Archived Seminars | Physiology and Membrane Biology | UC Davis School of Medicine

2025

January 16, 2025

Speaker: Alexander Y. Payumo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University
Title: "Hormonal regulation of cardiomyocyte size and regenerative potential"
Host: Theanne Griffith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 27, 2025

Speaker: Rajesh Khanna, Ph.D., Richard and Thelma O.C. Barney Term Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Director, Pain and Addiction Therapeutics (PATH) Collaboratory
Title: "Deciphering the CRMP2 molecular QR code for pain signaling"
Host: Theanne Griffith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 3, 2025

Speaker: Catherine Christian-Hinman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Title: "Dysregulation of hypothalamic and pituitary circuits controlling reproduction in a mouse model of epilepsy"
Host: Theanne Griffith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 22, 2025

Speaker: Candice Paulsen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Title: “It’s complicated: mapping the calcium regulation mechanism of a critical pain receptor”

October 2, 2025

Speaker: Rengasayee Veeraraghavan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University
Title: "The dynamic nature of cardiac nanostructure: implications for health and disease"
Host: Jorge Contreras, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2024

January 18, 2024

Speaker: Jonathan Satin, Ph.D., Professor, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
Title: “Rad in the heart: from L-type channel modulation to cardiac function and adaptation”

March 7, 2024

Speaker: : Theodore J. Price, Ph.D., Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Behavior and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
Title: "Molecular Signatures of Human Nociceptors"

March 21, 2024

Speaker: Andrew Shih, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Depts. of Pediatrics and Bioengineering, University of Washington
Title: "Optical dissection of brain capillary function"

March 28, 2024

Speaker: Brant Isakson, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, (joint seminar with Pharmacology)
Title: "Ma pannexins changed the channel"

April 4, 2024

Speaker: Jonathan Silva, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Title: "Precision Medicine in Cardiac Electrophysiology"

April 18, 2024

Speaker: Lisa Jones, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
Title: "In-Cell Protein Footprinting Coupled with Mass Spectometry for Structural Biology Across the Proteome"

May 16, 2024

Speaker: Swetha Murthy, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist/Professor, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University
Title: "How do cells sense force, and its importance"

May 30, 2024

Speaker: Joyce Bischoff, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, Harvard University
Title: "Endothelial Anomalies in Vascular Tumors and Vascular Malformations"

October 17, 2024

Speaker: Mohamed Trebak, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Calcium signaling through Orai channels in health and disease”
Host: Luis Fernando Santana, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 13, 2024

(Wednesday, 1 p.m.)
Speaker: Stephan Pless, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen
Title: "Finding Friends: functional impact of protein-protein interactions in cardiac and neuronal ion channels"
Host: Jon Sack, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 14, 2024

Speaker: William J. Spain, M.D., Professor and Director, Epilepsy Center of Excellence, VAPSHCS Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, University of Washington
Title: "Function and mechanisms of neuron dynamics: role in slow cortical-circuit oscillations"
Host: Luis Fernando Santana, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 21, 2024

(Carlson Lecture)
Speaker: Nancy Carrasco, M.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Vanderbilt University
Title: "The tale of the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS): From cloning to structure"

December 11, 2024

(Wednesday, 1 p.m.)
Speaker: Katharine Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Denver
Title: "Illuminating mechanisms of inhibitory synapse function and plasticity"
Host: Theanne Griffith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2023

January 12, 2023

Speaker: Mariajose Metcalfe, Ph.D., Project Scientist, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine
Title: "Consequences of AAV-retro mediated deletion of PTEN following cervical spinal cord injury in mice."

January 19, 2023

Speaker: David MacLean, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center
Title: "Activation and desensitization mechanisms of acid-sensing ion channels"

February 2, 2023

Speaker: Justin Taraska, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, NHLBI, NIH
Title: "Imaging the structure of the plasma membrane with correlative light and electron microscopy"

February 16, 2023

Speaker: Baron Chanda, Ph.D., Professor, Anesthesiology, Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in Saint Louis
Title: "Probing Allostery in ion channels at single molecule resolution"

April 6, 2023

Speaker: Amy Lee, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas - Austin
Title: "Caldendrin: a multi-functional regulator of ion channels in sensory neurons"

April 27, 2023

Speaker: Yun Lyna Luo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology, Western University of Health Sciences
Title: "Multiscale molecular dynamics simulation studies of mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel"

May 4, 2023

Speaker: Leigh Anne Swayne, Ph.D. , Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Medical Sciences
Title: "Form and function in excitable cells: investigating crosstalk between the cytoskeleton and channel proteins in brain and heart health and disease"

December 13, 2023

Speaker: Katherine Wilkinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, San Jose State University
Title: "Mechanotransduction in Muscle Proprioceptors"

