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Pharmacology and Chemical Biology Seminar Series
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Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
2/2/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“A positive allosteric gating modifier of Cav2 voltage-gated calcium channels with therapeutic potential to treat a variety of neuromuscular diseases”
Stephen Meriney, PhD
Professor and Chair, Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh
My talk will focus on the rational design and development of a novel voltage-gated calcium channel drug. I will start with the basic science that led to the discovery, and then present the pre-clinical data that supports the development of this drug for use in a variety of neuromuscular diseases (including SMA, ALS, and LEMS), as well as frailty in normal aging.
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
2/9/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“Identifying novel glial therapeutic targets in Parkinson’s disease”
Abby Olsen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor Neurology
University of Pittsburgh
There are no disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson’s disease, and glial cells have been overlooked as a source of potential therapeutic targets. Dr. Olsen will discuss efforts to better understand the genetic contribution of glia to Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis. These efforts rely heavily on a
Drosophila
model of Parkinson’s disease that can be used to understand the mechanism of known risk genes in glia and also to identify novel glial genes that contribute to pathogenesis.
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
2/23/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
"May the Force Be with You: Vascular Piezo1 and the Cerebral Blood Flow Symphony" (tentative)
Osama Harraz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Larner College of Medicine
University of Vermont
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
3/2/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“Cancer cell cycle plasticity in tumorigenesis and drug resistance”
Wayne Stallaert, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Computational and Systems Biology
Hillman Cancer Center
University of Pittsburgh
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
3/16/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“Store-operated calcium signaling in the brain: new tricks for an aging dog”
Murali Prakriya, PhD
Magerstadt Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
3/23/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“Targeting regeneration in lung aging and disease”
Melanie Koenigshoff, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
3/30/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“Ion Channels and Transporters in Immunity: known and unknowns”
Stefan Feske, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Pathology
Jeffrey Bergstein Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
4/6/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“mTOR Signaling and Cancer”
Steven Zheng, PhD
University Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Chief, Cancer Pharmacology and Co-Leader
Cancer Pharmacology Research Program
The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
4/13/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“More than target practice: Resurrecting old data & orphaned drugs for an orphan cancer”
Gary Hammer, MD, PhD
Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer
University of Michigan
Rogel Cancer Center
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
4/20/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“Metabolic Control of Quiescence”
Allison Sharrow, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar Series
4/27/2023 - 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
“DNA strand break repair and links to human disease”
Stephen West, FRS, FMedSci
Principal Group Leader
The Francis Crick Institute
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