Fall 2025 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| September 11 | Courtney Karner University of Texas – Southwestern | Glutamine Metabolism and the Control of Bone Mass |
| September 18 | Andrea Galmozzi University of Wisconsin – Madison | Mechanisms of Metabolic Signaling in Adipose Tissue |
| September 24, 3:00 PM DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building | NMGP Students Present: Matthew Vander Heiden Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Influence of Nutrients on Cancer Progression |
| October 2 | Wei Wei University of Wisconsin – Madison, Biochemistry | Deorphanizing Biochemical Pathways of Nutrient Metabolism |
| October 9 | Romeo Blanc University of Wisconsin – SMPH | Aging by Fire: How Inflammation and Iron Drive Ferroptosis Vulnerability in Stem Cells via Epigenetic Erosion |
| October 16 | HuiChuan Lai University of Wisconsin- Madison | Multi-center Longitudinal Study on Breastfeeding, Growth, Gut Microbiome and Lung Health in Children with Cystic Fibrosis |
| October 23 | Jake Hermanson University of Wisconsin-Madison NMGP Exit Seminar | Dissecting Interactions Between Diet and Gut Microbiota that Drive Chronic Liver Disease |
| October 30 | Martin Kaufmann Queens University | Mass Spectrometry Applications in Translational Research: From Personalized Vitamin D Metabolism to Surgical Resection Margin Assessment in the Operating Room |
| November 6 | Hooman Allayee University of California – Los Angeles | Systems Genetics Studies of Metabolic Pathways Associated with Cardiovascular Traits |
| November 13 | Mark Meyer University of Wisconsin – Madison | Genomic control of vitamin D metabolism by FGF23 |
| November 20 | Neil Surana Duke University | A Commensal-Derived Sugar Protects Against Obesity |
| November 27 | Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving |
| December 4 | Mark Heggen, UW-Madison NMGP Exit Seminar | (p)ppGpp Modulates Intraspecies Competition in the Gut Microbiome |
Spring 2025 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| January 23 | Jim Kaput Vydiant | The Future of Health Management: Leveraging AI and Machine Learning for Personalized Lifestyle Guidance |
| January 30 | Kerim Eroglu North Carolina State University | Harnessing Carotenoid Metabolism in the Gut Microbiota and Implications for Host Mammalian Organisms |
| February 6 | Kuda Lamin-Bangura National Dairy Council | The role of Dairy Food Intake for Imrpoving Health among Black Americans Across the Life Continuum |
| February 13 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| February 20 | Maggie Alexander University of Wisconsin-Madison | Mechanisms of diet-microbiota-immune interactions during autoimmunity |
| February 27 | Colin Jefcoate University of Wisconsin-Madison | CYP1B1 integrates functions of dietary iron, retinol and a-linolenic acid in developing liver: growth linkage to SREBP forms and hepcidin |
| March 6 | Kim Buhman Purdue University | Dietary Fat Absorption in Health and Disease |
| March 13 | Sam Klein Washington University in St. Louis | Metabolic Healthy and Unhealth Obesity and Response to Weight Loss |
| March 20 | Liz Johnson Tufts University | Lutein, Obesity, and Age-Related Eye Disease: A Web of Connections |
| March 27 | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| April 3 | Matt Ruark University of Wisconsin- Madison | Connecting Nutrition to Soil Science Through the Dairy Innovation Hub |
| April 10 | Martin Picard Columbia University | Mitochondria, Energy Constraints, and Cellular Aging. |
| April 17 | Lauren Clark University of Wisconsin-Madison | Leveraging genetics and genomics to nominate novel drivers of insulin secretion |
| April 24 | CANCELLED Roméo Blanc University of Wisconsin-Madison | Epigenetic erosion of H4K20 methylation induced by inflammation drives aged stem cell ferroptosis |
| May 1 | Xunjun Xiao Washington University in St. Louis | Two Tales of Mutations in Pancreatic Lipases: Fat Maldigestion and Pancreatitis |
Fall 2024 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays except for December 6th.
