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

Winter 2024

Dr. Yasemin Sancak

Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Department of Pharmacology
Director of UCLA Metabolism Research Center
Director of UCLA Mitochondria & Bioenergetics Core
University of California, Los Angeles

3/5/24

2:30pm

T-639

Mitochondria dynamics in the regulation of lipid metabolism and mitophagy

Dr. Oscar Vivas

Jorge E. Contreras, PhD

Professor, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
University of California, Davis

2/27/24

2:30pm

T-639

Connexin-43 hemichannels as mediators of cardiac stress-induced arrhythmias and myocardial injury

Dr. Nephi Stella

Sachin Patel, MD, PhD

Lizzie Gilman Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Northwestern University | Feinberg School of Medicine

2/20/24

2:30pm

T-639

Endocannabinoid Signaling in the CNS: Translational implications for stress-related disorders and addiction

4th yer graduate students

Dr. Sabrina Spencer

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Director of the Signaling and Cellular Regulation Program
University of Colorado Boulder

1/30/24

2:30pm

T-639

Laura Sheard Lecture – Rapid adaptation to targeted therapies in single cells

Dr. Yasemin Sancak

Dr. Mariya Sweetwyne

Assistant Professor
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington

1/16/24

2:30pm

T-639

Lessons learned from the aging kidney through systemic mitochondrially-targeted interventions