2022

January 10, 2022

Speaker: Joyce Da Silva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Title: "Using functional MRI to study brain mechanisms underlying sex and age differences in a chronic pain model in rats"

February 7, 2022

Speaker: Valeria Vásquez, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Title: "Dietary fatty acids fine-tune neuronal and non-neuronal cells mechanical response"

March 28, 2022

Speaker: Jonathan Lederer, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Title: “Electro-metabolic signaling regulates small vessel blood flow in heart”

April 4, 2022

Speaker: Samuel Young, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa
Lecture: "Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of Presynaptic Cav2 Calcium channel subtype abundance, organization, and how they regulate of neurotransmitter release"

April 11, 2022

Speaker: Bryan Copits, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pain Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine
Title: "Photoswitchable control of GPCR signaling"

May 2, 2022

Speaker: Antentor Hinton, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences
Title: "3D Reconstructions of Mouse Skeletal Muscle and Heart Muscle Reveal a Decrease in the MICOS Complex and Altered Mitochondrial Networks"

May 16, 2022

Speaker: Douglas Bayliss, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Title: "Properties, regulation, and functions of Pannexin 1 channels"

June 27, 2022

Speaker: Romulo Hurtado, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Title: "Doxorubicin induced cardiotoxicity of cardiac pacemakers"

November 9, 2022

Speaker: Ana Isabel Fernandez-Marino, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke
Title: "Electromechanical coupling and slow inactivation in Kv channels"

December 1, 2022

Speaker: Michael Hoppa, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Dartmouth College of Research
Title: "Optical approaches to decode synaptic transmission"

2019

January 17, 2019

Speaker: Edward Lakatta, Ph.D., Chief of the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science at the National Institute on Aging
Title: "When and why your next heart beat will occur”

September 19, 2019

Speaker: Kevin Foskett, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Department of Physiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Title: “Regulation of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter ion channel”

October 10, 2019

Speaker: Isabelle Deschênes, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University
Title: “The Cardiac Sodium Channel: Lessons Learned from Bedside to Bench”

October 17, 2019

Speaker: Scott Earley, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine
Title: “An Unexpected Alliance: Vascular Function is Controlled by Nanoscale Association of TRPML1 Channels and Ryanodine Receptors”

November 7, 2019

Carlson Lecture in Physiology
Speaker: Eric Gouaux, Ph.D., Oregon Health Sciences University, Vollum Institute
Title: "Mechanisms of signal transduction at chemical synapses"

2018

April 16, 2018

Speaker: William Kobertz, Ph.D. Professor, University of Massachusetts, Medical School
Title: "Seeing What’s Out There: Fluorescent Visualization of Cellular Efflux”

July 19, 2018

Speaker: Yoram Rudy, Ph.D., F.AH.A., F.H.R.S., Washington University, The Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, Cell Biology and Physiology, Radiology, and Pediatrics, Director of the Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center (CBAC)
Title: "Multi-scale Integration of Cardiac Excitation and Arrhythmia: From Ion-Channel Molecular Structure to the Human Heart"

2017

January 18, 2017

Speaker: Roel Nusse, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Professor with the Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, School of Medicine
Title: "A new perspective on stem cells in the liver”

March 15, 2017

Speaker: Christopher Ahern, Ph.D., Associate Professor with University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
Title: "Taking a chemical biology approach to voltage-dependent ion channel gating: encoding discovery with atomic mutagenesis”

April 19, 2017

Speaker: Thomas Kornberg, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Title: "Signaling at a distance: communicating by touch”

May 24, 2017

Speaker: Geoffrey Pitt, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor with Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Title: "From Atom to Adam: Channelopathies and Cardiac Pathophysiology"

November 17, 2017

Speaker: Jianyuan Sun, Ph.D., Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Director of Neuroscience Program, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Title: “Revisiting Katz's Quantal Release Theory by Observation of Synaptic Transmission at Single Synapse”

2016

April 11, 2016

Speaker: Stephen Waxman, M.D., Ph.D., Bridget M. Flaherty, Professor of Neurology, Director, Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research,Yale School of Medicine
Title: "Chasing Men on Fire: Na Channels and Pain"
Host: Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.

April 14, 2016

Speaker: Linda Wordeman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Title: "Centrosome Separation during the Cell Cycle: Knowing when to hold ‘em”

April 21, 2016

Speaker: Darleen Sandoval, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Michigan
Title: "Using genetics and pharmacology to understand GLP-1 physiology"
Host: Karen Ryan, Ph.D.

April 28, 2016

Speaker: Leslie Leinwand, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado
Title: "Myosin Myopathies: Pathogenesis and Potential Therapeutics"
Host: Keith Baar, Ph.D.