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 5 | Jacqueline Monteiro UW-Madison | Translating OMICS-based research and lifestyle to children and adolescents |
| Sept 12 | Cacious Phiri UW-Madison | Vitamin D and calcium reinforce bone health despite extreme vitamin A statuses |
| Sept 19 | Jomol Mathew UW-Madison | Changing the paradigm of data silos: A new era of data-driven biomedical research, population health and personalized medicine |
| Sept 26 | Tu-Anh Huynh UW-Madison | C-di-AMP – an essential second messenger turned toxic |
| Oct 3 | Ting Fu UW-Madison | The role of Microbiota-Modified Bile Acids on intestine tumorigenesis |
| Oct 10 | Joshua Drake Virginia Polytechnic Institute | Thinking Outside the Brain: Neuromuscular Changes as Indicators of AD |
| Oct 17 | William Holland University of Utah | Genetics of Hyperceramidemia |
| Oct 24 | Jesse Sheftel Boston Consulting Group | Science to Strategy: Transitioning from UW Research to Global Health and Development at BCG |
| Oct 31* | Patrick Stover Texas A+M University | Folate-mediated One-carbon metabolism as an exemplar of the promise and perils of precision nutrition |
| Nov 7 | Katelyn Cassel UW-Madison | Impaired Long-Chain Fatty Acid Metabolism in Acinar Cells Leads to Chronic Pancreatitis |
| Nov 14 | Fengyi Wan John Hopkins University | Breastfeeding, gut microbiota, and infant health – a perspective from the bench |
| Nov 21 | Loredana Quadro Rutgers University | Amino acid stress regulates vitamin A delivery from the liver stores to the periphery of the body |
| Nov 28 | Thanksgiving | |
| Dec 6 | Leanne Redman Louisiana State University | Can We Personalize Nutrition? The Who, What, Where, and When of the NIHs’ Nutrition for Precision Health Research Consortium |
| Dec 12 | Kuda Lamin-Bangura National Dairy Council | The role of Dairy Food Intake for Improving Health among Black Americans Across the Life Continuum |
Spring 2024 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays.
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | Rob Nix UW-Madison | Promoting Healthy Eating Habits Among Toddlers Living in Poverty: The Recipe 4 Success Preventive Intervention |
| Feb 1 | Webb Smith UTHSC | Pediatric Obesity Treatment in the Mid-South: Bariatric Surgery, Medication, and Lifestyle Intervention |
| Feb 8 | Lautaro Rostoll Cangiano UW-Madison | Influence of Early Life Microbiota on Dairy Calves’ Health and Disease |
| Feb 15 | Sonia Kupfer University of Chicago | Modeling Host-Environment Interactions in Colonic Organoids from Diverse Individuals |
| Feb 22 | Angela Byars-Winston UW-Madison | Advancing Culturally Responsive Mentorship |
| Feb 29 | Jill Reedy NIH National Cancer institute division of cancer control & population sciences | Assessment of Dietary Patterns Over the Life Course |
| Mar 7 | Michaela Tautman UW-Madison | Regulation of Metabolic Health by Dietary Protein and Isoleucine |
| Mar 14 | Kristina Martinez-Guryn MWU | Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70) Protects Against Diet-Induced Obesity: A Role for Intestinal Fat Metabolism |
| Mar 21 | Brian Parks UW-Madison | Genetic Approaches to Identify and Validate Genes that Contribute to Metabolic Diseases |
| Mar 28 | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| Apr 4 | Susan Johnson University of Colorado | Caregiver Goals for the Complementary Feeding Period: Comparisons with the Dietary Guidelines for Children under 2 |
| Apr 11 | Elizabeth Parks University of Missouri | The Process of Hepatic Lipogenesis and its Role in Liver Disease |
| Apr 18 | Steve Malin Rutgers | Aligning Exercise Time with Chronotype to Optimize Endothelial Function and Glucose Tolerance |
| Apr 25 | Gulustan Ozturk UW-Madison | Concentrated Forms of Nutrition: A Case Study on Whey Protein Phospholipid Concentrate |
| May 2 | Dave Eide UW-Madison | ZRTs, ZRGs, ZRRs and ZAP – The Genetics of Cellular Responses to Zinc Deficiency |
Fall 2023 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays.
