Department of Pharmacology Seminar Schedule

Spring 2025

Date	Guest Speaker and Organization	Seminar Title	Sponsor
2/19/25	Faculty Meeting (3^rd Wednesday Bi-Monthly)
3/12/25	Dr. Brendan Walker, Prof., University of South Florida	TBD	Dopico
3/19/25	Dr. Qian Cai, Assoc. Prof., Rutgers University	TBD	Liao
4/2/25	Dr. Yumei Feng Earley, Prof., University of Rochester	TBD	Malik
4/9/25	Dr. Andrey Ryabinin, Prof., Oregon Health & Science University	TBD	Bukiya
4/16/25	Dr. Fernanda Laezza, Prof., The University of Texas Medical Branch	TBD	Dopico
4/23/25	Faculty Meeting (3^rd Wednesday Bi-Monthly)
5/7/25	Dr. Henrique Von Gersdorff, Prof., Oregon Health & Science University	TBD	Vaithianathan
5/14/25	Dr. Marisa Roberto, Prof., Scripps Research	TBD	Dopico

Date	Guest Speaker and Organization	Seminar Title	Sponsor
2/7/24	Dr. Brij Singh, Professor, Department of Periodontics; Associate Dean for Research, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.	Calcium channels and neuronal function	Liao
3/13/24	Dr. Lynn Dobrunz, Professor and Chair of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UTHSC.	Role of the Anti-Anxiety factor Neuropeptide Y in Synaptic Plasticity and Traumatic Stress	Dopico
4/3/24	Dr. Declan W. Ali, Professor and Chair, Faculty of Science - Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.	TBD	Bukiya/Dopico
4/24/24	Dr. Daniele Caprioli, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.	TBD	Tunstall
5/29/24	Dr. Richard Roman, Billy Guyton Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, MS.	TBA	Malik

Date	Guest Speaker and Organization	Seminar Title	Sponsor
8/30/23	Dr. Srinivas Sriramula, Assistant Professor, East Carolina State University, Greenville, NC.	Kinin B1 Receptor: Emerging Target for Neuroinflammation in COVID-19	Singh
9/13/23	Dr. Luke J Mortensen, Associate Professor, University of Georgia, GA.	Nonlinear microscopy for the evaluation of musculoskeletal health and regeneration	Vaithianathan
9/27/23	Dr. Jennifer Honeycutt, Assistant Professor, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.	Ultrasonic vocalization playback: A window into the rat emotional brain?	Kirson
10/4/23	Dr. Timothy Huang, Assistant Professor, Sanford Burnham Prebys, La Jolla, CA.	Exploring how an Alzheimer’s risk factor (TREM2) affects tau spreading	Liao
10/18/23	Dr. Jill Bettinger, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.	Alcohol induced memory deficits: State-dependent learning in C. elegans	Jee
11/1/23	Dr. Tinatin Brelidze, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.	TBD	Bukiya
11/8/23	Dr. Seetharaman Jayaraman, Res. Associate Professor, UTHSC, Memphis, TN.	TBD	Dopico
11/29/23	Dr. Hui (Iris) Zhang, Associate Professor, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.	TBD	Zhou
12/6/23	Dr. Brij Singh, Professor, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.	TBD	Liao
12/13/23	Dr. Randall Peterson, Professor, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT.	TBD	Chen