NGN Seminar Series Fall 2012

Wednesdays at 12:00 – Noon
Nebraska East Union

All seminars are held in the Nebraska East Union unless otherwise noted.  If room assignments change, that information can be found on the meeting schedule posted in the Union the day of the seminar.

September 5 – Columbine/Goldenrod Room

K. Sandeep Prabhu, PhD
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Penn State

Talk Title: "Anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties of selenium"

September 26 – Garden Room

Kevin Schalinske, PhD
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Iowa State University

Talk Title: "Regulation of glycine N-methyltransferase and homocysteine: critical determinants in health and disease"

October 10 – Sunflower Room

Matt Rowling, PhD
Food Sci. and Human Nutrition
Iowa State University

Talk Title: "Vitamin D transport mechanisms in health and disease"

October 24 – Great Plains Room, Section 2

Saraswathi Viswanathan, PhD
Div. of Diabetes, Endocrine & Metabolism
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Talk Title: "The effects of long chain fatty acids in modulating adipogenesis: Are all ω-3 fatty acids the same?"

November 14 – Columbine/Goldenrod Room

Paul Coates, PhD
Office of Dietary Supplements
NIH

Talk Title: "Dietary Supplement Research Isn’t That Hard – Or Is It?"

November 28 – Columbine/Goldenrod Room

Robert Lewis, PhD
Eppley Institute for Cancer Research
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Talk Title: "Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Programming"

December 12 – Columbine/Goldenrod Room

Qiaozhu Su, PhD
Nutrition and Health Sciences
University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Talk Title: "Cellular stress signaling in hepatic very low density lipoprotein metabolism and insulin resistance."