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Join us in welcoming our 2025-2026 Yung-Chi Cheng Lectureship speaker, Dr. Ira Mellman. He will be presenting his work at 4 pm on Thursday, November 13th in The Anlyan Center.
Flyer for Yale Pharmacology's 2025–2026 Yung-Chi Cheng Lecture, presented by Ira Mellman, PhD. Dr. Mellman will be presenting his work at 4 pm on Thursday, November 13, 2025 in The Anlyan Center (TAC) N107, with a reception to follow from 5-6 pm. Dr. Meyer is President of Research at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Chief Scientific Officer at Medici Therapeutics, and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco. The title of his talk is "The Coming Renaissance of Cancer Immunotherapy."
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025–2026 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Dr. Andy Goodman of Yale's Department of Microbial Pathogenesis. He will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, November 6th in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series 2025–2026. This flyer indicates that Andy Goodman, PhD will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, November 6, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Goodman is the C.N.H. Long Professor and Chair of Microbial Pathogenesis and Director of the Microbial Sciences Institute at Yale School of Medicine. The title of his talk is "Drug–Microbiome Interactions."
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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We're excited to share our November Seminar Series schedule! Please join us on November 6th, 13th, and 20th to hear these incredible scientists share their work.

Please reach out to cat.mccann@yale.edu with any seminar-related questions.
Flyer indicating the November lineup of Pharmacology Seminar Series speakers. November 6th: Andy Goodman, PhD (Yale School of Medicine). November 13th: Ira Mellman, PhD (Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy) giving the 2025 Yung-Chi Cheng Lecture. October 20th: Moi Bhattacharyya, PhD (Yale School of Medicine). Seminars are held on Thursdays at 12 pm in the Brady Auditorium with the exception of the Cheng Lecture on November 13th, which will be held at 4 pm in the Anlyan Center N107.
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025–2026 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Dr. Lillian Chong (ltchong.bsky.social). She will be presenting her work at 12 pm on Thursday, October 30th in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series 2025–2026. This flyer indicates that Lillian Chong, PhD will be presenting her work at 12 pm on Thursday, October 30, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Chong is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. The title of her talk is "Illuminating Hidden Protein States and Ligand Escape Pathways with Weighted Ensemble MD."
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025–2026 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Carl-Mikael Suomivuori, PhD. Carl is the newest faculty member to join the Yale Pharmacology department! He will be sharing his work with us at 12 pm on Thursday, October 23rd in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series 2025–2026. This flyer indicates that Carl-Mikael Suomivuori, PhD will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, October 23, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Suomivuori is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Yale School of Medicine. The title of his talk is "Computation as a Virtual Microscope to Guide Drug Design."
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Join us in welcoming our 2025-2026 Alan C. Sartorelli Lectureship speaker, Dr. Tobias Meyer. He will be presenting his work at 4 pm on Thursday, October 16th in The Anlyan Center.
Flyer for Yale Pharmacology's 2025–2026 Alan C. Sartorelli Lecture, presented by Tobias Meyer, PhD. Dr. Meyer will be presenting his work at 4 pm on Thursday, October 16, 2025 in The Anlyan Center (TAC) N107, with a reception to follow from 5-6 pm. Dr. Meyer is the Joseph Hinsey Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology and Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. The title of his talk is "Both Structural and Signaling Polarity Mechanisms Direct Cell Migration."
October 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025–2026 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Dr. Brent Stockwell (brentstockwell.bsky.social). He will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, October 9th in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series 2025–2026. This flyer indicates that Brent Stockwell, PhD will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, October 9, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Stockwell is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor & Chair of Biological Sciences and Professor of Chemistry and of Pathology & Cell Biology at Columbia University. The title of his talk is "Drugs, Food, & Metabolism: Ferroptosis as a New Therapeutic Paradigm."
October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Our Seminar Series lineup for October kicks off this Thursday, October 2nd! We have a fantastic variety of talented scientists sharing their work with us this month.

