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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

Autumn 2026

Hosted by Dr. John Scott

Dr. Lori Isom

Maurice H Seevers Legacy Professor of Pharmacology
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Neurology
Medical School

10/6/26

2:30pm

K-069

Catterall Lecture: Developing Gene-Modifying Therapies for Dravet Syndrome

Dr. Anna Bowen

Assistant Professor, Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna H. Gray Fellow
Department of Medicine
School of Medicine
University of Washington

10/13/26

2:30pm

K-069

Thalamus and hypothalamus during glucoregulation: competition or collaboration?

Dr. Ivan Soltesz

James R. Doty Professor of Neurosurgery & Neurosciences
Stanford University

10/20/26

2:30pm

K-069

Regulatory mechanisms of perisomatic inhibition

Dr. Sita Kugel

Professor, Human Biology Division
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Leung Roy Family Endowed Chair
Affiliate Investigator, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch

10/27/26

2:30pm

K-069

Targeting Lineage Plasticity in Pancreatic Cancer

Dr. Melissa Barker-Haliski

Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Pharmaceutics
School of Pharmacy
University of Washington

11/3/26

2:30pm

K-069

Seizing the toll of neuronal hyperexcitability in Alzheimer’s disease and late-life epilepsy

Hosted by Dr. Garret Stuber

Dr. Li Ye

Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Scripps Research
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; N. Paul Whittier Chair in Chemistry and Chemical Biology

12/1/26

2:30pm

K-069

TBD

Dr. Jessica Young

Associate Professor
University of Washington
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM)

12/8/26

2:30pm

K-069

hiPSC models to understand endo-lysosomal dysfunction in AD pathogenesis

Archive of Past Seminars

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