Scientific Seminar Series
The KU Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology's Scientific Seminar Series features prominant researchers from KU, the United States and the world.
Scientific Seminar Series - Upcoming Seminars
Untangling the roles of DNA topology and activity-induced DNA breaks in neuronal physiology
Friday, October 15, 2021 | 1:30 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 1020
Ram Madabhushi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Cell Biology, and Neuroscience
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Neural dysfunction in Fragile X syndrome
Friday, October 29, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. (CST)
2049 Malott Hall
Anna Dunaevsky, Ph.D.
Professor, Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Neurological Sciences
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Scientific Seminar Series - Past Seminars
[TBD]
Thursday, May 14, 2020 | 1:30pm (CST)
School of Pharmacy, room 1020
Charles Abrams, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation
University of Illinois at Chicago
"Dark microglia: remodeling neuronal circuits in health and disease"
Monday, March 16, 2020 | 1:30pm (CST)
PharmTox Conference room, Malott Hall, room 5052 (LOCATION CHANGE)
Marie-Eve Tremblay, Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Neuroimmunity Plasticity in Health and Therapy, researcher within the Neurosciences Axis of the CRCHU de Quebec-Laval University & Assistant Professor in Laval University’s Department of Molecular Medicine
CRCHU de Quebec-Laval University
Understanding the Neural Basis of Social Attachment
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | 1:30 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 3002
Devanandi Manoli, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Center for Integrative Neuroscience University of California, San Francisco
Neurovascular Protection by Adropin in Experimental Ischemic Stroke
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | 1:30 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 3002
Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida
Challenges and Progress of Delivering Molecules to the Brain
Thursday, November 1, 2018 | 1:30 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 3004
Teruna Siahaan, Ph.D.
Aya and Takeru Higuchi Distinguished Professor Associate Chair, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Co-Director, NIH Biotechnology Training Program
School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas
Pathways to Parkinsonism
Thursday, March 15, 2018 | 1:30 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 1020
Mark R. Cookson, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Cell Biology and Gene Expression Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIA
NIH
Mitochondrial transporter ABcb6: An Unexpected Journey Through Haem Synthesis, Mitochondrial Dynamics and Beyond
Thursday, December 7, 2017 | 1:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 5052
Partha Kasturi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mechanism of Cr(VI) Carcinogenesis and Prevention
Thursday, November 9, 2017 | 1:30 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 1020
Xianglin Shi, Ph.D.
William A. Marquard Chair in Cancer Research Professor and Director, Center for Research on Environmental Disease, Associate Dean for Research Integration
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Of Mice, Men, and Tics: Translational Studies of Tourette syndrome
Friday, January 27, 2017 | 2:00 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 2040
Christopher Pittenger, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Yale OCD Research Clinic, Yale University School of Medicine
RGS2: A New Modulator of Midbrain Dopamine D2 Receptor Signaling and Addiction Behavior
Friday, April 29, 2016 | 1:30 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 1020
Rong Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Interruption of Zinc Finger Proteins and Arsenic Carcinogenesis
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | 4:00 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 1020
Ke Jian "Jim" Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research
College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico; Director, Brain Imaging Center at the University of New Mexico
Functional Approaches to Translation of Biobehavioral Systems
Friday, April 24, 2015 | 2:00 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 1020
Caroline Blanchard, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Biosciences Center, University of Hawaii
Vitamin A and Retinoic Acid Homeostasis in Health and Disease: Role of ALDH1A and CYP26 Enzymes
Thursday, April 2, 2015 | 4:00 p.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 3020
Nina Isoherranen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington
Myelination of Peripheral Axons: It Takes a Village to Raise a Nerve
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 | 4:00 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Michael Garcia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
Blue Native Gel Analysis of Mitochondrial Proteins: Two Enzymes for Two Deadly Diseases
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Liang-Jun Yat, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of North, Texas Health Science Center
Use of Targeted Metabolomics to Probe Retinoid Metabolism
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Maureen Kane, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Co-Director of Mass Spectronomy Center
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Triggering of Antioxidant Program without Electrophilic Stress
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 | 4:00 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Irina G. Gazaryan, Ph.D.
Director, Drug Discovery | Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medical College
Synthetic Cannabinoids in K2/Spice: Not Just "Safe" Alternative Forms of Marijuana
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Paul L. Prather, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
cAMP Signaling in Polycystic Kidney Disease: The Role of Adenylyl Cyclases and Phosphodiesterases on AVP-Mediated Cyst Formation
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Cibele Pinto, Ph.D.
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kidney Institute
Mitophagy and Mitochondrial Spheroids in Drug- Induced Liver Injury
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Wen-Xing, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics University of Kansas, Medical Center
Angiogenesis and RUNX2-Specific Drug Discovery: Implications of Diabetes & Cancer
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Tony Passaniti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Greenbaum Cancer Center
Sweating the Small Stuff: Stress Effects on Corticolimbic Structure and Function
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Cara Wellman, Ph.D.
Professor
Indiana University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Neuroinflammation and Obesity-Related Diseases
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Dongsheng Cai, Ph.D.
Irma T. Hirschl Scholar, Professor
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Understanding Host Resistance to Ehrlichia Chaffeensis: What do Bugs Have to Do with It?
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Stephen Keith Chapes, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Biology
Kansas State University
Vascular Disease in Diabetic Neuropathy
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Mark Yorek, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa, Associate Chief of Staff for Research
Autophagy in Neurons and Neurodegeneration
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Zhenyu Yue, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Neurology & Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Nicotine Stimulus: A New Approach to Dis-entangling its Underlying Neuropharmacological Mechanisms
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Rick Allen Bevins, Ph.D.
Carl A. Happlold Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Synaptic Mitochondrial Alterations Contribute to Synaptic Degeneration in Alzheimer's Disease
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 | 4:00 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Heng Du, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Higuchi Biosciences Center, University of Kansas
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Is the Train of Pain Caused Mainly by the Brain?
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Nigel Calcutt
Professor of Pathology
University of California San Diego
Breaking it Down: The Blood-brain Barrier in Cerbrovascular Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Michal Toborek, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery, Molecular Biochemistry and Nutrition, Associate Chair for Research, Department of Neurosurgery, Molecular Neuroscience and Vascular Biology Laboratory
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Using Force-plate Actometers to Characterize the Movement Abnormalities of Huntington's Disease Model Mice and Rats: Behavioral Concomitants of Striatal
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 | 3:30 p.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2049
Stephen Fowler, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology | Senior Scientist
School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas | Life Span Institute, University of Kansas
