Peptide Therapeutics

Basic Concepts of Design of Peptide based Therapeutics.- Computational Methods in Peptide Based Drug Design.- Synthesis, Purification, and Characterization of Linear and Cyclic Peptides.- Large Scale Synthesis of Peptides, Manufacturing Peptide Therapeutics.- Stability of Peptides.- Peptide Delivery Systems.- Liposomes and Nanoparticle Formulations for Peptide Delivery.- Delivery of Peptides Across the Blood-brain Barrier (BBB).- Peptide Therapeutics Regulatory Considerations.

Dr. Seetharama D. Jois is a professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana at Monroe, USA. Before joining the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2006, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the National University of Singapore for six years. Dr. Jois obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1994 from the Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India, and a Master's degree in Physics from the University of Mysore India. After his Ph.D. degree, Dr. Jois obtained extensive training in Pharmaceutical Chemistry research at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS. During the past 20 years, he has established research in a unique area of drug design discovery, namely protein-protein interaction and drug design. He has secured funding from NIH and state agencies for his research. He has published more than 100 publications and has 3 US patent applications. Jois has edited a book Drug Design and Discovery-Methods and Protocols (Humana Press 2011), and special issues of journal series including Current Pharmaceutical Design-Adhesion molecules and drug targeting (2006, Bentham Science Publisher LTD), Current Pharmaceutical Design-Biomaterial (2008 Bentham Science Publisher LTD).  He has 20 years of teaching experience in Pharmacy schools and has published his innovative method of teaching in the American Journal of Pharmacy Education (2010, 74 (8): 147).