PHARMACOLOGY TRACK GRADUATE PROGRAM

Fall Schedule

 
SEPTEMBER

September 9

Paul Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

Department of Biochemistry
UT Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX

Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase by Phosphorylation and Feedback Inhibition
Noon
Room 444B

September 16

Marilyn McGinnis, Ph.D.

Department of Pharmacology
UT Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX

Adolescent anabolic steroid use: Is it harmless?
Noon
Room 444B

September 23

Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, Ph.D.

Professor Neurosurgery
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

Cannabinoid modulation of noradrenergic circuits: Implications of behavior
Noon
Room 444B

September 30

Mark Von Zastrow, Ph.D. (BRIGGS Lecture)

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Cellular/Molecular Pharmacology
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Regulation of signaling receptors by endocytic membrane traffic
4:00pm
Room 409L

OCTOBER

October 7

Sunil Sudarshan, M.D.

Department of Urology
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

TBA
Noon
Room 444B

October 14

NO SEMINAR (week before SfN)

October 21

NO SEMINAR (SfN October 17-21)

October 28

F. Ivy Carroll, Ph.D.

Center for Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
RTI International
Research Triangle Park, NC

Development of selective kappa opioid receptor antagonists
Noon
Room 444B

NOVEMBER

November 4

David R. Sibley, Ph.D.

Chief, Molecular Neuropharmacology Section
NINDS/NIH
Bethesda, MD

Novel mechanisms of dopamine receptor regulation
Noon
Room 444B

November 11

S. John Mihic, Ph.D.

Institute for Neuroscience Section of Neurobiology and Waggoner
Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research; UT at Austin
Austin, TX

Disruption of an inter-subunit electrostatic bond constitutes an initial step in glycine receptor activation: Implications for agonism and partial agonism
Noon
Room 444B

November 18

Milton L. Brown, M.D., Ph.D.

Von Matsch Endowed Chair in Experimental Therapeutics; Diector, Drug Discovery Program
Georgetown University Medical School
Washington, DC

Developing new prostate cancer therapueutics
Noon
Room 444B

November 25

NO SEMINAR (Thanksgiving Week)

DECEMBER

December 2

Robert Dantzer, Ph.D.

Intregrative Immunology and Behavior Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Why do we feel sick and behave in a sick way when we are ill? A case of immune-to-brain communication
Noon
Room 444B

December 9

NO SEMINAR (ACNP December 6-10)

December 16

Addanki Pratap Kumar, Ph.D.

Department of Urology
UT Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX

Natural products for cancer management: Myth or reality?
Noon
Room 444B