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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 2025

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Host: Smita Yadav

Sarah Headland, PhD

Director, Head of Biology at Sound Biologics

12/2/25

2:30pm

G-328

TREM2’s role in health and disease

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Host: Neil Nathanson

Nick Chavkin, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington

11/4/25

2:30pm

G-328

Hematopoietic Loss of Y Chromosome in Aging and Heart Failure

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Host: 4th year graduate students

Brian Kobilka, MD

Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Stanford University

10/28/25

2:30pm

G-328

Laura Sheard lecture: G Protein Coupled Receptors: Challenges and New Approaches to Drug Discovery

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Host: John Scott

Johannes Hell, PhD

Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of California, Davis

10/21/25

2:30pm

G-328

Catterall Lecture: Role of the L-type Ca channel Cav1.2 in Amyloid beta toxicity

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Host: Ben Land

Li Li, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator
Seattle Children's Research Institute

10/14/25

2:30pm

G-328

Revisiting the noradrenergic regulation of arousal

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Host: Shao-En Ong

Ram Savan, PhD

Professor
Department of Immunology
University of Washington

9/30/25

2:30pm

G-328

Endosomal activation of cytokine-induced STATs and its implications for JAK inhibitors

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Thesis Advisor: Dr. John Scott

Kacey Rosenthal

10/1/25

1:00 PM

K-069

AKAP2: A Critical Cytoskeletal Scaffold for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Growth and Metastasis