P O S T G R A D U AT E

P R E S E N TAT I O N S
EVENT
Venue: Ward Room,
Pembroke Building
1 7 T H J U N E 2 0 11
9:30 am - 2:30 pm

The Medway School of Pharmacy is delighted to invite all PhD

students, Post-Docs, academics and staff of Medway
School of Pharmacy, School of Science and Medway Sciences
to this exciting networking event.

Please register your attendance with the Organising Team :

- Emiliana De Santis ed86@kent.ac.uk
- Lembe Ngassam lm297@kent.ac.uk
co-PhD student representatives for Medway School of Pharmacy

Refreshments will be provided

 POSTGRADUATE PRESENTATIONS EVENT

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
09:30-10:00 Welcome and Coffee

10:00-10:10 Opening of the event

Julie Dubois
10:10-10:25 Synthesis, characterisation and biocompatibility of linear MSOP
poly(amidoamine)s
Mohammed Maniruzzaman
10:25-10:40 Taste masking of bitter APIs by using Hot-Melt Extrusion (HME): SOS
An astree E-Tongue evaluation
Lembe Ngassam
10:40-10:55 Anticancer activity of artesunate-anthraquinone hybrids MSOP

Dasha Palmer
10:55-11:10 The influence of ionic polymers on drug release from polyethylene oxide MSOP
extended release matrices
Amy Tanner
11:10-11:25 'Stress or no stress? A story of chemistry and exercise' SOS

Rajitha Hanarasinghe
11:25-11:40 A modified surface for greater sensitivity Raman spectroscopy MS

Kofi Asare-Ado
11:40-11:55 The effect of agitation on the in-vitro release of theophylline MSOP

Emiliana De Santis
11:55-12:10 Circular dichroism: a tool for conformational investigation MSOP
of novel peptidomimetics
Shashi Rudrangi
12:10-12:25 Exploring transmission Raman Spectroscopy and its potential use SOS
in the pharmaceutical industry

12:25-12:30 Closing Remarks/Acknowledgements

12:30-14:30
Poster session/Refreshments

Medway School of Pharmacy (MSOP)

School of Science (SOS)
Medway Sciences (MS)
 POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1- Mickael El-Hachmane: TNFalpha enhances TASK3 potassium channel in a model of

inflammation - Neuropharmacology/Biochemistry (MSOP)

2- Rajitha Hanarasinghe: Surface modification using photochemistry and

electrochemistry - Photoelectrochemistry (MS)

3- Kate Rees: 14-3-3 influences the localisation of heterodimeric and homodimeric TASK
channels - Neuropharmacology (MSOP)

4- David Bonsall: Protein Kinase C inhibition by NPC15437 alters photic resetting of the
circadian clock in mice - Chronobiology (MSOP)

5- Shashi Rudrangi: Exploring Transmission Raman Spectroscopy and its Potential use in
the Pharmaceutical Industry - Pharmaceutical Analysis (SOS)

6- Saeed Shojaee: The effect of ageing on release of diltiazem hydrochloride from

polyethylene oxide matrix prepared by direct compression - Pharmaceutical Technology
(MSOP)

7- Abraham Oniku: Characterisation of autophagy in Giardia - Molecular Microbiology

(MSOP)

8- Maxim Sharifi: QSAR estimation of biliary excretion in rats - Drug design/Molecular

Modeling (MSOP)

9- Lembe Ngassam: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of artesunate-

anthraquinone hybrids as potential antitumour agents - Medicinal Chemistry (MSOP)

10- Emiliana De Santis: Synchrotron radiation circular dichroism of novel cyclic α,β-
peptoid octamers - Analytical Chemistry (MSOP)