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

Spring 2026

Dr. Yasemin Sancak

Dr. Kris Wood

Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University

4/7/26

2:30pm

Room T-739

Survival dependencies arising during the processes of cancer drug resistance and metastasis

Dr. Oscar Vivas

Dr. Carlo Condello

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
University of California San Francisco

4/21/26

2:30pm

Room T-739

New approaches to characterize the molecular pathology and cellular consequences of ADRDs

Dr. Shao-En Ong

Dr. Anthony Leung

Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Johns Hopkins University

4/28/26

2:30pm

Room T-739

TBA

Dr. John Scott

Dr. Donita Brady

Harrison McCrea Dickson, M.D. and Clifford C. Baker, M.D. Presidential Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
University of Pennsylvania

5/5/26

2:30pm

Room T-739

Krebs Lecture – Mapping Micronutrient Kinase Signaling and the Chemical Space of Cancer Vulnerabilities

Dr. John Scott

Dr. David Sherman

Professor and Chair
Department of Microbiology
University of Washington

5/12/26

2:30pm

Room T-739

Positive thinking: The pH gradient and drug tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Dr. David Shechner

Dr. Jason Shepherd

Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Endowed Chair
University of Utah

5/19/26

2:30pm

Room T-739

Viral-like mechanisms of intercellular tau transmission in Alzheimer’s disease

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