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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

Spring 2021

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Hosted by William Catterall

Liam Hovey

Pharmacology and MSTP Student

6/8/21

1:30PM

via zoom

Adrenergic Regulation of CaV1.2 via Direct Phosphorylation and the GTPase RAD

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Hosted by Charles Chavkin

Harrison Fontaine

Pharmacology Graduate Student

6/9/21

2:30PM

via zoom

Serotonergic Circuits Mediating Stress Potentiation of Addiction Risk

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Hosted by Larry Zweifel

Dr. Andre Berndt

Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

6/3/21

10:30am

via zoom

High-throughput engineering of fluorescent biosensors for intra and extracellular cell signaling

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Hosted by Larry Zweifel

Dr. Jennifer Davis

Associate Professor
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Bioengineering
University of Washington

5/27/21

10:30am

via zoom

Regulators of Fibroblast Fate and Fibrosis

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Hosted by Michael Bruchas

Dr. Daniel Castro

Acting Instructor
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine: NAPE
University of Washington

5/20/21

10:30am

via zoom

Next-Generation Approaches for Investigating Neuropeptidergic Circuits in Reward and Motivation

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Hosted by Smita Yadav

Dr. Rebecca Berdeaux

Associate Professor
Department of
Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

5/6/21

10:30am

via zoom

Regulation of muscle metabolism by SIK1

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Larry Zweifel

Dr. Yarimar Carrasquillo

Investigator
Behavioral, Neurocircuitry and Cellular Plasticity Section

NCCIH

4/29/21

10:30am

via zoom

Cellular and Circuit Mechanisms for Pain Modulation in the Amygdal

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Smita Yadav

Dr. Benjamin 'Beno' Freedman

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
University of Washington

4/22/21

10:30am

via zoom

Pharmacology of human kidney organoids

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Hosted by Larry Zweifel

Erin S. Calipari

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research
Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation

5/13/21

10:30AM

via zoom

A novel computational framework for the role of dopamine release in learning and memory