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).

2025

January 21, 2025

Speaker: Saverio Gentile, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology, Medical University of South Carolina

Title: “Targeting ion channels unveils cancer vulnerability: From bench side to bed side.” (PDF)

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

February 4, 2024

Speaker: Dan Minor, Ph.D., Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco

Title: “Electrosome assembly: A first structural view of ion channel biogenesis.”

Host: Johannes Hell, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology

March 18, 2025

Speaker: Matthew Caporizzo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont

Title: “Assessing diastolic function in HFpEF with working myocardial slices” (PDF)

Host: Donald Bers, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology

April 15, 2025

Speaker: Hanjun Wang, M.D., Margaret Larson Endowed Professor, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Research Faculty, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska

Title: “Neural Crosstalk between the Heart and Lungs in Cardiopulmonary Diseases” (PDF)

Host: Crystal Ripplinger, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology

May 20, 2025

Speaker: John Lueck, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center

Title: “Development of Platform Anticodon Edited (ACE) tRNAs Technologies for Nonsense-Associated Diseases” (PDF)

Host: Yale Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology

June 17, 2025

Speaker: Stacey L. Rentschler, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University in St. Louis

Host: Crystal Ripplinger, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology