PSPG Seminar Series Archive

This is a list of events in prior years of the PSPG Seminar Series.

Jump below to

Academic Year 2025-2026

DateSpeakerHost
10/01/25Ana Ruiz, Gilead SciencesRada Savic
10/08/25Joshua LaBaer, Arizona State UniversityArun Wiita
10/22/25Jinan Behnan, Albert Einstein College of MedicineOlivia Lu
10/29/25Caroline Bartman, University of PennsylvaniaChris Hsiung
11/12/25Alexandra C. Newton, UC San DiegoIwei Yeh
11/19/25Heather Mefford, St. JudeNadav Ahituv
12/03/25Peter Yingxiao Wang, University of Southern CaliforniaYin Shen
12/10/25Ali Shilatifard, Northwestern UniversityThu Pham
1/21/26Zinaida Good, Stanford UniversityMaggie Colton Cove
1/28/26Fred De Sauvage, GenentechSu Guo
2/04/26Xin Qi, Case Western Reserve UniversitySu Guo
2/11/26Casper Hoogenraad, GenentechNadav Ahituv
2/18/26Jason Karnes, University of ArizonaAkinyemi Oni-Orisan
2/25/26Oliver Hahn, Calico LabsCarlo Condello
3/04/26Joy Zuchero, Denali Therapeutics, Inc.Carlo Condello
3/11/26Inma Cobos, Stanford UniversityCarlota Pereda Serras
3/17/26Piet van der Graaf, CertaraLiang Zhao
3/18/26Hailiang Huang, Broad InstituteYin Shen
4/15/26Raman Venkataramanan, University of PittsburghAnu Patel
4/22/26Andres Bendesky, Columbia UniversitySu Guo
4/29/26Paul Seidler, University of Southern CaliforniaCarlo Condello
5/6/26Issam Awad, University of ChicagoOlivia Lu
5/13/26Samira Musah, Duke UniversityShuvo Roy
5/20/26Belén Pérez Solans, PharmactuarialsChristine Wan

Academic Year 2024-2025

DateSpeakerHost
10/02/24Paul Mischel, Stanford UniversityIwei Yeh
10/23/24Roey Baror, InsitroCarlota Pereda Serras
11/13/24Jaehyuk Choi, Northwestern UniversitySham Rampersaud
11/20/24Nick Cochran, Hudson Alpha InstituteJennifer Yokoyama
12/04/24Jiyang Yu, St. JudeOlivia Lu
12/11/24Tyler E. Miller, Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineOlivia Lu
1/15/25Edmund Au, Columbia UniversityAlex Pollen
1/22/25Trevor Martin, Mammoth BiosciencesCarlota Pereda Serras
1/29/25E. Richard Stanley, Albert Einstein College of MedicineCarlo Condello
2/05/25Bree Aldridge, Tufts UniversityBabak Javid
2/12/25Patrick Hsu, UC BerkeleyOrry Elor
3/05/25Siyuan (Steven) Wang, Yale UniversityYin Shen
3/13/25Mark Bush, Viiv HealthcareSilver Al Khafaji
3/19/25Amita Joshi, GenentechSilver Al Khafaji
3/26/25Natalia Gomez-Ospina, Stanford UniversityCarlo Condello
4/16/25Stanley Qi, Stanford UniversityNadav Ahituv
4/30/25Zhipeng Meng, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineOlivia Lu
5/7/25Tangsheng Yi, Gilead SciencesOlivia Lu
  

Academic Year 2023-2024

DateSpeakerHost 
9/27/23Michael Ehlers, ATPSteven Altschuler 
10/04/23Nicholas Hertz, MitokininCarlo Condello 
10/18/23Randall Peterson, University of UtahSu Guo 
11/15/23Yarui Diao, Duke UniversityYin Shen 
11/29/23Jasmine Luzum, University of MichiganSilver Al Khafaji 
12/06/23Marsha Rosner, University of ChicagoSteven Altschuler 
1/10/24Han-Joo Kim, IMNEWRUN, South KoreaCarlo Condello 
1/17/24JoAnn Trejo, UC San DiegoLuis Santiago 
1/31/24Andreas Pfenning, CMUYin Shen 
2/07/24Eli Van Allen, DFCI/HarvardAlejandro Sweet-Cordero 
2/21/24Lea Starita, University of WashingtonNadav Ahituv 
4/03/24Mark Bush, Viiv Healthcare, POSTPONED to 2024-2025Silver Al Khafaji 
4/10/24Anne Elizabeth West, Duke UniversityYin Shen 
4/17/24Tamorah Lewis, University of TorontoDara Torgerson 
5/16/24Xinning Yang, U.S. FDASilver Al Khafaji 
5/29/24Connor Coley, MITBrian Shoichet 

 

Academic Year 2022-2023

DateSpeakerHost 
10/26/2022Amy Abernethy, Verily (Virtual)Atul Butte 

11/02/2022

Houda Alachar, USCSilver Al Khafaji 
12/07/2022Marsha Rosner, Univ of Chicago, POSTPONEDSteven Altschuler 
1/18/2023Rucha Sane, GenentechSilver Al Khafaji 
1/25/2023Mark R. Philips, NYUTrever Bivona 
2/08/2023Marco Vignuzzi, Singapore Agency for Science, Research and Technology, ID LabsBrian Shoichet 
2/15/2023Gilbert Di Paolo, Denali TherapeuticsCarlo Condello 
2/22/2023Jesse Dixon, Salk InstituteYin Shen 
3/01/2023Shiva Malek, NovartisSilver Al Khafaji 
3/08/2023Loren Walensky, HarvardSteven Altschuler 
3/15/2023Feng Yue, Northwestern UnivYin Shen 
4/05/2023Hao Wu, University of PennsylvaniaYin Shen 
4/12/2023Erica Woodahl, Univ of MontanaDeanna Kroetz 
5/10/2023Brigitte Kieffer, McGill UniversityChase Webb 
5/24/2023Michael Snyder, Stanford UniversitySu Guo 
5/31/2023Charles Gersbach, Duke UniversityYin Shen 

Academic Year 2021-2022

DateSpeakerHost 

11/03/2021

Terri Young, UW Madison (Virtual)Colin Germer 
1/05/2022Tao Ma, Wake Forest University (Virtual)Su Guo 
2/02/2022Bev Davidson, University of Pennsylvania (Virtual)Ophir Klein 
2/23/2022Erica Woodahl, University of Montana, POSTPONED TO 2022-2023Deanna Kroetz 

3/02/2022

Eric Chan, National University of Singapore (Virtual)Janice Goh 
3/30/2022Andy McCallion, Johns HopkinsNadav Ahituv 
4/06/2022Brigitte Kieffer, McGill University, POSTPONED TO 2022-2023Chase Webb 
4/13/2022Joanne Wang, University of WashingtonLes Benet 
4/20/2022Feng Yue, Northwestern University, POSTPONED to 2022-2023Yin Shen 
4/27/2022Roger Sunahara, UCSD Skaggs School of PharmacyChase Webb 
5/04/2022Bessie Young, University of Washington (Virtual)Michelle Wang 
5/11/2022Georg Winter, Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, ViennaMichelle Arkin 
5/18/2022Jun Yang, St Judes ChildrensDeanna Kroetz 
5/25/2022Mandë Holford, CUNY Hunter College (Virtual)Dina Buitrago 

Academic Year 2020-2021

DateSpeakerHost 

10/07/2020

Dr. Andrew Patterson, Penn StateJanice Goh 
10/21/2020Dr. Aditya Murthy, GenentechSteve Altschuler 
10/28/2020Dr. Glenn Simmons, University of MinnesotaBrenda Melano 

11/04/2020

Dr. David Savage, UC BerkeleyNadav Ahituv 
12/02/2020Dr. Don Mager, University of BuffaloKendra Radtke 
12/09/2020Dr. Don McDonnell, Duke UniversityArielle Shkedi 
1/06/2021Dr. Ron Najafi, Emery PharmaLes Benet 
1/13/2021Dr. Emmanuel Chigutsa, Indiana UniversityJackie Ernest 
1/20/2021Dr. Bessie Young, University of Washington, POSTPONED TO 2021-2022Michelle Wang 
1/27/2021Dr. Wenndy Hernandez, University of ChicagoMegan Koleske 
2/03/2021Dr. Susan Abdel-Rahman, Children's Mercy HospitalRada Savic 
2/17/2021Dr. Richmond Sarpong, UC BerkeleyChase Webb 
2/24/2021Dr. Minoli Perera, NorthwesternChase Webb 
3/03/2021Dr. Paul Jensen, UC San DiegoLani Wu 
3/31/2021Dr. Yun Li, University of North CarolinaYin Shen 
4/07/2021Dr. Andy McCallion, Johns Hopkins University, POSTPONED TO 2021-2022Nadav Ahituv 
4/14/2021Dr. Joseph Wu, Stanford UniversityDeanna Kroetz 
4/21/2021Dr. Jun Yang, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, POSTPONED TO 2021-2022Deanna Kroetz 
4/28/2021Dr. David Hawkins, University of WashingtonYin Shen 
5/05/2021Dr. Blanton Tolbert, Case Western Reserve UniversityChase Webb 
5/12/2021Dr. Sarah TishkoffDina Buitrago Silva 
5/19/2021Dr. Brigitte Keiffer, McGill University, POSTPONED TO 2021-2022Chase Webb 
5/26/2021Dr. Gary Hon, UT SouthwesternYin Shen 
6/02/2021Dr. Lola Fashoyin-Aje, FDAMichelle Wang 