May 5, 2016

Speaker: Adam Cohen, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Physics, Harvard University
Title: "All-optical electrophysiology”
Host: Jon Sack, Ph.D.

May 19, 2016

Speaker: Murali Prakriya, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Title: "Mechanisms and functions of store-operated calcium channels”
Host: Jon Sack, Ph.D.

May 26, 2016

Speaker: Gregory Bix, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
Title: “Enter the Matrix: Novel Stroke and Vascular Dementia Therapeutic Targets”
Host: Martha E. O'Donnell, Ph.D.

December 6, 2016

Speaker: Thomas Longden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
Title: "Translating thought into blood flow: Capillary-to-arteriole communication in the brain”

2015

March 19, 2015

Speaker: Jay T. Groves, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Title: “T cell receptor signaling at the single molecule level”

October 19, 2015

Speaker: Vasanthi Jayaraman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of Texas Medical School
Title: “Moving and grooving of glutamate receptors”

November 2, 2015

Speaker: David Hackos, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at Genentech, San Francisco
Title: “Structural basis of Nav1.7 inhibition by an isoform-selective small molecule antagonist”

December 1, 2015

Speaker: Anastasios Tzingounis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut
Title: “Genetic dissection of KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 function in the cortex”

December 7, 2015

Speaker:: Anil Bhushan, Ph.D., Professor, School of Medicine, Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco
Title: “Metabolic plasticity of beta cells in Diabetes”

2014

January 14, 2014

Speaker: Yifan Cheng, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Title: "Single Particle cryo-EM structures of TRPV1 ion channels"

February 13, 2014

Speaker: Boris Zhorov, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
Title: "Computational Structural Pharmacology and Toxicology of Sodium Channels"

February 14, 2014

Speaker: Qiu-Xing Jiang, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern
Title: "Lipid-dependent gating of a voltage-gated potassium channel"

February 26, 2014

Speaker: Daniel Minor, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Title: "Structural and Chemical Biological studies of ion channels"

March 05, 2014

Speaker: Colleen Clancy, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Title: "Sex, Drugs and Funky Rhythms"

April 16, 2014

Speaker: Diane Papazian, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Title: "Altered K+ Channel Gating in Early-Onset Diseases"

April 23, 2014

Speaker: Bruce Bean, Ph.D., Harvard University
Title: "Ion Channel Regulation of Neuronal Firing Patterns"
(Marion G. and Loren D. Carlson Lecture)

May 7, 2014

Speaker: Alan Miller, Ph.D., Touro University
Title: "Risk Factors for Acquired Long QT syndrome: Electrolyte imbalances and drug block of the cardiac potassium channel HERG."

May 14, 2014

Speaker: Kenton Swartz, Ph.D., Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, NINDS, Porter Neuroscience Research Center
Title: "Exploring ion channel structure and gating mechanisms with tarantula toxins"

May 21, 2014

Speaker: Jawdat Al-Bassam, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Title: "Regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton through activating intercellular soluble tubulin reserves."

September 17, 2014

Speaker: Justin Du Bois, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
Title: “Turning Toxins into Tools for the Study of Sodium Ion Channels”

2013

February 13, 2013

Speaker: Bruce Cohen, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley
Title: "Next-generation nanocrystals for cellular imaging"

February 20, 2013

Speaker: Francesco Tombola, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Title: "Multitasking voltage-sensing domains as proton channels"

March 13, 2013

Speaker: Baldomero Olivera, Ph.D., University of Utah
Title: "Conotoxins and their Ion Channel Targets: Integrating Systems and Molecular Neuroscience using Single-cell Pharmacology"

March 20, 2013

Speaker: Biff Forbush, Ph.D., Yale University
Title: "Structure and Function of Na-K-Cl cotransporters: A beginning"

May 1, 2013

Speaker: James Herrington, Genentech
Title: "Automated electrophysiology in drug discovery: a case study on Kv2 channels in pancreatic hormone secretion"

May 8, 2013

Speaker: Heike Wulff, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Title: "K+ channel modulators as immunosuppressants and for the treatment of cardiovascular disease"

May 15, 2013

Speaker: Jian Payandeh, Genentech
Title: "Crystal structures of sodium and magnesium channels: insights into selectivity and gating"

September 18, 2013

Speaker: Jerome Badaut, Ph.D., Loma Linda University
Title: "AQP4 and JNK inhibition reduces neurovascular unit dysfunctions after Juvenile traumatic brain injury"

December 3, 2013

Speaker: Bill Zagotta, Ph.D., University of Washington
Title: "Molecular mechanisms of gating in cyclic nucleotide-regulated ion channels"

