The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences invites you to a Departmental Seminar on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, from 3:30pm - 4:30pm in Pharmacy/Biology Building (PBB) room 131.
Seminar Speaker: Dr. Aiming Yu, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis.
Seminar Title: "RNA Therapy: Opportunity and Obstacle"
Biography:
Dr. Yu’s research interests include noncoding microRNA pharmacoepigenetics and cancer therapy. The ultimate goal of his research is to translate noncoding RNAs to new therapeutics. Current efforts in his laboratory are directed to the investigation of (a) the mechanistic actions of microRNAs in the regulation of cancer cellular processes including drug/xenobiotic disposition and tumor progression, (b) novel RNA bioengineering technology, and (C) recombinant RNAs for research and therapy. Dr. Yu also directs the PK/PD Bioanalytical Core Facility that provides services in support of the clinical and preclinical drug development programs, and the Molecular Pharmacology Shared Resources that supports high-quality collection, processing and analysis of clinical specimens and conducts preclinical modeling and evaluation of novel anticancer agents or combination.
For more information, contact: Dr.Xiaobo Zhong at 860-486-3697