Jon Thorson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was named the 2011 Burkett Lecture Series Speaker at DePauw University. The Burkett Lectures at DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. were established in 1986 upon the retirement of …
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Owusu-Ofori continues research at UW-Madison
Kwadwo Owusu-Ofori, May 2010 PhD recipient, has accepted a postdoctoral position in the laboratory of Charles Czuprynski, professor, UW-Madison Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine. Owusu-Ofori completed his doctoral studies with Bill Mellon, …
Grant furthers work with co-crystals
The Pharmaceutical Sciences Division team of Lian Yu, professor, Melgardt de Villiers, associate professor (CHS) and Siwei Zhang, graduate student, have been awarded funding from Pfizer, Inc. to study the thermodynamics of co-crystals. These special …
Li’s research recognized with faculty fellowship
Lingjun Li, associate professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded a H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). This unrestricted 5-year research award recognizes the University’s most outstanding recently …
Mudd to join Abbott Labs
Sarah Mudd, PhD ’10, has accepted a position as senior scientist in the Oncology Imaging group with Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago, Ill. Sarah studied under Jamey Weichert, associate professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, …
Funding to support drug delivery research
Melgardt de Villiers, associate professor (CHS), and Lian Yu, professor, in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, have been awarded funding from Bristol-Myers Squibb to support their drug delivery research. Entitled the “Effect of Excipients on the …
de Villiers to serve as associate editor of AAPS PharmSciTech
Melgardt de Villiers, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been appointed associate editor for AAPS PharmSciTech, an official journal of the American Association for Pharmaceutical Sciences. The online-only journal is committed to …
Thorne selected for international symposium
Robert Thorne, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been invited to deliver a talk and serve as chair of a scientific session at the 9th International Symposium on Cerebral Vascular Biology in Leiden, …
Xiang abstract yields travel award
Feng Xiang, graduate student from the laboratory of Lingjun Li, associate professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, received a Travel Award, through abstract competition, to attend the Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC) 2010 at …
Nejati receives travel award for 2010 FIP PSWC/AAPS
Elham Nejati, graduate student in the laboratory of Sandro Mecozzi, associate professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, received a 2010 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Travel Award to attend the 2010 FIP PSWC/AAPS Annual Meeting …