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."