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 7 | Amy Kind UW-Madison | The Neighborhood Atlas: Linking Disparities-Aligned EXPOSOME to Brain Health through Data Democratization |
| Sept 21 | Michelle Cooley UW-Madison | Protective Mechanisms in Exocrine Pancreatic Injury |
| Sept 28 | Molly Bray University of Texas – Austin | Multi-Omics Predictors of Exercise and Diet |
| Oct 5 | Jane Mahoney UW-Madison | Surfing from Bench to Bedside with Dissemination and Implementation Sciences |
| Oct 12 | Janos Zempleni University of Nebraska | Milk Exosomes and Their Relevance in Human Nutrition and the Delivery of Theraputics |
| Oct 19 | Denise Ney UW-Madison | Glycomacropeptide Provides a “Whey” Forward for PKU and Obesity |
| Oct 26 | Jon Brestoff Washington University | Cell-to-Cell Transfer of Mitochondria in Obesity, Aging, and Mitochondrial Disease |
| Nov 2 | Snehal Chaudhari UW-Madison | A Microbial Metabolite Remodels the Gut-Liver axis Following Bariatric Surgery |
| Nov 9 | Mario Ferruzzi University of Arkansas | Synergistic Approaches for Provitamin A Bio/Fortification Strategies and Their Potential for Nutritional Impact |
| Nov 16 | Emily Heying College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University | Creating Food Secure College Campuses: What We Know and Where We Need To Go |
| Nov 23 | Thanksgiving | |
| Nov 30 | Naiman Khan University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign | Neuro-pigments to Neuro-cognition: Carotenoids and Cognitive Function |
| Dec 7 | Katrina Phelps UW-Madison | Navigating community-engaged research in the health sciences |
Spring 2023 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays.
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 | Kristina Penniston UW-Madison | From Bench to Bedside and Beyond: A Journey from Nutritional Sciences to Interdisciplinary Collaborative Genitourinary Research |
| Feb 2 | Harini Sampath Rutgers University | Intestinal Stearoyl-CoA Desaturases – Exploring New Roles for an Old Friend |
| Feb 9 | Emily Britt UW-Madison | Rewiring of Glucose and Glycogen Metabolism in Human Neutrophils upon Activation |
| Feb 16 | Erika Philips UW-Madison | Does aflatoxin exposure reduce linear growth in young children? Results from a cluster-randomized trial |
| Mar 2 | Jason Locasale Duke University | Diet and metabolic therapeutics in health and cancer |
| Mar 9 | Melanie Gillingham Oregon Health Sci University | LCHADD chorioretinopathy: pathophysiology and potential treatments |
| Mar 23 | Molly Mulcahy UW-Madison | Impacts of Chrononutrition on Perinatal Health |
| Mar 30 | Jillian Trabulsi University of Delaware | Early diet composition: Impact on energy balance, weight status, and other health outcomes |
| Apr 6 | Scott Soleimanpour Duke University | The impact of mitochondrial quality control in metabolic disease |
| Apr 13 | Andrea Garber UCSF | Advances in the treatment of malnutrition secondary to restrictive eating disorders |
| Apr 20 | Diandra Fields UW-Madison | The role of dietary intake and corresponding plasma metabolomics in determining risk of cerebrovascular disease and mixed pathologies |
| Apr 27 | Kayla Kaeppler UW-Madison | Plant Pigments for Human Health: Role of Carotenoids and Anthocyanins in the Fight Against Chronic Disease |
| May 4 | Katie Osterbauer UW-Madison | Preclinical and Clinical Characterization of Skeletal Muscle Aging |
| May 11 | Rashaun Williams UW-Madison | Intraislet expression of cholecystokinin during diabetic stress conditions |
Fall 2022 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays.
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 8 | Sridevi Krishnan UC San Diego Health | The Glycome: A Novel Link Between Diet and Metabolic Disease |
| Sept 15 | Rachel Perry Yale | A New Metabolic Driver of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Insights from MOONSHOT |
| Sept 29 | Aparna Vasanthakumar AbbVie Genomics Research Center (GRC) | Harnessing Genomics for Novel Target Discovery and Patient Stratification in Alzheimer’s disease Clinical Trials |
| Oct 6 | Somshuvra Mukkopadhyay University of Texas | SLC30A10, Manganese Homeostasis, and Neuromotor Disease |
| Oct 13 | Erika Anna UW-Madison | Integrating Nutrition Services into Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Mobile Health Care |
| Oct 20 | Feyza Engin UW-Madison | Beta Cell Stress Responses in Type1 Diabetes |
| Oct 27 | Sean Ronnekleiv-Kelly UW-Madison | Circadian Rhythms Impact Pancreatic Cancer Progression |
| Nov 3 | Adam Konopka UW-Madison | Small-Scale Randomized Controlled Trial to Explore the Impact of β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate plus Vitamin D3 on Skeletal Muscle Health in Middle Aged Women |
| Nov 10 | Claire Richardson UW-Madison | Investigating how Animal Aging Regulates Neuron Endolysosomal Homeostasis in C. Elegans |
| Nov 17 | Kerry Kornfeld Washington University | A Tale of Two Lysosomes — How to Store Zinc and Digest the Trash |
| Dec 1 | Grace Guo Rutgers University | Bile Acids, FXR, and FGF15/19 in Gut-Liver Cross Talk |
| Dec 8 | Liza Makowski The University of Tennessee | Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, and Immunotherapy in Brease Cancer |
Spring 2022 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays.