Academic Year 2019-2020

DateSpeakerTitleHost
9/11/19

J. Joseph Melenhorst, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

A synthetically augmented natural reality of CAR T cellsJ. Williams
10/02/19

Shawn Owen, PhD

University of Utah

Building Superior Biomolecules: Enhancing ADCs, Replacing ELISA, and Resurrecting ADEPTB. Shoichet
10/16/19

Mohamed Donia, PhD

Princeton University

Production and metabolism of bioactive small molecules by the human microbiomeP. Turnbaugh
11/13/19

Neil Hanchard, PhD

Baylor University

'Out of Africa’ genomicsJ. Enogieru
12/04/19

Libusha Kelly, PhD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The ecology and chemistry of microbiome drug metabolism.D. Kroetz
1/22/20

Sara Kenkare, PhD

Genentech

Developing drugs, Personalizing medicinesL. Benet
2/05/20

Brian Kobilka, PhD

Stanford University

Structural insights into the dynamic process of G protein coupled receptor activation.C. Webb
2/19/20

Aaron Streets, PhD

UC Berkeley

Imaging and Sequencing Single CellsS. Altschuler
3/04/20

Stephen Haggarty, PhD

Harvard Medical School

Toward Humanizing CNS Drug Discovery with Patient-Derived Stem CellsS. Altschuler

3/11/20

BH 212

Joseph Harrison, PhD

University of the Pacific

Developing Rationally Designed Molecules Targeting the Ubiquitin Pathway.J. Sodhi

CANCELED

3/25/20

HD 160

Joseph Wu, PhD

Stanford University

CANCELED

Stem Cells and Genomics for Precision Medicine

CANCELED

D. Kroetz

CANCELED

4/01/20

David Savage, PhD

UC Berkeley

CANCELED

High-throughput approaches for engineering CRISPR-Cas proteins

CANCELED

N. Ahituv

4/15/20

REMOTE

Li Di, PhD

Pfizer

REMOTE

Recent Advances in Prediction of Clearance and Unbound Partition Coefficient in Drug Discovery and Development

L. Benet

CANCELED

4/29/20

Paul Jensen, PhD

UC San Diego

CANCELED

Natural products and the gene cluster revolution

L. Wu

CANCELED

5/13/20

Sarah Tishkoff, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

CANCELED

Genomic Evolution and Adaptation in Africa: Implications for Health and Disease

D. Buitrago Silva

CANCELED

5/27/20

David Hawkins, PhD

University of Washington

CANCELEDY. Shen

Academic Year 2018-2019

DateSpeakerTitleHost
10/09/18

Spiros Liras, PhD

Pfizer

TBAS. Altschuler
11/13/18

William Jusko, PhD

SUNY, Buffalo

PK/PD/Systems Modeling: Lessons from CorticosteroidsL. Benet
11/27/18

Joseph Polli, PhD

GlaxoSmithKline

The Role of Transporters in Lapatinib CNS and Tumor DispositionD. Kroetz
1/08/19

Joseph Dougherty, PhD

Washington University School of Medicine

TBAN. Ahituv
1/16/19

OFF-DATE, Lei Zhang, PhD

FDA

Role of Regulatory Sciences in Reducing Barriers to Generic Drug Product DevelopmentL. Lin
2/26/19

Susana Valente, PhD

The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter Campus

TBAM. Ott
3/12/19

Richard Friesner, PhD

Columbia

TBAB. Shoichet
4/09/19

Jash Unadkat, PhD

University of Washington

Pursuing the holy grail of predicting and verifying tissue drug concentrations: A proteomics and PET imaging approachL. Benet
4/23/19

Hae Kyung Im, PhD

University of Chicago

Scanning the phenome to annotate the function of every human geneM. Vysotskiy
5/07/19

Fiona Marshall, PhD

Merck

The changing face of drug discovery-- leveraging biology to develop novel therapeuticsB. Shoichet
5/21/19

Barbara Imperiali, PhD

MIT

Protein Glycosylation: Pathways and ProcessesB. Shoichet