Basic Sciences
Pharmacology
Frontiers in Pharmacology Seminar Series
Each year the Department of Pharmacology invites distinguished researchers to present their work on topics broadly related to pharmacology. Topics range from those closely aligned with the research interests of the department to areas of interest to researchers across the UC Davis campus and the UC Davis School of Medicine. All seminars are held in the Genome Building Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays (except where noted otherwise).
2026 Seminars
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Jan. 20, 2026
Speaker: Drew Bennett, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Biochemical and Biophysical Systems Group, Lawrence Livermore National Labs in Berkley
Title: “ezCompChem: A Multiscale Simulation and Machine Learning Software Suite for Therapeutic Design” (PDF)
Host: Heike Wulff, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology -
Feb. 17, 2026
Speaker: Josè Manuel Pioner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Title: “From sarcomeres to tissue remodeling: predicting long-term myosin inhibitor effects in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using preclinical human in vitro models” (PDF)
Host: Stefano Morotti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology -
Mar. 17, 2026
Speaker: Samir Awasthi, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President of Clinical Research, Anumana Inc.
Title: “ECG-AI: From Novel Biomarker to Clinical Reality” (PDF)
Host: Ye Chen-Izu, M.S., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology -
April 21, 2026
Speaker: Huabo Su, Ph.D., Professor, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University
Title: “Neddylation, an emerging mechanism governing cardiovascular health” (PDF)
Host: Manuel Navedo, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology -
April 28, 2026
Speaker: Julia Gorelik, Ph.D., Professor of Biophysics, Cardiovascular Science Division, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
Title: “Functional imaging of nanodomains in cardiomyocytes with scanning ion conductance microscopy: new developments” (PDF)
Host: Johannes W. Hell, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology -
May 19, 2026
Speaker: Pooneh Bagher, Ph.D., Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska
Title: “New Approaches to Address Unanswered Questions: Novel Assay Development for Investigating Vascular Physiology” (PDF)
Host: Madeline Nieves-Cintron, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
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