Wednesdays at 12:00 – Noon
Nebraska East Union
Join us for a brown bag lunch with dessert and beverages provided. 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 10, 2014 – Goldenrod Room
Dr. Weiqun (George) Wang
Department of Human Nutrition
Kansas State University
Talk Title: "Mechanisms of Cancer Prevention by Weight Loss via Dietary Calorie Restriction and/or Exercise"
September 24, 2014 – Goldenrod Room
Dr. Terrence Donohue
University of Nebraska Medical Center and Omaha VAMC
Department of VA Research & Internal Medicine
Talk Title: "Influence of Alcohol on Hepatic Autophagy and Proteostasis"
Website: http://www.unmc.edu/intmed/gi/bio.cfm?MyID=218§ion=Gastroenterology-Hepatology
October 8, 2014 – Goldenrod Room
Dr. Paras K. Mishra
Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Talk Title: "Regulating the Regulators of Autophagy in Diabetic Heart"
October 22, 2014 – Sycamore Room
Dr. Bing Wang
Department of Food Science and Technology
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Talk Title: "Application of Risk Assessment in Dietary Recommendation and Regulation"
Website: http://foodsci.unl.edu/wang
November 5, 2014 – Sycamore Room
Dr. Steve Caplan
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Talk Title: "Molecular Mechanisms of Endocytic Recycling"
November 19, 2014 – Columbine Room
Dr. Allen Levine
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
University of Minnesota
Talk Title: "Why can't we stop eating?"
Website: http://fscn.cfans.umn.edu/people/Faculty/AlphabeticalList/allenlevine/index.htm