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 4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays (except where noted otherwise).
2021 - 2022
January 13, 2022
11:00 a.m. (PST) Via Zoom
Speaker: Roy Ben-Shalom, Assistant Professor in Neurology and the MIND Institute, UC Davis
Title: “Simulating neurodevelopmental disorders: from the channel to the circuit” (PDF)
Host: Julie Bossuyt, Ph.D.
Joint Seminar - Pharmacology & Physiology & Membrane Biology
February 15, 2022
11:00 a.m. (PST) Via Zoom
Speaker: Michael Burton, Assistant Professor of Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Dallas
Title: "Cell and Sex-Specific effects of TLR4 in Neuroimmune interactions in acute pain states” (PDF)
Host: Elva Diaz, Ph.D.
March 15, 2022
Speaker: Jin Zhang, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego
Title: “Illuminating the Biochemical Activity Architecture of the Cell” (PDF)
Hosts: Madeline Nieves-Cintron, Ph.D. and Lin Tian, Ph.D.
Joint Seminar - Pharmacology & Biochemistry
April 19, 2022
Speaker: Jennifer Davis, Associate Professor, Departments of Lab Medicine and Pathology & Bioengineering, Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Associate Director of The Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington
Title: "Regulators of Cardiac Fibroblast Fate & Fibrosis" (PDF)
Host: Julie Bossuyt, Ph.D.
May 3, 2022
Speaker: Robert Edwards, Professor, M.D., Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco
Title: "The Frequency Dependence of Neurotransmitter Release" (PDF)
Host: Johannes W. Hell, Ph.D.
May 17, 2022
Speaker: Nikki Posnack, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Dept of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University
Title: "Plastic – not so fantastic. Evaluating medical device biocompatibility using cardiac models" (PDF)
Host: Crystal Ripplinger, Ph.D.
November 2, 2021
11:00 a.m. (PST) Via Zoom
Speaker: Gabriela Popescu, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Lecture: “NMDA Receptors as Calcium Channels” (PDF)
Host: Johannes W. Hell, Ph.D.
Pharmacology Training Program
UC Davis Cardiovascular Symposium