Department of Pharmacology Seminar Schedule
Fall 2026
| All talks occur Wednesdays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CST | |||||
| Date | Guest Speaker and Organization | Contact | Seminar Title | Visit/Zoom | Host |
| 9/9/26 |
Dr. Ruth Heidelberger, Professor Univ. of Texas HSC |
Ruth.Heidelberger@uth.tmc.edu Faculty Profile |
Roles of Syntaxin 3B at Retinal Ribbon-Style Synapses | Visit | Thiru |
| 9/23/26 | Dr. Jessica Filosa Professor Augusta University |
JFILOSA@augusta.edu Faculty Profile |
Impact of Blood Pressure Fluctuations on Neurovascular Outputs | Visit | Thiru |
| 9/30/26 | Dr. Amandeep Bajwa, Professor UTHSC |
abajwa@uthsc.edu Faculty Profile |
TBD | Internal | Sakata |
| 10/28/26 | Dr. Natalie Turner, Post-Doc, Scripps Research Institute |
naturner@scripps.edu Speaker Profile |
A rapid proteomics workflow for comprehensive analysis of histone post-translational modifications associated with alcohol dependence | Zoom | Cruz |
| 11/11/26 | Dr. Lorenzo Leggio, Clinical Director NIDA IRP |
lorenzo.leggio@nih.gov Speaker Profile |
Mind the Gut: GLP-1 and Translational Advances in Addiction Treatment | Visit | Tunstall |
| 12/2/26 | Dr. Ling Li, Professor Univ. of Minnesota |
lil@umn.edu Faculty Profile |
TBD | Visit | Liao |
| 12/9/26 | Dr. Janos Paloczi, Assistant Professor LSU HSC |
jpaloc@lsuhsc.edu Faculty Profile |
TBD | Visit | Bukiya |
Spring 2026
| All talks occur Wednesdays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CST, Room-CRB114 | |||||
| Date | Guest Speaker and Organization | Contact | Seminar Title | Visit/Zoom | Host |
| 2/4/26 | Dr. Carolina L. Haass-Koffler, Associate Prof. Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown Univ. |
carolina_haass-koffler@brown.edu Faculty Profile |
Central and peripheral Biomarkers in the pathophysiology of addiction medicine. | Visit | Tunstall |
| 3/18/26 | Dr. Marshall Elam, Professor UTHSC |
melam@uthsc.edu Faculty Profile |
Cholesterol Lowering therapy: Past, Present and Future | Internal | Malik |
| 3/25/26 | Dr. Laura E. O’Dell, Professor Univ. of Texas at El Paso |
lodell@utep.edu Faculty Profile |
Neural mechanisms that promote nicotine use | Visit | Dopico |
| 4/8/26 | Dr. Lieselot Carrette, Assistant Professor Univ. California San Diego |
lcarrette@health.ucsd.edu Faculty Profile |
Whole-brain imaging for brain state mapping of substance use disorders | Visit | Bukiya |
| 4/29/26 | Dr. Giordano de Guglielm, Assistant Professor Univ. California San Diego |
gdeguglielmo@health.ucsd.edu Faculty Profile |
Multidimensional Profiling of Addiction-like Behaviors in Heterogeneous Stock Rats. From Individual Differences to Medication Development | Visit | Chen |
| 5/06/26 | Dr. Hongkyun Kim, Professor Chicago Medical School |
hongkyun.kim@rosalindfranklin.edu Faculty Profile |
Orchestrating Elegant Movement: Insights from C. Elegans synapses | Visit | Jee |
| 5/20/26 | Dr. Markus Heilig, Professor Linköping University |
markus.heilig@liu.se Faculty Profile |
Deconstructing and reverse-translating alcohol addiction in search of druggable molecular targets | Zoom | Tunstall |