Scientific Seminar Series
KU Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology's Scientific Seminar Series features prominent researchers from KU, the United States and the world.
Recent Seminars
![Rebecca Gillani](/sites/pharmtox/files/2024-02/rebeccaGillani.jpg)
Rebecca L. Gillani, MD, Ph.D.
Neurology Instructor
Department of Neurology / Neuroimmunology and Neuro-Infectious Diseases Division, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital
Neuroinflammation Destabilizes Excitatory Synapses, Altering Excitatory Circuit Inputs to Individual Cells
| 1:00 p.m. (CST)
Zoom Meeting
Silvia Fossati, Ph. D.
Associate Professor and Associate Director
Alzheimer’s Center at Temple (ACT)
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cerebrovascular and Cardiac Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease and CAA; a Mitochondria-targeted Therapeutic Strategy
| 9:30 a.m. (CST)
Malott Hall, Room 2048
![jorge-profile](/sites/pharmtox/files/2023-09/Jorge%20Palop.jpg)
Jorge Palop, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator, Gladstone Institutes, and Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
UC San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Network Abnormalities and Interneuron Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease
| 10:00 a.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 1020
![jeremy-profile](/sites/pharmtox/files/2023-09/jeremy.png)
Jeremy Herskowitz, Ph. D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics
Department of Neurology
Mechanisms of Synaptic Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease
| 10:00 a.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 1020
![Feixiong Cheng](/sites/pharmtox/files/2023-05/feixiong-cheng-seminar.jpg)
Feixiong Cheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Harnessing Genetics, Genomics, Endophenotype, and Network Medicine for Alzheimer's Disease Target and Drug Discovery
| 9:30 a.m. (CST)
School of Pharmacy, Room 1020
![Yueming Li](/sites/pharmtox/files/2023-03/li-yueming-web.jpg)
Yueming Li, Ph.D.
Biochemist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
Modulation of γ-secretase in Alzheimer and Cancer
| 1:00 p.m. (CST)
Zoom meeting
![Jeffrey Zigman](/sites/pharmtox/files/2022-09/jeffery-zigman-web.jpg)
Jeffrey Zigman, MD, Ph.D.
Professor
Internal Medicine | Psychiatry
UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
The Ghrelin System and Body Weight
| 10:30 a.m. (CST)
Dole Human Development Center, Room 2096
Past Seminars
Name/Organization | Seminar Title/Date |
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Anna Dunaevsky, Ph.D. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE | Neural dysfunction in Fragile X syndrome October 29, 2021 |
Ram Madabhushi, Ph.D. UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX | Untangling the roles of DNA topology and activity-induced DNA breaks in neuronal physiology October 15, 2021 |
Charles Abrams, M.D., Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago | May 14, 2020 |
Marie-Eve Tremblay, Ph.D. CRCHU de Quebec-Laval University | Dark microglia: remodeling neuronal circuits in health and disease March 16, 2020 |
Devanandi Manoli, M.D., Ph.D. Center for Integrative Neuroscience University of California, San Francisco | Understanding the Neural Basis of Social Attachment May 7, 2019 |
Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, Ph.D. Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Florida | Neurovascular Protection by Adropin in Experimental Ischemic Stroke April 30, 2019 |
Teruna Siahaan, Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas | Challenges and Progress of Delivering Molecules to the Brain November 1, 2018 |
Mark R. Cookson, Ph.D. NIH | Pathways to Parkinsonism March 15, 2018 |
Partha Kasturi, Ph.D. University of Kansas Medical Center | Mitochondrial transporter ABcb6: An Unexpected Journey Through Haem Synthesis, Mitochondrial Dynamics and Beyond December 7, 2017 |
Xianglin Shi, Ph.D. University of Kentucky College of Medicine | Mechanism of Cr(VI) Carcinogenesis and Prevention November 9, 2017 |
Christopher Pittenger, M.D., Ph.D. Yale University School of Medicine | Of Mice, Men, and Tics: Translational Studies of Tourette syndrome January 27, 2017 |
