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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.

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Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Program Research Talk: Examining Salivary Gland Physiology and Potential Alterations Following Short Term Effects of Radiation Therapy

Amanda Wahl - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. David Yule

Dec 10, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.

Zoom

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.

Zoom

Pharm/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.

Zoom

Special Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: From Graduate School to Industry: My Journey As A Minority Woman in STEM

Dr. Malika Grayson - Engineer, Speaker, Author

Nov 09, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m.

Zoom

Host: Ferralita Madere

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.

Zoom

Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Literature Review: Migrating Platelets Are Mechano-scavengers that Collect and Bundle Bacteria

Chen Li - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Craig Morrell

Oct 29, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.

Zoom

Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Literature Review: Preparation for a first-in-man lentivirus trial in patients with cystic fibrosis

David Delemos - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. David Dean

Oct 29, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.

Zoom

Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Second-year 30-min Literature Review: STIM1 R304W Cause Muscle Degeneration and Impaired Platelet Activation in Mice

Nan Zhao - Graduate Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Robert Dirksen

Oct 22, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.

Zoom

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.

Zoom

Pharmacology and Physiology and CMPP Program Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: Optogenetic Control of Mitochondria Impacts Cellular Energy Sensing and Hypoxia Resistance

Brandon Berry - PhD Candidate

Oct 13, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m.

Zoom

Host: Dr. Andrew Wojtovich

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

Jing Liu - PhD Candidate

Oct 08, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.

Zoom

Host: Dr. David Dean

Pharmacology and Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Program Research Talk: Acid pH and succinate dynamics in ischemia-reperfusion injury

Alexander Milliken - PhD Candidate

Oct 01, 2020 @ 12:30 p.m.

Zoom

Host: Dr. Paul Brookes

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

Kai-Ting Huang - PhD Candidate

Sep 29, 2020 @ 10:00 a.m.

Zoom

Host: Dr. David Yule

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.

Zoom

Pharmacology 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 Invitation

Pharmacology 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 Invitation

Rotation 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: 549 255 120

Rotation 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: 549 255 120

Rotation 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: 549 255 120

Research 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: 549 255 120

Research 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: 549 255 120

Research 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: 549 255 120

Research 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: 549 255 120

Research 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: 549 255 120

Research 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