb 12.

Krimmer SG, Pan H, Liu J, Yang J, Kope?ek J. Synthesis and characterization of poly(?-caprolactone)-block-poly[N-(2- hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide] micelles for drug delivery. Macromol Biosci. 2011 Aug 11;11(8):1041-51. doi: 10.1002/mabi.201100019. Epub 2011
May 12.

Woessner DW, Lim CS, Deininger MW., Development of an effective therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Woessner DW, Lim CS, Deininger MW. Cancer J. 2011 Nov- Dec;17
(6):477-86.

Liu W, MacKay JA, Dreher MR, Chen M, McDaniel JR, Simnick AJ, Callahan DJ, Zalutsky MR, Chilkoti A., Injectable intratumoral depot of thermally responsive polypeptide-radionuclide conjugates delays tumor progression in a mouse model. J Control Release. 2010 May 21;144(1):2-9. Epub 2010 Jan 31.

Dong S, Wang Y, Cassidy-Amstutz C, Lu G, Bigler R, Jezyk MR, Li C, Hall TM, Wang Z. Specific and modular binding code for cytosine recognition in Pumilio/FBF (PUF) RNA-binding domains., J Biol Chem. 2011 Jul 29;286(30):26732-42. Epub 2011 Jun 8

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Department Mission Statement: The Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry seeks to create highly trained, versatile experts in the diverse sets of scientific and engineering disciplines that together represent the modern field of pharmaceutics. These experts will serve to lead the world's industries and academic institutions to forward the field, foster innovation and progress, and endeavor to improve human therapies to benefit patient quality of life. The Department strives to be internationally recognized as a top-tier education and research program in pharmaceutics through innovative teaching and training, and creative research approaches that provide effective solutions to challenging clinical therapeutic problems.