2011

March 18, 2011

Speaker: Irena Levitan, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Cholesterol regulation of endothelial K channels"

May 6, 2011

Speaker: Hiroaki Misoni, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore
Title: "Unique trafficking mechanisms govern neuronal ion channel localization"

September 16, 2011

Speaker: William Catterall, Ph.D., University of Washington, School of Medicine
Title: "Voltage-gated Sodium Channels at Atomic Resolution: Structure, Function, and Disease"

2010

February 4, 2010

Speaker: Oded Lewinson, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Title: "Heavy metal homeostasis: Acquisition of essential trace elements and extrusion of toxic compounds"

February 18, 2010

Speaker: Christopher Brett, Ph.D., University of Washington
Title: "Ion transport, endocytosis and autism"

February 25, 2010

Speaker: Sudha Chakrapani, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Title: "Understanding gating mechanisms: A structural, functional and dynamic approach"

March 4, 2010

Speaker: Roger A. Bannister, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Denver
Title: "Bi-directional communication between L-type Ca²⁺ channels and ryanodine receptors in skeletal muscle"

March 15, 2010

Speaker: Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D., University of Washington
Title: "Ion channel structure prediction using the rosetta-membrane method"

March 18, 2010

Speaker: Susy C. Kohout, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Title: "Investigating a new member of the voltage-gated family of proteins, Ci-VSP"

March 29, 2010

Speaker: Ryan Drenan, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Title: "Understanding the role of individual nAChR subtypes in the Mammalian Central Nervous System"

April 8, 2010

Speaker: Dominique G. Gagnon, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Title: "Function of a potassium channel with a single Voltage-sensing gate-keeper"

2009

January 9, 2009

Speaker: Douglas Bayliss, Ph.D., University of Virginia Health System
Title: "Regulation of cellular excitability by modulation of background channels: mechanisms and physiological roles"

January 23, 2009

Speaker: Edward N. Pugh, Jr., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Title: "Recent Advances in Cone Photoreceptor Physiology"

February 6, 2009

Speaker: Toshinori Hoshi Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Title: "Modulation of potassium channels by free heme and heme degradation products"

May 1, 2009

Speaker: Stefan Feske, M.D., New York University
Title: "Calcium signals in lymphocyte activation and disease"

May 15, 2009

Speaker: Ege Kavalali, Ph.D., U.T. Southwestern Medical Center
Title: "Synaptic vesicle trafficking and its impact on neurotransmission"

December 10, 2009

Speaker: Randen Patterson, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State Universtiy
Title: "Hypothesis-driven computational biology: Translating the computer to the benchtop"

2008

September 5, 2008

Speaker: Mark Bevensee, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: "Phospholipid regulation of the Na/bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1"

September 19, 2008

Speaker: Diana Bautista, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Title: "Molecular mechanisms of touch and pain in mammals"

October 3, 2008

Speaker: Bertil Hille, Ph.D., University of Washington
Title: "G-protein coupled receptors modulate ion channels and many other cellular functions through phosphoinositide lipid signals"

November 7, 2008

Speaker: Donald Hilgemann, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Title: "New Perspectives on PIP₂ in cardiac myocytes"

December 5, 2008

Speaker: Colin G. Nichols, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Title: "K_ATP channels: The exciting molecular link between cell metabolism, diabetes and cardiac arrhythmias"

2025

February 20, 2025

"Toward Design of Biologics Targeting Ion Channels"
Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 6, 2025

"Dynamic incretin receptor signaling in pancreatic beta cells"
Mark Huising, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

March 20, 2025

"Beyond malignant hyperthermia: unlocking mystery of neuroprotective action of dantrolene"
Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 17, 2025

"CALCIUM, PIP2, AND HEAT - How the TRPM4 Ion Channel Mediates Cellular Signaling in Physiology and Disease."
Jade Tian, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, Zheng Lab

May 1, 2025

"Maternal Immune activation and offspring development: from behavior to molecular changes."
Melissa Bauman, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Karl Murray, Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

May 15, 2025

"Ciliary calcium signaling in nervous system development and disease."
Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 16, 2025

“The Functional Landscape of Membrane Contact Sites in Neurons”
Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 6, 2025

“Cellular Traffic Control: How Lipid Signals and Rad Proteins Direct Calcium Channels to Tune Heart Function”
Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 20, 2025

“Reprogramming Electrophysiological Signaling”
Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2024

February 1, 2024

Seminar Time: 1:30 p.m. »

“Differential Encoding of Mammalian Proprioception by Voltage Gated Sodium Channels.”
Theanne Griffith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 25, 2024

“Pannexin channels in brain injury and pain”
Jorge E. Contreras, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

June 20, 2024

“The Heart’s Prescription: Impact of Everyday Medications”
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 5, 2024

“Random Yet Rhythmic: How Microvascular Networks Influence Energetics and Excitability in Cardiac Myocytes”
Luis Fernando Santana, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 19, 2024

"KvS potassium channel subunits in brain: diversity, inequity, and inclusion"
Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 7, 2024

“Precision in Pulmonary Function: Insights from the Front Lines of Respiratory Physiology”
Gerald S. Zavorsky, Ph.D., R.C.P., R.P.F.T.
Adjunct Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 5, 2024

"Potential Role of Angiotensin II in Tendon Function"
Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 19, 2024

"MapManager: Software for annotating neuronal spines"
Robert Cudmore, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2023

January 26, 2023

"Optical Coherence Tomography Optoretinogram (OCT-ORG): phototransduction in rod and cone photoreceptors in vivo gratis osmotically driven water transport in the posterior eye"
Edward Pugh, Ph.D.,
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 2, 2023

"Signaling Dynamics in Pancreatic Islets"
Mark Huising, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

March 16, 2023

"Towards digital twins from the atom to the rhythm"
Colleen Clancy, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 30, 2023

“Revealing Silent Subunit Signaling”
Robin Stewart, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Sack Lab
Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 20, 2023

"Incretin receptor trafficking, glucose homeostasis and beyond"
Jennifer Whistler, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 25, 2023

"Rational Design of Novel Ion Channel Modulators"
Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 1, 2023

"Manifestation of calcium channelopathies in lymphocytes"
Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 19, 2023

“Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomic Analyses of Ion Channels and Their Associated Signaling Complexes”
James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 16, 2023

“Rejuvenation of the aging heart”
Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 30, 2023

"A step-by-step view of capsaicin receptor activation"
Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 7, 2023

"Unraveling the Connection: Lipids and Neurodegeneration"
Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2022

January 20, 2022

"Illuminating new roles for Nav1.1 in peripheral sensory neuron function"
Theanne Griffith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 17, 2022

“Understanding the pathophysiological role of Connexin43 remodeling in cardiac diseases”
Jorge E. Contreras, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

March 17, 2022

“Modulation of collagen synthesis to maximize connective tissue function”
Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 21, 2022

"Developing data analysis pipelines for imaging and ePhys"
Robert Cudmore, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 19, 2022

“Ibuprofen and the Heart: A short story about a complex relationship”
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 2, 2022

"Regulation of Kv2 potassium channel diversity and function in brain by electrically silent subunits"
Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 15, 2022

"Molecular Modeling and Simulation Insights into Cardiovascular System Modulations"
Igor Vorobyov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 20, 2022

"Organization of calcium signaling units in muscle"
Fernando Santana, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 17, 2022

“Mechanisms of neural tube formation and neural tube defects”
Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2021

January 22, 2021

Teaching with Tech and Active Learning: Our “Teaching Tidbits”
Lauren Liets, Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 19, 2021

“Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Islets, Different and Yet the Same?”
Mark Huising, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

March 5, 2021

Colleen Clancy, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 9, 2021

"Can lymphocytes be harnessed for diagnosing and managing congestive heart failure and related diseases?"
Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 23, 2021

"Machinations of a hysteretic K+ channel"
Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 14, 2021

"Design of biologics targeting ion channels"
Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 4, 2021

"Functional selectivity at dopamine receptors"
Jennifer Whistler, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 17, 2021

"Allosteric activation of the spicy sensor TRPV1"
Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 28, 2021

“Renewable Recombinant Antibodies for Studying Ion Channels"

James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 16, 2021

“Role of Lipids, Calcium, and Membrane Contact Sites in Neurodegeneration”
Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 7, 2021

“Lipid Regulation of Cardiac EC-coupling”
Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2020

September 18, 2020

"Using proteomics to determine the molecular mechanisms involved in ibuprofen related cellular dysfunction"
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 9, 2020

"Molecular Response of Tendon to Varying Load and Nutrition"
Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 23, 2020

"Molecular modeling of membrane protein - ligand interactions and their effects on heart rhythm"
Igor Vorobyov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 20, 2020

"Signaling mechanisms underlying neural tube defects"
Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 11, 2020

"Randomness, instability, and stasis in cardiac and smooth muscle physiology"
Fernando Santana, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2019

January 25, 2019

“A new year, a fresh look at pancreatic islets”
Mark Huising, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

February 22, 2019

“De novo design of biologics targeting sodium channels involved in pain signaling”
Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 15, 2019

“This is your brain on drugs”
Jennifer Whistler, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 19, 2019

"Visualizing endogenous potassium channel activity"
Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 17, 2019

“TRPV1 activation by vanilloids”
Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 7, 2019

Martha E. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 25, 2019

"Lysosomal control of neuronal excitability and dendritic spine plasticity"
Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 15, 2019