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 27 | Mark Brown Cleveland Clinic | The Role of Abnormal Phospholipid Remodeling in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| Feb 3 | D. Lee Alekel Retired NIH Program Officer | Optional Career Paths for a PhD in a Nutrition-Related Field |
| Feb 10 | David Jacobson Vanderbilt | Control of Pancreatic Islet Hormone Secretion by Ion Channels |
| Feb 17 | Yiming (Amy) Qin | Metabolic Control of Reversible Protein Acetylation |
| Mar 3 | Michael La Frano Cal Poly Tech | Investigations of the vitamin A metabolome |
| Mar 10 | Veronica Lopez-Teros U Sonora | Use of ‘in Silico’ Study Subjects to Assess Nutrient Kinetics, Status and Dietary Requirements: an Overview |
| Mar 17 | Grace Yang UW-Madison | Characterization of a Novel Transcription Factor, Transcription Factor 19 (TCF19), in Diabetes Pathogenesis |
| Mar 24 | Gretchen Seim UW-Madison | Dynamic Metabolic Rewiring in Macrophages in Response to Proinflammatory Stimulation |
| Mar 31 | Victoria Flores UW-Madison | Protein Quality as a Determinant of Metabolic Health |
| April 7 | Benjamin Rush UW-Madison | Maximizing the Associations between Bioimaging Modalities to Improve Muscle Health Diagnostics |
| April 14 | Heidi Pak UW-Madison | Calories, Fasting and Time of Day Mediating the Metabolic and Molecular Response to Calorie Restriction |
| April 21 | James Votava UW-Madison | Gene Network Analysis of Publicly Available Mouse Liver Datasets Identifies Regulators of Lipid Metabolism |
| April 28 | Jevin Lorte UW-Madison | Using Computed Tomography to Assess Muscle Health: Steps Towards Clinical Implementation |
| May 5 | Devika Suri UW-Madison | Determining Accuracy of Vitamin A Biomarkers to Guide Global Health Policy |
| May 12 | Monica White UW-Madison | TBD |
Fall 2021 — All seminars will be held virtually at URL: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92165777151 via Zoom, beginning at 11 am on Thursdays.
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 16th | Kevin Pixley CIMMYT | Nutrition Security in the 21th Century (and forever) |
| Sept 23rd | Roger Sunde UW Madison | 50 Years of Selenium Biochemistry, Transcriptomics, and Metabolism |
| Sept 30th | Rosalind Coleman UNC-Chapel Hill | Lipid Metabolism and How Cells are Organized |
| Oct 7th | Jo Freudenheim SUNY Buffalo | Diet and Alcohol: Breast Cancer, and Breast Cancer Survival |
| Oct 14th | Colin MacDiarmid UW-Madison | There and Back Again; Multiple Roles of Yeast Peroxiredoxin Tsa1 in Low Zinc Stress Tolerance |
| Oct 21st | Mark Brown Cleveland Clinic | The Role of Abnormal Phospholipid Remodeling in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| Oct 28th | Eric Yen UW-Madison | Intestine and Systemic Metabolism: Following My Gut Feelings |
| Nov 4th | John Rawls Duke University | Microbial Regulation of Intestinal Physiology |
| Nov 11th | Nathan Welham UW-Madison | Measuring Protein Turnover in Vivo |
| Nov 18th | Venessa Leone UW-Madison | Understanding the Intestinal Microbiome’s Influence on Complex Metabolic Diseases |
| Dec 2nd | Andrea Galmozzi UW-Madison | Exploring Adipocyte Function Using Chemoproteomics Methods |
| Dec 9th | Jessica Hite UW-Madison | Linking Within-host and Between-host Dynamics: A Bioenergetics Approach |
Spring 2021 — All seminars will be held via Zoom as linked from within the seminar subject, beginning at 11 am on Thursdays.
