Distinguished Lecture Series in Physiology
Each year the Department of Physiology invites distinguished researchers to present their work on topics broadly related to physiology. 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. Seminars will be on Thursdays at 12 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) in GBSF Auditorium and Zoom.
Contact: Jorge Contreras <jecontrer@ucdavis.edu>, Theanne Griffith <tgriffith@ucdavis.edu>.
2024 - 2025 Seminars
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” (PDF)
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" (PDF)
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" (PDF)
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" (PDF)
Host: Theanne Griffith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
January 16, 2025
Speaker: Alexander Payumo, Ph.D., Professor, San Jose State University
February 27, 2025
Speaker: Rajesh Khanna, Ph.D., Professor, University of Florida
April 3, 2025
Speaker: Catherine Christian-Hinman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
May 22, 2025
Speaker: Candice Paulsen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
See: Previous Seminars
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