"GPCR regulated CaV1.2 channel trafficking tunes cardiac EC-coupling”
Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 6, 2019

"Potassium Channels As Organizers of Specialized Neuronal Calcium Signaling Domains"
James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2018

December 7, 2018

“How Cone Opsins Make Vision in Bright Daylight Possible”
Ed Pugh, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 30, 2018

“The Emerging Roles of Erythrocytes in the Regulation of Cerebral Microcirculation”
Jiandi Wan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering

October 19, 2018

“Effects of Nutrition and Loading on Tendon Structure and Function”
Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 28, 2018

“Using Proteomics to discover the pathways associated with the side effects of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)”
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 25, 2018

“Stochastic Assembly of Calcium Signaling Units in Muscle”
Fernando Santana, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 13, 2018

“Genetic disorders of the neuromuscular junction: diverse genes and molecular mechanisms”
Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 16, 2018

“Computational physiology, biophysics and pharmacology: From the atom to the rhythm”
Colleen Clancy, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 23, 2018

“Environmental regulation of spinal cord development”
Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2017

December 1, 2017

“Ion Channels and Their Specialized Membrane Domains”
James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 20, 2017

“The lipid trade: cholesterol transfer at ER-lysosome contact sites regulates neuronal excitability”
Eamonn Dickson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 15, 2017

“Ganging up to fight (or flight): β-adrenergic receptor activation promotes augmented Ca2+ channel clustering and cooperative interactions”
Rose Ellen Dixon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 2, 2017

"Structural and temporal mechanisms underlying capsaicin activation of TRPV1 ion channel"
Fan Yang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Zheng Lab
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 19, 2017

“Voltage-independent Ca2+-influx affects basal Ca2+ level and regulates release of catecholamines in adrenal chromaffin cells”
Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 17, 2017

“Design of novel ion channel modulators using artificial intelligence”
Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2016

December 2, 2016

“Modulation of the neuronal K-Cl cotransporter, KCC2”
John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 4, 2016

"A Neogenic Niche within Pancreatic Islets Sustains a Lifelong Population of Virgin Beta Cells"
Mark Huising, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

October 7, 2016

“Sex differences in the metabolic response to dietary macronutrients and the endocrine fibroblast growth factors”
Karen Ryan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

September 9, 2016

“Force transfer and strength in health and disease”
Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

June 3, 2016

“Molecular basis for nicotinic AChR localization at cholinergic synapses”
Mike Ferns, Ph.D.,
Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 6, 2016

“Ion transport and signaling at the blood-brain barrier: endothelial cell responses to hyperglycemia and ischemic stroke”
Nicholas Klug
Graduate Student Researcher, O’Donnell Lab
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 29, 2016

“Local control of vascular smooth muscle”
Fernando Santana, Ph.D.,
Chair and Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 15, 2016

“The endothelial glycocalyx: Further investigations of structure and function, with particular emphasis on the Revised Starling Principle of fluid exchange and maintenance of plasma volume”
Roy Curry, Ph.D.,
Professor Emeritus
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 18, 2016

“Quantifying Rhodopsin in the Living Mouse Eye with EyePod Confocal Imaging”
Edward Pugh, Ph.D.,
Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy

March 11, 2016

“Calcium signaling at the neuronal primary cilium”
Sangwoo Shim, Ph.D.
Project Scientist, Borodinsky lab
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 18, 2016

“ISG15: A double edged sword in skeletal muscle differentiation”
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 12, 2016

"Red-head toxin opens a heat sensor"
Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2015

February 7-11, 2015

Biophysical Meeting

February 27, 2015

“The role of the Proteasome in NSAID induced Cardiotoxicity”
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 6, 2015

“Design of novel ion channel modulators”
Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 28 - April 1, 2015

Experimental Biology Meeting

April 3, 2015

“Why spicy means hot: structural mechanism of TRPV1 activation by capsaicin”
Fan Yang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 17, 2015

“Spatio-temporal aspects of calcium signaling in lymphocytes”
Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 1, 2015

“Exacerbated brain edema in diabetic ischemic stroke: what do blood brain barrier Na transporters have to do with it?"
Olga Chechneva, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist
Nicholas Klug
Graduate Student Researcher
Martha E. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 15, 2015

“Xenopus laevis as an animal model to study folate action in neural tube development"
Olga Balashova
Graduate Student Researcher, Borodinsky Lab
Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 29, 2015

Edward Pugh, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 5, 2015

“A novel anti-inflammatory mechanism activated by atrial natriuretic peptide"
Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 19, 2015

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 11, 2015

“Beacons” for imaging voltage activation of endogenous neuronal ion channels.
Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 25, 2015

“Force transfer and injury: a unified theory of muscle wasting"
Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 9, 2015