Rong Chen, Ph.D. Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine | RGS2: A New Modulator of Midbrain Dopamine D2 Receptor Signaling and Addiction Behavior April 29, 2016 |
Ke Jian "Jim" Liu, Ph.D. Brain Imaging Center at the University of New Mexico | Interruption of Zinc Finger Proteins and Arsenic Carcinogenesis November 11, 2015 |
Caroline Blanchard, Ph.D. Biosciences Center, University of Hawaii | Functional Approaches to Translation of Biobehavioral Systems April 24, 2015 |
Nina Isoherranen, Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington | Vitamin A and Retinoic Acid Homeostasis in Health and Disease: Role of ALDH1A and CYP26 Enzymes Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
Michael Garcia, Ph.D. Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia | Myelination of Peripheral Axons: It Takes a Village to Raise a Nerve February 25, 2015 |
Liang-Jun Yat, Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of North, Texas Health Science Center | Blue Native Gel Analysis of Mitochondrial Proteins: Two Enzymes for Two Deadly Diseases March 12, 2014 |
Maureen Kane, Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mass Spectronomy Center, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy | Use of Targeted Metabolomics to Probe Retinoid Metabolism February 26, 2014 |
Irina G. Gazaryan, Ph.D. Neurology & Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medical College | Triggering of Antioxidant Program without Electrophilic Stress October 16, 2013 |
Paul L. Prather, Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Synthetic Cannabinoids in K2/Spice: Not Just "Safe" Alternative Forms of Marijuana September 18, 2013 |
Cibele Pinto, Ph.D. University of Kansas Medical Center, Kidney Institute | cAMP Signaling in Polycystic Kidney Disease: The Role of Adenylyl Cyclases and Phosphodiesterases on AVP-Mediated Cyst Formation May 8, 2013 |
Wen-Xing, Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics University of Kansas, Medical Center | Mitophagy and Mitochondrial Spheroids in Drug- Induced Liver Injury April 24, 2013 |
Tony Passaniti, Ph.D. Dept. of Pathology, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Greenbaum Cancer Center | Angiogenesis and RUNX2-Specific Drug Discovery: Implications of Diabetes & Cancer April 17, 2013 |
Cara Wellman, Ph.D. Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University | Sweating the Small Stuff: Stress Effects on Corticolimbic Structure and Function April 3, 2013 |
Dongsheng Cai, Ph.D. Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Neuroinflammation and Obesity-Related Diseases January 23, 2013 |
Stephen Keith Chapes, Ph.D., M.P.H. Biology, Kansas State University | Understanding Host Resistance to Ehrlichia Chaffeensis: What do Bugs Have to Do with It? May 2, 2012 |
Mark Yorek, Ph.D. Internal Medicine, University of Iowa | Vascular Disease in Diabetic Neuropathy April 11, 2012 |
Zhenyu Yue, Ph.D. Department of Neurology & Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Autophagy in Neurons and Neurodegeneration March 7, 2012 |
Rick Allen Bevins, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | The Nicotine Stimulus: A New Approach to Dis-entangling its Underlying Neuropharmacological Mechanisms February 22, 2012 |
Heng Du, Ph.D. Higuchi Biosciences Center, University of Kansas | Synaptic Mitochondrial Alterations Contribute to Synaptic Degeneration in Alzheimer's Disease December 7, 2011 |
Nigel Calcutt Pathology, University of California San Diego | Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Is the Train of Pain Caused Mainly by the Brain? April 20, 2011 |
Michal Toborek, Ph.D. Department of Neurosurgery, Molecular Neuroscience and Vascular Biology Laboratory, University of Kentucky Medical Center | Breaking it Down: The Blood-brain Barrier in Cerbrovascular Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants March 2, 2011 |
Stephen Fowler, Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Kansas | Using Force-plate Actometers to Characterize the Movement Abnormalities of Huntington's Disease Model Mice and Rats: Behavioral Concomitants of Striatal February 23, 2011 |