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 2026

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

Dr. Ning Zheng

Daniel Finley, PhD

Harvard Medical School

1/13/26

2:30pm

Foege S060

Remodeling of the proteome on a global scale

Dr. Smita Yadav

Fleur M. Ferguson, PhD

UC San Diego

1/20/26

2:30pm

Foege S060

Interrogating the Druggable Proteome with Proximity Pharmacology

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

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

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

Dr. Smita Yadav

Paul G. DeCaen, PhD

Northwestern University

2/18/26

10:00am

K-069

TBA

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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