The seminars always take place Wednesdays at NOON CST.
- February 3, 2021
Judith Eisen - Professor, Department of Biology - University of Oregon
(Zoom)
"Developmental interactions between the microbiome and the nervous system"
- February 24, 2021 - 12:30PM
Franck Mauvais-Jarvis - Director of the Diabetes Discovery Research & Sex-Based Medicine Laboratory and Director of the Tulane Diabetes Research Program, Professor Department of Medicine and Pharmacology - Tulane University
(Zoom)
"Emerging role of testosterone in insulin secretion: Implications for obesity and type 2 diabetes"
- March 3, 2021
Padma Maruvada - NIH, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Director of the Nutrient Metabolism program and director of the Clinical Obesity and Nutrition program
(Zoom)
"NIH’s Nutrition Strategic Plan & Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities in Nutrition Research at NIDDK"
- March 10, 2021
Huabo Su - Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Augusta University, Georgia, USA.
(Zoom)
"Neddylation, a small protein modification with a huge impact on the heart"
- March 17, 2021
Judith Weber - Associate Dean for Research, Professor College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Director Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention
(Zoom)
"The Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention: Understanding the Origins and the Behavioral and Environmental Contributors of Pediatric Obesity"
- March 24, 2021
Vetrivelan Ramalingam - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Boston, MA
(Zoom)
"Does chronic sleep restriction cause metabolic abnormalities?"
- March 31, 2021
Stephen D. Roper - Departments of Physiology & Biophysics and Otolaryngology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
(Zoom)
"Transmitting Taste to the Brain; How Gustatory Signals from Taste Buds are Encoded"
