October 2019 Events

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Pharmacology Fall/Halloween Social

9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

1301MSRB III

Please Join Us for the Pharmacology Fall/Halloween Social.

Stop by and socialize, enjoy Washtenaw Dairy doughnuts, gluten free cupcakes and fresh cider. Costumes are welcome and small prizes will be awarded!

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Pharmacology Seminar Series - Andrew Kruse, PhD

12:00 PM

2901 THSL

Andrew Kruse, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

 

"Antibody fragments as tools to interrogate G protein-coupled receptor function"

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Taubman Technology Talk: Optogenetics - Paula Goforth, Ph.D.

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Danto Auditorium, Frankel Cardiovascular Center

Paula Goforth, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Pharmacology; Director, Cellular Physiology Laboratory, Michigan Diabetes Research Center.

 

"Brain Games: manipulating and monitoring neuronal activity"

Monday, October 28, 2019

2019 Counsell Lecture - Prof. John Katzenellenbogen, PhD.

12:00 PM

BSRB Kahn Auditorium (seminar) and BSRB Seminar Rooms (lunch)

Prof. John Katzenellenbogen, PhD, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois

 

"Development and Use of PET Imaging Agents for Breast and Prostate Cancer: Fulfilling the Vision of Raymond Counsell"

Monday, October 28, 2019

Pharmacology Special Seminar - Peter Vollbrecht, Ph.D.

12:00 PM

1301 MSRB III

Peter Vollbrecht, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

 

Are we doing outreach right? Creating engaging and assessable science outreach programs for K-12 students

Friday, October 25, 2019

Pharmacology Student Seminar - Yang Xu

12:00 PM

2901 THSL

Yang Xu, Parent/Coulombe Lab

 

"Spatiotemporal regulation of neutrophil infiltration during tumor progression"

 

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Pharmacology Seminar Series - David Christini, PhD

12:00 PM

2901 THSL

David Christini, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

 

Intact cardiomyocyte electrophysiological approaches for computational model development and drug screening

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Pharmacology Special Seminar - Maren Engelhardt, PhD

12:00 PM

NLH-3695 Med Sci II

Maren Engelhardt, PhD, Acting Head of Microscopy Anatomy and Histopathology, Lecturer of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Group Leader of Institute of Neuroanatomy, Heidelberg University, Germany

 

"Cortical remodeling after spinal cord injury: the impact of distal axonal lesion on upstream neuronal network function

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Pharmacology Seminar Series - John Heuser, MD

12:00 PM

2901 THSL

John Heuser, MD, Senior Scientist, Section on Integrative Biophsyics, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, NIH

 

New electron microscopy on nerve-cultures helps to explain how synapses in our brain orchestrate “learning

Friday, October 11, 2019

Pharmacology Student Seminar - Wenhui Wei

12:00 PM

2901 THSL

Wenhui Wei, Smrcka Lab

 

Golgi-localized β1-adrenergic receptors stimulate Golgi PI4P hydrolysis by PLCɛ to regulate cardiac hypertrophy