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 28th | Dr. Anne Merewood Boston University | https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92993287685 |
| Mar 4th | Bret Goodpaster Advent Health Research Institute | https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95865741586 |
| April 1st | Dr. Brian Dewsbury University of Rhode Island | https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98477226393 |
| April 8th | Jesse Sheftel Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program | https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96809780731 |
| April 15th | Mitchell Lavarias Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program | Intestinal Fatty Acid Oxidation Dictates Systemic Nutrient Availability |
| April 22th | Spencer Haws Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program | https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95572924024 |
| April 29th | Dr. Vijay Singh Mayo Clinic in Arizona | https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94896541823 |
| May 6th | Dr. Jeff Rathmell Vanderbilt University | https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97289764826 |
| May 13th | Thomas Lawler Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program | https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94612085055 |
| May 20th | Samantha St. Clair Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program | Agpat5 Regulates Insulin Metabolism in High Fat Diet-Fed Mice |
| June 3rd | Yirong Wang Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program | Zinc Proteome and Zinc Aproproteins in Zinc-Deficient yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Spring 2020 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 23rd | Chris Emfinger, PhD | The role of Zfp148 in glucose homeostasis |
| Jan 30th | Kristin Malecki, PhD | Environment, diet and mental well-being, the role of inflammation and the gut micro-biome and other findings from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin |
| Feb 13th | Bradley Bolling, PhD | Anti-inflammatory activity of yogurt mediated by the gut |
| Feb 20th | Jan Peter Van Pijkeren, PhD | The interplay between diet-microbe-virus interactions in the gut ecosystem |
| Feb 27th | Alissa Ewer UW Madison Graduate School | Individual development plans |
| Mar 5th | MANTP Presents: Darren Casey, PhD | Use of dietary nitrate for improving cardiovascular health in aging and disease |
| Mar 12th | MANTP Presents: *HSLC Jon Campbell, PhD | Expanding the definition of the incretin axis |
| Apr 23rd | Michael Schaid (Exit Seminar) | Ligand Independent Regulation of the inhibitory G-protein Gαz In Pancreatic β-Cell Compensation and Failure |
| Mat 7th | Dylan Souder (Exit Seminar) | Gsk3b in Brain Metabolism and Aging |
Fall 2019 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 12th | Abigail Johnson, PhD, RD University of Minnesota | Post-Doc in the Biotechnology Institute |
| Sept 19th | MANTP Presents: Joseph Mancias, MD, PhD Harvard Cancer Center | Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology |
| Sept 26th | Alfonso Morales, PhD UW-Madison | Hidden Treasures of the RNA World |
| Oct 3rd | MANTP Presents: Matthias Hentze, MD, PhD European Molecular Biology Laboratory | Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Professor of Molecular Medicine at Heidelberg University |
| Oct 17th | MANTP Presents: Irwin Rosenberg, MD Tufts University | Human Nutrition Research Center of Aging |
| Oct 24th | Rana Gupta | Mechanisms Driving Healthy vs. Unhealthy Adipose Tissue Expansion in Obesity |
| Oct 31st | Susan Weiss, PhD National Institute of Health | US Cannabis Policy: Implications for Public Health |
| Nov 7th | Srinivasan Damodaran | Strategies to reduce immune-reactivity of food proteins |
| Nov 14th | MANTP Presents: Jane-Jane Chen, PhD | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science |
| Nov 21st | Rachel Taylor (Exit Seminar) | Response to High Inorganic Selenium in Hepatic Turkey Selenoproteome, Transcriptome and Selenometabolome |
| Nov 28th | Thanksgiving | No Seminar |
| Dec 5th | Michelle Battle, PhD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Dec 12th | Finals – No Seminar | Good luck, students! |
Spring 2019 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 24 | Barak Blum, Ph.D. UW-Madison | Organogenesis and functional maturation of the islet of Langerhans |
| Jan. 31 | Kristen Malecki, Ph.D., MPH UW-Madison | Diet, Inflammation, and Mental Well-Being: A Population Health Approach |
