Each year the Department of Pharmacology invites distinguished researchers to present their work on topics broadly related to pharmacology. Topics range from those closely aligned with the research interests of the department to areas of interest to researchers across the UC Davis campus and the UC Davis School of Medicine. All seminars are held in the Genome Building Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays (except where noted otherwise).

2026 Seminars

January 20, 2026

Speaker: Drew Bennett, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Biochemical and Biophysical Systems Group, Lawrence Livermore National Labs in Berkley

Title: “ezCompChem: A Multiscale Simulation and Machine Learning Software Suite for Therapeutic Design” (PDF)

Host: Heike Wulff, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology

February 17, 2026

Speaker: Josè Manuel Pioner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Host: Stefano Morotti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology

March 17, 2026

Speaker: Samir Awasthi, M.D., Ph.D., VP of clinical research, Anumana

Host: Ye Chen-Izu, M.S., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology

April 21, 2026

Speaker: Huabo Su, Ph.D., Professor, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University

Host: Manuel Navedo, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology

May 19, 2026

Speaker: Pooneh Bagher, Ph.D., Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska

Host: Madeline Nieves-Cintron, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology