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. Cesare Orlandi. For graduate student colloquia, contact Dr. John Onukwufor.
Guest Speaker: TRPV4 at 19 - exciting years just ahead: Perspectives on its role in inflammation, pain and tissue injury
Wolfgang B. Liedtke, M.D., Ph.D., Professor - Department of Neurology; Neurobiology; and Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine
Nov 21, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)
Host: Dr. Whasil Lee
Thesis Proposal: Elucidating the Mechanisms of Salivary Gland Dysfunction Following y-Irradiation Utilizing an Experimental and Computational Approach
Amanda Wahl, Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. David I. Yule
Nov 20, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m.
Medical Center | Anders Room (4-6912)
Guest Speaker: High-Throughput Structural Assays for Therapeutic Discovery Targeting Pathologic Ca2+ Cycling
Razvan L. Cornea, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor - Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Nov 14, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium (2-6408)
Host: Dr. Robert T. Dirksen
Research Talk: FGF21 Reduces Morphine Preference and Dependence in Mice Without Affecting Morphine-Induced Analgesia
Louben Dorval, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Jean Bidlack - Pharmacology and Physiology
Nov 07, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium (2-6408)
Thesis Defense: Neutrophil Elastase and GPNMB as Novel Potential Therapeutic Targets in a Tsc2-null Mouse Model for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Tumor Growth
Manisha Taya, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Hammes - Pharmacology and Physiology
Nov 05, 2019 @ 11:30 a.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Method (1-9576)
Research Talk: An In-depth Analysis Of Opioid Receptor Pharmacology Using BRET
Miriam Barnett, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Jean Bidlack - Pharmacology and Physiology
Oct 31, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | Anders Room (4-6912)
Research Talk:Controlling the Mitochondrial Protonmotive Force with Light to Impact Cellular Stress Resistance
Brandon Berry, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Andrew Wojtovich - Pharmacology and Physiology
Oct 24, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium (2-6408)
Lit Review: Mitochondrial morphology regulates organellar Ca2+ uptake and changes cellular Ca2+ homeostasis
Kai-Ting Huang, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. David I. Yule - Pharmacology and Physiology
Oct 17, 2019 @ 2:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium (2-6408)
Lit Review: Identification of the amino acids inserted during suppression of CFTR nonsense mutations and determination of their functional consequences
Wooree Ko, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. John D. Lueck - Pharmacology and Physiology
Oct 17, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium (2-6408)
Understanding Molecular Mechanisms of G-protein subunit ?? Activation of Downstream Effectors
Isaac James Fisher - Pharmacology PhD Candidate
Oct 11, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 3-7619 Upper Auditorium
Host: Dr. Alan Smrcka & Dr. David Yule
Lit Review: Intravital Imaging Reveals Ghost Fibers as architectural Units Guiding Myogenic Progenitors during Regeneration
Esraa, Furati, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Joe V. Chakkalakal - Pharmacology and Physiology
Oct 10, 2019 @ 2:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium (2-6408)
Lit Review: "Phenotypic outcomes of misregulated Cav1.1 splicing"
Lily Cisco, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. John D. Lueck - Pharmacology and Physiology
Oct 10, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium (2-6408)
Research Talk: MRCKa and Na+,K+-ATPase signaling restores alveolar barrier function in LPS induced acute lung injury in vivo
Jing Liu, Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. David A. Dean - Pharmacology & Physiology
Oct 03, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | Anders Room 4-6912
Horowicz Lecture: From Fish Gills …… to the Keepers of the Gates of Heaven
Trevor Shuttleworth Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Sep 27, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Method
Host: Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Guest Speaker: The Impact of Cardiac SIRT1 and Intracellular Acidosis on Metabolism in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Joshua Levitz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Sep 12, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Host: Paul Kammermeier, Ph.D.
Thesis Proposal: The Impact of Cardiac SIRT1 and Intracellular Acidosis on Metabolism in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Alex Milliken, Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Paul Brookes
Sep 10, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Anders Room 4-6912
Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms for QRS- and QTc-Interval Prolongation in Mice with Cardiac Expression of Expanded CUG repeat RNA
Kevin M. Tylock - Pharmacology PhD Candidate
Jul 24, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room
How does the muscle relaxant dantrolene acts on the ryanodine receptor?