| Feb. 7 | MANTP Presents: Paul Titchenell, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania | Regulation of Hepatic Metabolism by Insulin |
| Feb. 14 | MANTP Presents: Amy Trentham Dietz, Ph.D. | Global study concludes No Level of Alcohol is Safe- true for breast cancer? |
| Feb. 21 | TBD | TBD |
| Feb. 28 | Rachel Fenske Kimple Research Group | A Role for the Unique Inhibitory G-Protein, Gz, in Type 1 Diabetes Pathophysiology |
| March 7 | MANTP Presents: Luis Fernandez, MD, FACS | Metabolic Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Its Implication on Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation |
| March 14 | MANTP Presents: Anna E. Thalacker-Mercer, Ph.D. Cornell University | The Essentiality of Serine & Glycine for Skeletal Muscles Regeneration in Aging |
| March 21 | No Seminar | No Seminar- Spring Break |
| March 28 | Lyanne Chin Lai Research Group | Nutritional Status and Inflammation in Infants and Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis |
| April 4 | Adrienne Cheng Hernandez Research Group | The Effect of Peripheral Serotonin in Modulating High-fat Diet Feeding in the Lactating Mammary Gland |
| April 11 | Tyler Titcomb Tanumihardjo Research Group | Interventions to Improve, Intake of, and Interactions Between Vitamins A and B |
| April 18 | Michelle Cooley Groblewski Research Group | The Coordination of Membrane Trafficking Pathways is Essential for Acinar Cell Homeostasis |
| April 25 | MANTP Presents: David Threadgill, Ph.D. Texas A&M | Personalization of Nutrition to Reduce Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome |
| May 2 | MANTP Presents: Moon-Suhn Ryu, Ph.D. University of Minnesota | Ferritinophagy: A Floodgate to Prevent Drought and Flood in the Iron Pool |
Fall 2018 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 6 | MANTP Presents: Lindsay Traeger, Ph.D. | Host genetics and the gut microbiome. |
| Sept. 13 | MANTP and CMB Presents: Caroline Enns, Ph.D. Oregon Health Sciences | Using gene therapy to study protein-protein interactions in iron homeostasis |
| Sept. 20 | MANTP Presents: Corinne Engelman | Integration of Genomics and Metabolomics for Precision Health |
| Sept. 27 | MANTP Presents: Natalie Niemi, Ph.D. Pagliarini Lab UW-Madison | Pptc7 is an essential phosphatase for promoting mammalian mitochondrial metabolism and biogenesis. |
| Oct. 4 | Henry Bunn, Ph.D. UW-Madison | How meat and hunting made us human: Early Pleistocene Homo in East Africa |
| Oct. 11 | Mary Beth Hall, Ph.D. USDA Dairy Forge Research | Eliminating Animal Agriculture in the U.S.: Exploring Potential Impacts |
| Oct. 25 | MANTP Presents: Jose Andres Reyes Perez, Ph.D. UW-Madison | Normothermic Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion with Targeted Mitochondrial DNAA Repair Protein for Preservation and Metabolic Reconditioning of Renal Transplants |
| Nov. 1 | Irwin Rosenberg Tufts University | TBD |
| Nov. 8 | Andrea Moosreiner, RD, CD, MPH Medical College of Wisconsin | Bionutrition Services for Translational Research |
| Nov. 15 | Mark Nolte, Ph.D. Payseur Lab UW-Madison | Body size evolution in 3G: Gough Island Mice, Gene regulation, Growth. |
| Nov. 22 | No Seminar | No Seminar: Thanksgiving |
| Nov. 29 | Amato J. Giaccia, Ph.D. Cancer Biology and Radiation Oncology | Enhancing the Efficacy of Cancer Therapy Through Gene Evolution |
| Dec. 6 | MANTP Presents: Kristen Malecki, Ph.D., MPH Population Health Sciences | Diet, Inflammation, and Mental Well-Being: A Population Health Perspective |
| Dec. 13 | No Seminar | No Seminar: Study Day |
| Dec. 20 | No Seminar | No Seminar: Good luck on Final Exams! |
Spring 2018 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 25 | Dr. Tom Fleming, BSc, Ph.D. | The origins of lifetime health from around the time of conception |
| Feb. 1 | Dr. John Li, Ph.D. Post-Doc: Park’s Lab (Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program) | Identification of Sestrin1 As A Novel Cholesterol Sensor and Regulator Gene |
| Feb. 8 | Dr. John Wagner, Ph.D. Metabolon | Metabolomics: Molecular and Phenotyping at the Intersection of Nutrition and Biochemistry |
| Feb. 15 | MANTP Presents: Dr. Elizabeth Leibold, Ph.D. University of Utah | Iron Regulatory Protein 2 Regulates Insulin Production in Pancreatic β-cells |
| Feb. 22 | MANTP Presents: Dr. Rob Miller, Ph.D. Kaleido Health | How selective Glycans affect the Microbiome to improve Health |
| Mar. 1 | Dr. Wallace Lui Post-Doc: Denu Lab | Mechanisms of Sirtuin Activation through Nucleosome Binding |
