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PHARMACOLOGY SEMINARS

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

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PHARMACOLOGY SEMINARS Krebs Lecture Laura Sheard Lecture Calendar of Events

Winter 2020

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Hosted by Charles Chavkin

Michael Bruchas

UW Center of Excellence in Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion (NAPE)

3/10/20

2:30PM

Room T-739

Using large-scale mutagenesis to probe protein function, regulation and behavior in cells

SEMINAR CANCELED

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Hosted by John D.W. Scott

Pat Eyers

Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool

3/3/20

2:30PM

Room T-739

Conserved roles for Cysteine residues in (pseudo)kinases

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Hosted by Richard Gardner

Susan Fink

UW Lab Medicine

2/25/20

2:30PM

Room T-739

Targeting Programmed Inflammatory Cell Death with Neuroactive Small Molecules

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Hosted by Sandra Bajjalieh

Martin Kruse

Biology and Neuroscience, Bates College

2/18/20

2:30PM

Room T-739

Control of neuronal activity via surface density of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and lipid kinase activities in sympathetic neurons

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Hosted by John D.W. Scott

Aaron Nudelman

UW Pharmacology Alumni Speaker

2/11/20

2:30PM

Room T-739

A researcher’s guide to patents and patent law

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Hosted by Smita Yadav

Hannele Ruohala-Baker

UW Biochemistry

2/4/20

2:30PM

Room T-739

Using Protein Design to Probe the Mechanism of Angiopoietin Signaling

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Hosted by David Shechner

Suja Jagannathan

UW Pathology

1/28/20

2:30PM

Room T-739

When to shoot the messenger: Decoding the logic of mRNA surveillance

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Hosted by Richard Gardner

Jessica Young

UW Pathology

1/21/20

2:30PM

Room T-739

Sorting it out: Stem Cell Modeling to Understand Genetic Risk and Endocytic Network Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Hosted by Richard Gardner

Rotation Talks

UW Pharmacology

1/17/20

2:30PM

Room T-739

Short talks by the Pharmacology first-year students about their quarterly rotation research projects