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PHARMACOLOGY SEMINARS

The Department of Pharmacology hosts vibrant seminar speakers every academic year to inspire new scientific thoughts and exploration.

BROWSE SEMINARS
PHARMACOLOGY SEMINARS Krebs Lecture Laura Sheard Lecture Calendar of Events

Autumn 2022

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Dr. Kate Wassum

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles

12/13/22

2:30pm

Room D-209

Amygdala circuitry in reward learning and decision making

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Dr. Gerald Zamponi

Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Cumming School of Medicine, Univeristy of Calgary

12/6/22

2:30pm

Room D-209

Washington Foundation for Molecular Pharmacology Seminar – Molecular physiology of pain: from T-type calcium channels to brain circuits

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Dr. Behnam Nabet

Assistant Professor, Human Biology Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

11/8/22

2:30pm

Room D-209

Protein control using targeted degradation approaches to advance oncology drug discovery

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Dr. Champak Chatterjee

Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington

10/25/22

2:30pm

Room D-209

Elucidating biochemical crosstalk in chromatin with semisynthetic proteins

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Dr. Smita Yadav

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington

10/11/22

2:30pm

Room D-209

Kinase Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Dr. Krzysztof Palczewski

Donald Bren Professor
Irving H. Leopold Chair of Ophthalmology
University of California, Irvine

10/4/22

2:30pm

Room D-209

Krebs Lecture – The future of pharmacology: Precise genome editing