Please reach out to cat.mccann@yale.edu with any seminar-related questions.
Flyer indicating the October lineup of Pharmacology Seminar Series speakers. October 2nd: Andy Martin, PhD (University of California, Berkeley). October 9th: Brent Stockwell, PhD (Columbia University). October 16th: Tobias Meyer, PhD (Weill Cornell Medicine) giving the 2025 Alan C. Sartorelli Lecture. October 23rd: Carl-Mikael Suomivuori, PhD (Yale School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology). October 30th: Lillian Chong, PhD (University of Pittsburgh). Seminars are held on Thursdays at 12 pm in the Brady Auditorium with the exception of the Sartorelli Lecture on OCtober 16th, which will be held at 4 pm in the Anlyan Center N107.
October 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025–2026 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Dr. Andy Martin. He will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, October 2nd in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series 2025–2026. This flyer indicates that Andy Martin, PhD will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Allen is an HHMI Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Structural Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. The title of his talk is "Destruction with High Specificity: Mechanisms of Ubiquitin-Dependent and -Independent Protein Degradation by the 26S Proteasome."
September 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025–2026 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Dr. Karen Allen. She will be presenting her work at 12 pm on Thursday, September 25th in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series 2025–2026. This flyer indicates that Karen Allen, PhD will be presenting her work at 12 pm on Thursday, September 25, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Allen is a Professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Material Science & Engineering at Boston University. The title of her talk is "Making Glycans at the Bacterial Membrane Interface."
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Dr. Jen Pluznick (jenpluznick.bsky.social). She will be presenting her work at 12 pm on Thursday, September 18th in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series 2025–2026. This flyer indicates that Jen Pluznick, PhD will be presenting her work at 12 pm on Thursday, September 18, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Pluznick is a Professor in the Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The title of her talk is "Olfactory Receptors and Blood Pressure Regulation."
September 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Join us in welcoming our first speaker of the 2025-2026 Pharmacology Seminar Series, Dr. Xuejun Jiang. He will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, September 4th in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series. This flyer indicates that Xuejun Jiang, Ph.D. will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, September 4, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Jiang is the Virginia and Daniel K. Ludwig Professor of Cell Biology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The title of his talk is "Ferroptosis: Mechanisms and Role in Disease."
September 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Welcome to the 2025-2026 academic year!

We're excited to start up our annual Pharmacology Seminar Series again. See below to find out which stellar scientists will be sharing their work with us this month.

Please reach out to cat.mccann@yale.edu with any seminar questions.
September 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Congratulations to this year's Yale Pharmacology Ph.D. graduates: Sam Dorry (Bennett lab), Zunyu He (Ha lab), Vanessa Kelley (Contessa lab), Christina Papini (Anderson lab), and Zaritza Petrova (Lemmon lab).

Drs. He, Petrova, and Kelley are pictured with Prof. Ferguson.
May 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Join us in welcoming our 2025 Alan C. Sartorelli Lectureship speaker, Karen Vousden. She will be presenting her work at 4 pm on Thursday, May 22nd in The Anlyan Center.
Flyer for the 2025 Alan C. Sartorelli Lecture, presented by the Yale Department of Pharmacology. This flyer indicates that Karen Vousden, Ph.D. will be presenting her work at 4 pm on Thursday, May 22, 2025 in The Anlyan Center, Room N107, with a reception to follow from 5-6 pm. Dr. Vousden is a Principal Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute. The title of her talk is "Diet, Metabolism, and Cancer Progression."
May 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Angela Gronenborn. She will be presenting her work at 12 pm on Thursday, May 8th in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series. This flyer indicates that Angela Gronenborn, Ph.D. will be presenting her work at 12 pm on Thursday, May 8, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Gronenborn is the UPMC Rosalind Franklin Professor and Distinguished Professor of Structural Biology and Professor of Bioengineering and of Chemistry at University of Pittsburgh. The title of her talk is "The Awesome Power of Fluorine NMR—From Drugs to Cells."
May 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Roland Dunbrack (rolanddunbrack.bsky.social). He will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, May 1st in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series. This flyer indicates that Roland Dunbrack, Ph.D. will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Dunbrack is the Director of both the Molecular Modeling and Organic Synthesis facilities and a Professor at the Institute for Cancer Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center. The title of his talk is "Structural Bioinformatics and AlphaFold Modeling of Protein Kinases and their Interactions."
April 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Stephen Trent. He will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, April 24th in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series. This flyer indicates that Stephen Trent, Ph.D. will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Trent is the Georgia Distinguished Regents' Professor and UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. The title of his talk is "Pushing the Envelope: Building and Maintaining the Gram-negative Outer Membrane."
April 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Thank you to everyone who came to the retreat and presented their work, discussed science, sang a little karaoke, and overall fostered the sense of community in the department. Hope to see you all at next year's retreat!
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Yalan Zhang, Ph.D., a senior research scientist in the Kaczmarek lab, was awarded the Third Place Poster Prize.
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Rachel McAllister, a Ph.D. candidate in the Bhattacharyya and Gupta labs, was awarded the Second Place Poster Prize.
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Vanessa Kelley, Ph.D., a recent graduate of the Contessa lab, was awarded the First Place Poster Prize.
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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João Victor Gomes, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Butterwick Lab, was awarded The Elias Lolis Prize for Best Paper for his first author Nature paper (doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07255-w). The structure of BmGr9 bound to D-fructose published in the paper was used on the retreat poster.
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Excellent talk from Yossi Schlessinger at the ASBMB Meeting. He gave the Herbert Tabor Research Award Lecture to a capacity crowd.
April 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Join us in welcoming our next 2025 Pharmacology Seminar Series speaker, Jim Collins. He will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, April 17th in the Brady Auditorium.
Flyer for the Yale Pharmacology Seminar Series. This flyer indicates that Jim Collins, Ph.D. will be presenting his work at 12 pm on Thursday, April 17, 2025 in the Brady Auditorium. Dr. Collins is the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science and Professor of Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a Founding Core Faculty Member of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. The title of his talk is "Deep Learning for Antibiotic Discovery."
April 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM