Seminars & Events
The weekly colloquium is generally held on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. in K-207 Auditorium (2-6408). Unless otherwise noted, our departmental colloquia program is supported by the Alejandro Zaffaroni Endowment Fund and the John R. Murlin Fund. For outside guests, contact Dr. Houhui Xia. For graduate student colloquia, contact Dr. Cesare Orlandi.
Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Program Research Talk: Examining Salivary Gland Physiology and Potential Alterations Following Short Term Effects of Radiation Therapy
Pharmacology and Physiology Guest Speaker: Neuron-glial interactions in health and disease: from cognition to cancer
Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Neurology, and by courtesy, Neurosurgery, Pathology, Psychiatry and Pediatrics Stanford Medicine Faculty Scholar Stanford University
Dec 08, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.
ZoomPharm/Phys and CMPP Program Guest Speaker: Novel Single-Cell and Genome Editing Tools to Unravel Pathogenic Significance of Brain Somatic Mosaicism: From Parkinson’s disease to Space Exploration
Xiao-Hong Lu, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, & Neuroscience Louisiana State University Health -Shreveport
Nov 12, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.
ZoomSpecial Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: From Graduate School to Industry: My Journey As A Minority Woman in STEM
Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Program Guest Speaker: Why do large breed dogs "die young"?: Metabolic consequences of aging in small and large breed dogs
Ana Jimenez, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Colgate University
Nov 05, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.
ZoomPharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Literature Review: Migrating Platelets Are Mechano-scavengers that Collect and Bundle Bacteria
Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Literature Review: Preparation for a first-in-man lentivirus trial in patients with cystic fibrosis
Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Second-year 30-min Literature Review: STIM1 R304W Cause Muscle Degeneration and Impaired Platelet Activation in Mice
Pharmacology and Physiology Guest Speaker: The nanoscale architecture of the inhibitory synapse in plasticity and disease
Katharine R. Smith, Ph.D - Department of Pharmacology University of Colorado, Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
Oct 15, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.
ZoomPharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Program Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: Optogenetic Control of Mitochondria Impacts Cellular Energy Sensing and Hypoxia Resistance
Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Program Research Talk: MRCKα and Na+,K+-ATPase signaling restores alveolar barrier function in LPS induced acute lung injury in vivo
Pharmacology and Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Program Research Talk: Acid pH and succinate dynamics in ischemia-reperfusion injury
Pharmacology and Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Program M.S. Thesis Proposal: The potential role of compromised mitochondrial function in Sjogren’s syndrome
Pharmacology and Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Program: Structural investigation of muscle excitation-contraction components
Filip Van Petegem, Ph.D - Full Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty of Medicine University of British Columbia
Sep 24, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.
ZoomPharmacology and Physiology and CMPP M.S. Thesis Proposal: “Use of Suppressor tRNAs for Treatment of Nonsense-Associated Cystic Fibrosis”
Wooree Ko - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. John Lueck
Sep 17, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.
Zoom InvitationPharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Thesis Proposal: “Molecular Mechanisms for Calcium Dysregulation in Myotonic Dystrophy Skeletal Muscle”
Lily Cisco - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. John Lueck
Aug 27, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.
Zoom InvitationRotation Talk: Characterizing of KRIT1 interactions by Native PAGE
David Delemos, Graduate Student in Pharmacology & Physiology
May 14, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 549 255 120Rotation Talk: Identification of Proteins in Tubular Aggregates in a Mouse Model of Tubular Aggregate Myopathy
Nan Zhao, Graduate Student in Pharmacology & Physiology
May 07, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 549 255 120Rotation Talk: A photoactivatable Cre-loxP system in HEK cells
Chen Li, Graduate Student in Pharmacology & Physiology
Apr 30, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 549 255 120Research Talk: Mechanisms of KRIT1-mediated stabilization of endothelial cell junctions
Harsha Swamy, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Angela Glading
Apr 23, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 549 255 120Research Talk: Vinpocetine Protect Against the Development of Experimental Abdominal Aortic Aneurysoms
Chongyang Zhang - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Chen Yan
Apr 16, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 549 255 120Research Talk: Using patch-clamp FRET to map the intracellular domains and movements of acid-sensing ion channels
Tyler Couch, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. David MacLean
Apr 09, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 549 255 120Research Talk: Analysis of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor (IP3R) Mutations and Potential Avenues for Rescue of Function
Lara Terry, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. David Yule
Apr 02, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 549 255 120Research Talk: "Optical interrogation of acid-sensing ion channel activation and desensitization through genetic code expansion"
Matthew Rook, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. David MacLean
Mar 26, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 549 255 120Research Talk: Controlling Dimeric Receptor Composition with Intein Mediated Protein Splicing
Tyler McCullock, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Paul Kammermeier
Mar 12, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Research Talk: TBD
Esraa Furati, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Joe V. Chakkalakal
Mar 05, 2020 @ 2:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Research Talk: Reporting on Nonsense Suppression in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
Wooree Ko, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. John D. Lueck
Mar 05, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Research Talk: Does Aberrant EC-Coupling and Myotonia Contribute to DM1 Myopathy?
Lily Cisco, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. John D. Lueck
Feb 27, 2020 @ 2:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Research Talk: Monitoring Salivary Gland Function in Disease Study by Intra-Vital Microscopy
Kai-Ting Huang, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. David I. Yule
Feb 27, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Guest Speaker: Insights into pH sensitivity and excitatory sodium current in acid-sensing ion channels from unnatural amino acids and evolutionary analyses
Timothy Lynagh, Ph.D., Researcher, Group Leader - Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen
Feb 21, 2020 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph 1-7619
Research Talk: The Role of Phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) in Pathological Cardiac Remodeling and Dysfunction
Si (Vivian) Chen, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Chen Yan
Feb 13, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Research Talk: KRIT1-Mediated Regulation of Neutrophil Adhesion/Motility
Nicholas Nobiletti, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Angela Glading
Jan 23, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Guest Speaker: The role of division and membrane trafficking in tissue morphogenesis
Heidi Hehnly, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Department of Biology, Syracuse University
Jan 16, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Host: Dr. John Lueck