“Nuclear Receptor Signaling in the CNS Regulation of Stress and Metabolism”
Karen Ryan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

October 17-21, 2015

Neuroscience Meeting

October 23, 2015

“Regulation of Beta Cell Fate and Function through Crosstalk in Pancreatic Islets”
Mark Huising, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

November 6, 2015

“Dysregulation of Protein Degradation Pathways in Aging Muscles and their role in Sarcpenia”
Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 20, 2015

“Voltage-gated Kv2 K+ channels and ER-plasma membrane junctions in brain neurons”
James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 4, 2015

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2014

February 7, 2014

“TRPV1-dependent Mechanism for Flushing Side-effect of Niacin”
Linlin Ma, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 15-19, 2014

Biophysical Meeting

February 20-21, 2014

UC Davis Cardiovascular Symposium

February 28, 2014

“mTOR-independent control of protein synthesis after resistance exercise”
Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 21, 2014

“Skeletal Muscle Aging and the Development of Anabolic Resistance”
Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 4, 2014

“Switch in Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway during spinal cord development”
Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 26-30, 2014

Experimental Biology meeting

May 2, 2014

“Tonic Regulation of Vascular Permeability: the roles of Sphingosine-1-phosphate, albumin, and red cells”
Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 16, 2014

“Molecular determinants of nicotinic AChR trafficking”
Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 30, 2014

“Ischemic Stroke in the Setting of Diabetes: Neurovascular Unit Na Transporters as Therapeutic Targets”
Martha O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 20, 2014

“Pulling strings to tune CRAC channels”
Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

August 29, 2014

“Targeting ion channels for therapeutic potential of neuropsychiatric disorders”
KeWei Wang, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Peking University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

September 19, 2014

“K-Cl Cotransport in Vertebrate Cardiomyocytes”
John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 3, 2014

NIH Grant Deadline

October 17, 2014

“Delineation of Molecular Pathways Involved in Cardiomyopathies Caused by Troponin T Mutations"
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 31, 2014

“Statin Modulation of the Mevalonate Pathway in the Treatment of Asthma”
Amir Zeki, M.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine

November 7, 2014

“Imaging ion channel activation with tarantula toxins”
Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 15-19, 2014

Neuroscience Meeting

November 21, 2014

“Placental Stem Cells for Treatment of Spina Bifida"
Diana Farmer, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chair and Professor
Department of Surgery at UC Davis

December 5, 2014

“Functional Divergence of Ion Channel Paralogs by Multisite Phosphorylation"
James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2013

November 1, 2013

“Rational design of novel analgesics”
Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 15, 2013

“Astrocyte - neuron signaling plasticity”
H. Rheinallt Parri, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology
School of Life and Health Sciences
Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

2012

January 20, 2012

“Role of calcium-mediated electrical activity during nervous system and muscle development and regeneration”
Laura N. Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 3, 2012

“Understanding a genetic mouse model of plasma volume regulation: An international collaboration to investigate the action of atrial natriuretic peptide to modify vascular permeability”
Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 9, 2012

“Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: assembly, trafficking and disease mechanisms”
Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 16, 2012

“Ryanodine receptor in human T lymphocytes: expression and function”
Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 6, 2012

“Commonly used drugs and the Proteasome”
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 18, 2012

“Engineered Tissues: Towards Understanding Physiology and Development”
Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 1, 2012

“Blood-brain Na transporters in hyperglycemic stroke”
Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 15, 2012

“Renewing the Twilight Zone”
Randen Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 7, 2012

“A proposal for the interdisciplinary dissection of WNT signaling”
Randen Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 21, 2012

“Voltage-dependent adhesion to K+ channels via chemically reactive tarantula toxin”
Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 5, 2012

“Dynamic regulation of axonal ion channel localization”
James Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2011

February 8, 2011

“Structural Basis for Gating Charge Movement in the Voltage Sensor of a Sodium Channel”
Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 22, 2011

“Exploiting potassium channel conformational change”
Jon Sack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 8, 2011

“Diet-Induced Obesity and the Regulation of Muscle Mass”
Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 22, 2011

“Role of calcium-mediated signaling during nervous system development”
Laura N. Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 12, 2011

“Adaptive blasting – Bringing the computer to the bench”
Randen Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 26, 2011

“The regulation of vascular permeability: a novel interaction of sphingosine-1-phosphate and red cells”
Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 10, 2011

“Disorders affecting the development and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction”
Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 13, 2011

“Relative importance of CFTR and Ca-activated Cl channels in fluid secretion from human airway mucous glands”
Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 24, 2011

“Ryanodine receptors in T lymphocytes: expression and function”
Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 25, 2011

“Regulation of Muscle Size by MuRF1 and MAFbx”
Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 14, 2011

“Proteasome Dysfunction in Cardiomyopathies”
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 28, 2011

