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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

Winter 2026

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Dr. Ben Land

Elyssa Margolis, PhD

UC San Francisco

2/24/26

2:30pm

Foege S060

Strange brew: circuit and behavior state specificity determine opioid synaptic pharmacology

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Dr. Smita Yadav

Paul G. DeCaen, PhD

Northwestern University

2/18/26

10:00am

K-069

Channelopathies of primary cilia: a convergence point of genetic diseases

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Dr. Smita Yadav

Moustafa T. Gabr, PhD

Weill Cornell Medicine

2/11/26

10:00am

Room D-209

Reprogramming Immunity: Small Molecule Modulators of Immune Checkpoints

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Dr. Devasena Ponnalagu

Maria I. Kontaridis, PhD

Masonic Medical Research Institute

2/10/26

2:30pm

Foege S060

The importance of signaling modulations in obesity, heart disease and fibrosis

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Dr. Smita Yadav

Brian C. Kraemer, PhD

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

1/21/26

10:00AM

Room D-209

Leveraging model organism genetics to inform tau targeted neurotherapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease

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Dr. Smita Yadav

Fleur M. Ferguson, PhD

UC San Diego

1/20/26

2:30pm

Foege S060

Interrogating the Druggable Proteome with Proximity Pharmacology

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Dr. Smita Yadav

Zhao Zhang, PhD

UT Southwestern

1/12/26

10:00am

K-069

Decoding Metabolic Disease by Forward Genetics: From Outlier Physiology to Drug Targets

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Dr. Ning Zheng

Daniel Finley, PhD

Harvard Medical School

1/13/26

2:30pm

Foege S060

Remodeling of the proteome on a global scale