Jimmy Orjala
Professor, College of Pharmacy
Director of Graduate Studies for Pharmacognosy graduate program, College of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Head for Research, University of Illinois at Chicago
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900 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL
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Research Interests:
1. Discovery, isolation, and structure elucidation of biological active metabolites from cultured cyanobacteria.
2. Application of sensitive analytical techniques to the structure elucidation and biological characterization of natural products.
Teaching and Supervision Heading link
PSCI Ph.D. Thesis Research (PSCI 599), 8/26/2024 – 12/6/2024
PSCI Ph.D. Thesis Research (PSCI 599), 6/10/2024 – 8/2/2024
PSCI Ph.D. Thesis Research (PSCI 599), 1/8/2024 – 4/26/2024
PSCI 520 Pharmacog Research Techniques (PSCI 520), 8/22/2023 – 12/2/2023
PSCI Ph.D. Thesis Research (PSCI 599), 8/21/2023 – 12/1/2023
PSCI 531 Spectroscopy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSCI 531), 8/20/2023 – 12/1/2023
PDAT 4 immunology, 8/8/2023 – 12/12/2023
PDAT 2: GI/Endocrine (PHAR 502), 1/16/2023 – 4/28/2023
PDAT5: Cardiovascular (PDAT) 5: Cardiovascular), 1/16/2023 – 4/28/2023
Selected Grants
Research Training in Natural Product Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institutes of Health (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)., 8/1/2024 - 7/31/2029, Obligated Amount: $253764; Anticipated Amount: $1217204
Gut Bacterial O-demethylation, Purdue University., 9/1/2022 - 8/31/2024, Obligated Amount: $48048; Anticipated Amount: $48048
Pregnane X receptor (PXR)-activating gut bacterial metabolites, Purdue University., 4/8/2022 - 3/31/2025, Obligated Amount: $110428; Anticipated Amount: $110428
Discovery of Anticancer Agents of Diverse Natural Origin, Ohio State University., 5/15/2020 - 4/30/2025, Obligated Amount: $1654949; Anticipated Amount: $1654949
Role of a conserved gene cluster family in promoting motility behavior in proteobacteria and in mediating host interactions, National Science Foundation., 8/15/2019 - 7/31/2024, Obligated Amount: $546571; Anticipated Amount: $546571
Research Training in Natural Product Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institutes of Health (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)., 1/1/2019 - 7/31/2024, Obligated Amount: $1317731; Anticipated Amount: $2100520
Education
Degrees:
PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, 1993
Diploma of Pharmacy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, 1988