“Ain't Misbehavin': Disorder and Promiscuity in Myosin Binding Protein-C”
Samantha Harris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 27, 2011

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 11, 2011

“K-CI Cotransport in Vertebrate Cardiac Myocytes”
John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 25, 2011

“Engineered Tissues: Towards Understanding Physiology and Development”
Keith Baar, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 25, 2011

“Rod photoreceptor single-photon responses: a molecular theory that matches the facts”
Edward Pugh, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 8, 2011

“Capsaicin - the fire on the tongue”
Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 22, 2011

“C1 secretion by cultures of airway gland epithelium”
Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

December 13, 2011

“Dynamic regulation of ion channels by phosphorylation”
Jim Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2010

May 13, 2010

“Relative importance of CFTR and Ca-activated Cl channels in fluid secretion from human airway mucous glands”
Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 25, 2010

“Regulation of Muscle Size by MuRF1 and MAFbx”
Sue Bodine, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2009

January 30, 2009

“Orchestration Of Nervous System Development By Calcium-Dependent Activity”
Laura N. Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 19, 2009

"Physiological regulation of microcirculation in genetically modified mice"
Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 10, 2009

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 24, 2009

"Mechanisms regulating Ca²⁺ store refilling in human T lymphocytes"
Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 15, 2009

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 29, 2009

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 5, 2009

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 12, 2009

James A. Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 26, 2009

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

July 17, 2009

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 13, 2009

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 27, 2009

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 10, 2009

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2008

January 4, 2008

Jim Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

January 24, 2008

Peter Cala, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

January 25, 2008

“NHE1 Structure-Function Correlates”
Peter M. Cala, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 15, 2008

"Inflammation and Chronic Disease"
Roy-Fitz Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
Associate Dean, Research

March 7, 2008

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 21, 2008

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 18, 2008

James A. Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 9, 2008

Crina Nimigean, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 9, 2008

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 23, 2008

Martha O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 6, 2008

John Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 27, 2008

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

July 11, 2008

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

September 26, 2008

“Acid-sensing Ion Channels in Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells”
Daniel H. Feldman, Ph.D.
Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine
Shriners Hospital for Children

October 10, 2008

“Intracellular Na and the Na/K Pump in the Heart; Implications for Intracellular Ca and Contractility"
Sanda Despa, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology

October 31, 2008

“Oligodendroglial lineage ionotropic glutamate receptors: disease relevance, and search for a function"
David Pleasure, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Neurology

December 12, 2008

Peter Cala, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

2007

January 25, 2007

Peter M. Cala, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

February 15, 2007

Fitz-Roy Curry, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 7, 2007

Michael Ferns, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

March 21, 2007

Alla Fomina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

April 18, 2007

Jim Trimmer, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 9, 2007

Crina Nimigean, Ph.D.
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 23, 2007

Martha O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

May 25, 2007

“Bicarbonate Transport Across Oxiductal Epithelium”
Madhumitha Rajogopal
Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 6, 2007

John A. Payne, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 22, 2007

“The Trp And Clc Channels”
Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

June 27, 2007

Jonathan Widdicombe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

July 11, 2007

Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

October 19, 2007

“Early Calcium-Dependent Neuronal Activity And Its Role During Nervous System”
Laura N. Borodinsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

November 16, 2007

“Myosin Binding Protein-C: A Novel Regulator of Cardiac Contraction Through Thick and Thin”
Samantha Harris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology

The inaugural Physiology and Membrane Biology Departmental Symposium at the Lake Tahoe Granlibakken Resort brought together students, postdocs, lab personnel, and faculty to share and discuss the latest science, socialize as a community, and enjoy nature. Seventeen labs presented research talks and posters. Ellen Lumpkin (University of California, Berkeley) gave the Marion G. and Loren D. Carlson lecture. Ed McCleskey (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) gave a keynote. A career development workshop was moderated by Jim Trimmer with Kim Barrett, Ed McCleskey, Theanne Griffith, and Fernando Santana as panelists. Our Chair Fernando Santana gave the State of the Department address. Awards were given to students, postdocs, and lab personnel for poster presentations.

 

2022 Seminars

April 1, 2022

Speaker: Marwa Zafarullah, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Tassone Lab, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine/ UC Davis MIND Institute
Title: "Biomarker Development for Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS)"

April 15, 2022

Speaker: Pablo S. Gaete, Ph.D., Postdoc, Jorge Contreras’ lab, Physiology and Membrane Biology
Title: "Permselectivity properties in connexin hemichannels"

May 6, 2022

Speaker: Victor Flores Tamez

Contact: Nicholas Vierra (ncvierra@ucdavis.edu) or Eamonn Dickson (ejdickson@ucdavis.edu).