2026-2027 Seminar Schedule

September 29th, 2026

"Leveraging Rare Disease Models to Advance Scientific and Therapeutic Discovery"  Presented by Ashleigh E. Schaffer, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Molecular and Medical Genetics, Molecular and Medical Genetics Graduate Program, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Biomedical Sciences Program, Oregon Health Science University

October 20th, 2026

"Brain-Body Conduits in Sex-Specific Physiology"  Presented by Holly A. Ingraham, Ph.D. Herzstein Endowed Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco

October 27th, 2026

"Investigating Ca2+ Gating in Connexin Hemichannels" Presented by Nicolas Lisi from the Reichow Lab and "Role of Post-translational Modification in Peroxisome Formation" Presented by Devin Seka from the Gupta Lab. OHSU

November 3rd, 2026

"Serotonergic Mechanisms to Counter Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression" Presented by Erica Levitt, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan

November 10th, 2026

"Lipid Superhighways of the Cell" Presented by Sarah Clark, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Oregon State University

November 17th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Darci Trader

November 24th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Jonathan Tullis (Cohen Lab) and Rachel Lacoursiere (Pruneda Lab)

December 1st, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Christina Woo from Harvard University

December 8th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by John Scott from University of Washington; Riker Endowed Lecture

December 15th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Martin Kelly

January 1st, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Lauren Rodda

January 12th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Yael David

January 19th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Ece Eksi

January 26th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by David Xthona Lee (Reichow Lab) and Hillary Struthers (Avasare Lab)

February 2nd, 2026

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February 9th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Rachel Klevit from University of Washington

February 16th, 2026

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February 23rd, 2026

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March 2nd, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Samson Souza (Reichow Lab) and Rozhan Noroozi (Reichow Lab)

March 9th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Manideep Chavali from Department of Pediatrics at OHSU

March 16th, 2026

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March 30th, 2026

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April 6th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Markus Delling

April 13th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Hayden Adoff (Lobingier Lab) and Andrew Gustafson (Schultz Lab)

April 20th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Abhishek Catterjee

April 27th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Will Wan from Vanderbilt University

May 4th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Brooke Rogers (Saugstad Lab)

May 11th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Yuhan Wang from Cornell University

May 18th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Jennifer Kong from University of Washington

May 25th, 2026

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June 1st, 2026

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June 18th, 2026

Additional information to be determined - Presented by Varik Harris (Schultz Lab) and Flash Talks presented by second year students

June 15th, 2026

Additional information to be determined