János Almássy, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Debrecen
Jul 18, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | Anders Room 4-6912
Host: Dr. Robert Dirksen
Novel Integrating Viral Vectors For Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy
Ashley L. Cooney, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa
Jul 11, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium 2-6408
Host: Dr. John Lueck & Dr. Thomas Mariani
Development of acoustically-modified collagen-based biomaterials for regenerative medicine applications
Emma Grygotis Norris - Pharmacology PhD Candidate
Jul 08, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 1-7619, Adolph Aud
Host: Dr. Denise Hocking
Validation of neonatal splice variant models for the study of myotonic dystrophy
Lily Cisco - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. John Lueck
Jun 20, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
Aged Macrophages Drive Persistent Inflammation Altering Stem Cell Fate During Mouse Muscle Regeneration
Roméo Blanc, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Joe Chakkalakal
Jun 13, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
1st yr. Rotation Talk: Generation and Validation of Stable Nonsense Suppression Reporter Cell Lines
Wooree Ko - Graduate Student in Pharmacology & Physiology
May 30, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
1st yr. Rotation Talk: Characterization of a model to test muscle stem fate in the context of neuromuscular disruption
Esraa Furati - Graduate Student in Pharmacology & Physiology
May 16, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
1st yr. Rotation Talk: Elucidating the role of ATF5-dependent UPRmt in cardioprotection
Kai-Ting Huang - Graduate Student in Pharmacology & Physiology
May 16, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
2nd yr. Research Talk: The role of HspB8 in mediating the clearance of tau in primary neurons
Jarreau Harrison - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Gail Johnson
May 09, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
Research Talk: Glycoprotein-NMB and Infiltrating Neutrophils via Neutrophil Elastase Promote Tumor Growth in a Mouse Model for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
Manisha Taya - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen R. Hammes
Apr 25, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
TNF-mediated synaptic plasticity in the response to stress and drugs
David Stellwagen, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery; and Medicine, McGill University
Apr 18, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
TNF-mediated synaptic plasticity in the response to stress and drugs
David Stellwagen, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery; and Medicine, McGill University
Apr 18, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
The assembly and function of motion selective retinal circuits
Arjun Krishnaswamy, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology & CIS, McGill University
Apr 11, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
Research Talk: Utilizing New Red Fluorescent Proteins for Green/Red FRET: Theory vs. Practice
Tyler McCullock - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Paul Kammermeier
Apr 04, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
Research Talk: Mutational Analysis of the Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate Receptor
Lara Terry - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. David Yule
Mar 28, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
2nd yr. Research Talk: Elucidating the cardioprotective mechanism of acidosis
Alexander Milliken - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Paul Brookes
Mar 14, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
Muscle mayhem – a shifting Cl gradient in attacks of periodic paralysis
Stephen C. Cannon, M.D., Ph.D. - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Mar 07, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center Annex | 1-7619
Regulation of Receptors Controlling Energy and Glucose Homeostasis: Towards Better Treatments for Obesity and Diabetes
Julien Sebag, Ph.D. - University of Iowa
Feb 26, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium 2-6408
Host: Pharmacology & Physiology
Specific Wnt/Fzd interactions are required for hematopoietic stem cell development
Stephanie Grainger, Ph.D. - University of California San Diego
Feb 12, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | K-307 Auditorium 3-6408
Host: Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Talk: The Role of PDE1C in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Senescence and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Chongyang Zhang - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Chen Yan
Feb 07, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
Research Talk: TBD
Manisha Taya - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Hammes
Jan 31, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
Molecular Pharmacology of Biased Agonism: Perspectives in the Dopamine Receptors
Hideaki Yano, Ph.D. - National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH
Jan 31, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | K-207 Auditorium 2-6408
Host: Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Talk: KRIT1-Mediated Regulation of Neutrophil Adhesion/Motility
Nicholas Nobiletti - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Angela Glading
Jan 24, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
Atypical biology of orphan GPCRs in brain and retina physiology
Cesare Orlandi, PhD - Department of Neuroscience The Scripps Research Institute
Jan 22, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)
Research Talk: KRIT1-mediated stabilization of endothelial cell junctions
Harsha Swamy - Graduate Student in the laboratory of Dr. Angela Glading
Jan 17, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 4-6912
The role of skeletal muscle mitophagy in healthy aging
Joshua C. Drake, PhD - Center for Skeletal Muscle Research at Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center University of Virginia School of Medicine
Jan 16, 2019 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)