| Mar. 8 | Dr. Madeleine Signman-Grant, Ph.D. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension | Infant Feeding Guidance: Revised AGAIN?! |
| Mar. 15 | Dr. Mary Sorci Thomas, Ph.D Medical College Wisconsin | Lipid Metabolism and Procollagen Endopeptidase Enhancer Protein 2: Are They Really Connected? |
| Mar. 22 | Sabrina Dumas Ph.D. Candidate: Ntambi Lab (Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program) | Unraveling the Mystery of the Skin-Specific SCD1 Deficient Lean Phenotype |
| Mar. 29 | No Seminar | Happy Spring Break! |
| Apr. 5 | Dr. Sharon Donovan, Ph.D., RD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Applying Systems Biology to Host-microbe interactions in Early Life |
| Apr. 12 | Dr. Brandon Davies, Ph.D. University of Iowa | Regulation of Plasma Lipids by ANGPTL proteins |
| Apr. 19 | Lexi Macmillen-Uribe Ph.D. Candidate: Olson Lab (Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program) | First Steps for a Group-Care Pilot Intervention Targeting Health-related Behaviors of Mothers and Infant |
| Apr. 26 | No Seminar | No Seminar: Experimental Biology |
| May 3 | Elania Jones Ph.D. Candidate: Groblewski Lab (Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program) | The Role of D52 in Acinar Cell Homeostasis |
| May 31 | Julie Patterson Ph.D. Candidate: Olson Lab (IGPNS) | Exploring the Relationship between Health Care Practices and Breastfeeding Outcomes |
Fall 2017 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 14 | Sebastian Arriola, Ph.D. (Dairy sciences) | mTOR Signaling: at the Crossroads of Health and Production |
| Sept 21 | Raghavendra Rao, Ph.D., M.D. University of Minnesota | Brain metabolism in early-life iron deficiency |
| Sept 28 | Jing Fan, Ph.D. (Nutritional sciences) | Dynamic Metabolic Reprogramming in Mammalian Cells in Response to Environmental Conditions |
| Oct 5 | William Lagor, Ph.D. Baylor University | Liver-directed genome editing to study and treat lipid disorders |
| Oct 12 | MANTP Presents: Dr. Volker Haase Vanderbilt University | Hypoxia Signaling in Health and Disease |
| Oct 19 | Luke Funk, MD, Ph.D. UW-Surgery | Obesity: An epidemic in need of public health and basic science solutions |
| Oct 26 | MANTP Presents: Hamid Said, Ph.D. UC Irvine | Physiological, pathophysiological, and molecular aspects of water-soluble vitamin transport in organs of the digestive system |
| Nov 2 | Jason Mills, MD, Ph.D. Washington University – St. Louis | How cells scale up the secretory apparatus during differentiation and down in metaplasia and cancer |
| Nov 9 | MANTP Presents: Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RD. LD Oregon Health Sciences University | Anaplerotic therapy with Triheptanoin Improves Cardiac Function in Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders |
| Nov 16 | MANTP Presents: Dr. Robert Miller, Ph.D. Kaleido Biosciences | How Selective Glycans Affect the Microbiome to Improve Health |
| Nov 23 | No Seminar | Happy Thanksgiving! |
| Nov 30 | Cara Westmark UW-SMPH Dept Neurology | Effects of Soy-Based Diets on Neurological Phenotypes |
| Dec 7 | Scott Reeder, MD, PhD. UW-Radiology | New Imaging Methods to Assess Liver Disease |
Spring 2017 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 26 | Dr. Tom Ganz Professor of Medicine and Pathology University of California, Los Angeles | Systemic Iron Homeostasis: Mechanisms and Disorders. |
| Feb. 2 | Nita Salzman (MCOW) | Antimicrobial peptides: mediators of intestinal colonization, homeostasis and defense |
| Feb. 9 | Dr. Rita Strakovsky Postdoctoral Research Associate Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Endocrine disruptors, maternal adiposity, and gestational estrogen status |
| Feb. 16 | Adam Kuchnia Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant University of Minnesota | Novel methods to monitor nutrition status and determine protein needs in clinical populations |
| Feb. 23 | NO SEMINAR – GRAD RECRUITMENT | |
| Mar. 2 | Dr. Zhiping Yu Assistant Professor Department of Nutrition and Dietetics University of North Florida | Eating disorders and obesity: contributing factors and clinical intervention? |
| Mar. 9 | Dr. Nita Salzman MD, PhD Medical College of Wisconsin | How antimicrobial peptides can modulate the colonization of the intestine by beneficial vs. harmful (e.g multi drug resistant) bacteria and the health consequences of this. |
| Mar. 17 | Joshua Mezrich (UW-MADISON) | You Are What You Eat; The Effects of Diet on the Gut Immune System in Health and Disease |
