Date

Speaker (Seminar Host)

Seminar Title

January 11

Kristen Platt
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Kevin Pearson, PhD)

Offspring health effects of voluntary and controlled exercise during murine pregnancy

January 18

Nadeem Mohammed
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Erik Eckhardt, PhD)

Diet, bacteria, and inflammation: The intestinal mucosa and metabolic disease

January 25

Zhenyu Li, MD PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Kentucky

(Lisa Cassis, PhD)

Distinct roles for Src family kinases in regulating endothelial integrity and barrier function

February 1

Junting Ai
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Xiangan Li, PhD)

Role of scavenger receptor B1 in erythropoiesis

February 8

Joseph Layne
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Nancy Webb, PhD)

TBA

February 15

Lindsay Carter
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Kevin Pearson, PhD)

TBA

February 22

Teresa Reyes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

(Vicki King, PhD)

High fat diet and the brain reward system: Prenatal and postnatal effects

February 29

Zhong Zheng
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Xiangan Li, PhD)

Emerging roles of scavenger receptor B1 in adaptive immunity

March 7

Bret H. Goodpaster, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Medicine

(Philip Kern, MD)

Does skeletal muscle fat accumulation play a role in the loss of function with aging?

March 14

Swapan K Das, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine

(Philip Kern, MD)

Integrative genomic approaches to understand the pathophysiology of obesity and insulin resistance

March 21

Sanghee Lee
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Guo-Min Li, PhD)

The molecular mechanism of DNA mismatch repair initiation

March 28

Nalini Santanam, PhD, MPH
Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Toxicology
Joan C Edwards School of Medicine
Marshall University

(Philip Kern, MD)

TBA

April 4

Fred Finkelman, MD
McDonald Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati

(Erik Eckhardt, PhD)

TBA

April 11

Neal Weintraub, MD
Professor
Cardiovascular Division
University of Cincinnati

(Students)

Role of histone deacetylase-9 in adipocyte differentiation and diet-induced obesity

April 18

Dana Dolinoy, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
University of Michigan

(Bernhard Hennig, PhD)

In utero bisphenol A exposure: Effects on epigenetics and metabolic homeostasis throughout the life course

April 25

Cetewayo Rashid
GCNS Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

(Kevin Pearson, PhD)

TBA