October 7

Opening a window on the "inner" life of opioid receptors

Braden Lobingier, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health & Science University

Host: John Williams, Ph.D.

February 24, 2022

Convergent mechanisms for pharmacological and cognitive pain modulation

Matt Banghart, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Section on Neurobiology, University of California San Diego

Host: Skyler Jackman, Ph.D.

March 3, 2022

Retinoic acid receptor signaling in spinal cord homeostatic plasticity and neuropathic pain

Lu Chen, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

Host: Gary Westbrook, M.D.

March 9, 2022

Mechanistic insights into gap junction communication channels visualized by CryoEM

Steve Reichow, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Portland State University

Hosts: Eric Gouaux, Ph.D. and  Marc Freeman, Ph.D.

March 17, 2022

Lipid dynamics, Membrane Contact Sites and Neurodegeneration

Pietro De Camilli, M.D.

John Klingenstein Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Cell Biology Director, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience Yale University School of Medicine Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Host: Skyler Jackman, Ph.D.

March 31, 2022

The neurobiology of painful experiences and their modulation by opioids

Greg Scherrer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Host: Tianyi Mao, Ph.D.

April 7, 2022

Intimate interactions in the skin: Sensory axons and epithelial cells cooperate to shape one another during development

Alvaro Sagasti, Ph.D.

Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Hosts: Marc Freeman, Ph.D. and Kelly Monk, Ph.D.

April 21, 2022

Dopamine Dynamics over Space and Time

Josh Berke, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor and Division Chief, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco

Host: Haining Zhong, Ph.D.

April 28, 2022

Molecular Principles of Ion Channels Involved in Taste Perception of Sweet and Bitter

Juan Du, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Center for Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute

Host: Eric Gouaux, Ph.D.

April 29, 2022

Structural Basis for ATP release in purinergic signaling

Wei Lü, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Center for Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute

Host: Eric Gouaux, Ph.D.

May 5, 2022

Neuroimmune Interactions Shaping Social Behavior

Gloria Choi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Investigator, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Host: James Frank, Ph.D.

May 12, 2022

Opening windows into the cell: Bringing structure to cell biology using cryo-electron tomography

Elizabeth Villa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Host: Eric Gouaux, Ph.D.

June 9, 2022

Identifying neural circuits as therapeutic targets

Rebecca P. Seal, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

Host: Larry Trussell, Ph.D.

July 18, 2022

Frontal circuits underlying voluntary movements

Takashi Sato, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina

Host: Tianyi Mao, Ph.D.