| Mar. 23 | SPRING BREAK – NO SEMINAR | |
| Mar. 30 | Dr. Kent Reed University of Minnesota | |
| Apr. 6 | Porsha Howell Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program Ph.D Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| Apr. 13 | Karl Miller Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison | PGC-1a Directed Metabolic Networks in Aging and Caloric Restriction |
| Apr. 20 | Ting-Ni Huang Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| Apr. 27 | Stephanie Mondloch Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| May 4 | Bridget Stroup Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Fall 2016
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Dr. Amin Afrazi UW SMPH | Regulation of Toll-like Receptor 4 signaling in Enterocytes during Necrotizing Enterocolitis |
| Sept. 22 | Dr. Patricia J. Keely Chair, Dept. of Cell and Regenerative Biology | Effect of the Microenvironment on Tumor Cell Metabolism |
| Sept. 29 | Dr. Frank Lee Perelman School of Medicine (MANTP) | Prolyl Hydroxylase 2 (PHD2), a Sensor of the Nutrient Oxygen |
| Oct. 6 | Dr. Amber Smith WISCIENCE | Creating a Solid Foundation: Aligning Mentor-Mentee Expectations |
| Oct. 13 | Dr. Tom O’Halloran Dept. of Chemistry, Northwestern University | Zinc sparks and the control of the mammalian egg-to-embryo transition |
| Oct. 20 | Dr. Jackie Wisinki MANTP Post-Doctoral Trainee | Novel mechanisms of pancreatic beta and platelet dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| Oct. 27 | Dr. David Weimer Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs | Health Care Report Cards |
| Nov.3 | Dr. Cindy Davis Director of Grants and Extramural Activities, NIH | Diet, Microbiome and Health |
| Nov. 10 | Porscha Howell UW – Madison | GSK3b at the Intersection of Growth, Metabolism and Longevity |
| Nov. 17 | Dr. Barb Mickelson Dr. Jessica Flowers Nutritionist, Technical Services, Envigo Teklad Diets | Laboratory Animal Diets: Research Variable and Research Tool |
| Nov. 24 | Thanksgiving NO SEMINAR | Have a wonderful holiday, everyone! May you always find more to be grateful for than bitter about! |
| Dec. 1 | Dr. Drucy Borowitz Dept. of Pediatrics, SUNY-Buffalo | The Baby Observational Nutrition Study (BONUS) in Cystic Fibrosis |
| Dec. 8 | Karl Miller Dept. Nutritional Sciences (Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program) | CANCELLED PGC-1a Directed Metabolic Networks in Aging and Caloric Restriction |
| Dec.15 | Dr. Charles Brenner Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Iowa (MANTP) | Nicotinamide riboside: From Discovery to Human Translation |
Spring 2016
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 21 | Dr. Timothy Reddy Duke University | Regulatory Mechanisms of Gestational Diabetes and the Discovery of a Novel Human Hexokinase |
| Feb. 4 | Dr. William Karasov UW | Wildlife Digestion: A View from Molecules to Ecosystems |
| Feb. 11 | Stefano Rivella University of Pennsylvannia Children’s Hospital of Philidelphia | Modulation of iron metabolism for the treatment of erythroid disorders |
| Feb. 18 | Joel Mason, MD | Cellular pathways of which obesity promotes Colon Carcinogensis |
| Feb. 25 | Charles Stephenson USDA | Vitamin A is Essential for Immune Function: Does This Mean Vitamin A Supplementation Improves Vaccine Responses |
| Mar. 3 | Elizabeth Johnson (alum) Tufts University | Lutein and It’s Role in Cognitive Function |
| Mar. 10 | Emily Sawin Graduate Student | Glycomacropeptide: A Food Ingredient with Applications to Obesity and Bone Health |
| Mar. 17 | Josh Mezrich, MD UW Associate Professor | You Are What You Eat; The Effects of Diet on the Gut Immune System in Health and Disease |
| Mar. 24 | Spring Break | |
| Apr. 7 | Andrew Rogers, MD | Normal and abnormal intestinal development in the Fgfr2IIIb mouse model |
| Apr. 14 | Patti Keely UW, Professor and Chair Dept of Cell and Regenerative Biology | Imaging Metabolic Signatures in Situ within the Tumor Microenvironment |
| Apr. 21 | Karen Reue | Sex Chomosome Effects on Obesity and Lipid Metabolism |
| Apr. 28 | Josh Neuman Graduate Student | G Protein-Coupled Receptors as Targets for Improving Beta-Cell Function in Acute and Chronic Conditions of Glucose Intolerance |
| May 5 | Rush Dhillon Dept. Biomolecular Chemistry Epigenetics Theme – WI Institute for Discovery | Effects of SIRT3-Mediated Deacetylation on Mitochondria Function of Aging Mice |
Fall 2015
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