Seminar Series
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 6th | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| 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 |
| Mar 19th | No Seminar, Spring Break | |
| Mar 26th | Michael Schaid (Exit Seminar) | Differential regulation of G[alpha]Z in [Beta]-cell function: implications for [Beta]-cell compensation and failure in diabetes pathology |
| Apr 2nd | Tyler Churchward-Venne, PhD | TBA |
| Apr 9th | MANTP Presents: Jason Locasale, PhD | Glucose and amino acid metabolism in cancer |
| Apr 16th | TBD | TBD |
| Apr 23rd | Kimberly Buhman, PhD | Dietary fat absorption in health and disease |
| Apr 30th | Doug Mashek, PhD | TBA |
| Mat 7th | Dylan Souder (Exit Seminar) | TBA |
| May 14th | Jesse Sheftel (Exit Seminar) | TBA |
Fall 2019 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 5th | No Seminar | |
| 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 10th | TBD | TBD |
| 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) |
TBD |
| 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 | Organogenesis and functional maturation of the islet of Langerhans |
| Jan. 31 | Kristen Malecki | Diet, Inflammation, and Mental Well-Being: A Population Health Approach |
| Feb. 7 | Paul Titchenell | Regulation of Hepatic Metabolism by Insulin |
| Feb. 14 | MANTP Presents: Amy Trentham Dietz | Global study concludes No Level of Alcohol is Safe- true for breast cancer? |
| Feb. 21 | Rachel Fenske Kimple Research Group | TBD |
| Feb. 28 | TBD | TBD |
| March 7 | MANTP Presents: Luis Fernandez | Metabolic Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Its Implication on Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation |
| March 14 | Anna E. Thalacker-Mercer | TBD |
| March 21 | No Seminar | No Seminar- Spring Break |
| March 28 | Lyanne Chin | TBD |
| April 4 | Adrienne Cheng | TBD |
| April 11 | Tyler Titcomb | TBD |
| April 18 | Michelle Cooley | TBD |
| April 25 | David Threadgill | TBD |
| May 2 | Moon Suhn | TBD |
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 |
Host genetics and the gut microbiome. |
| Sept. 13 | MANTP and CMB Presents: Caroline Enns 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 |
Pptc7 is an essential phosphatase for promoting mammalian mitochondrial metabolism and biogenesis. |
| Oct. 4 | Henry Bunn | How meat and hunting made us human: Early Pleistocene Homo in East Africa |
| Oct. 11 | Mary Beth Hall USDA Dairy Forge Research |
Eliminating Animal Agriculture in the U.S.: Exploring Potential Impacts |
| Oct. 18 | TBD | TBD |
| Oct. 25 | MANTP Presents: Jose Andres Reyes Perez |
TBD |
| Nov. 1 | TBD | TBD |
| Nov. 8 | Andrea Moosreiner Medical College of Wisconsin |
Bionutrition Services for Translational Research |
| Nov. 15 | Mark Nolte Peyseur Lab |
Body size evolution in 3G: Gough Island Mice, Gene regulation, Growth. |
| Nov. 22 | No Seminar | No Seminar: Thanksgiving |
| Nov. 29 | TBD | TBD |
| Dec. 6 | TBD | TBD |
| 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 (IGPNS) |
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 (IGPNS) |
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 (IGPNS) |
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 (IGPNS) |
The Role of D52 in Acinar Cell Homeostasis |
Autumn 2017 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays
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. 16 | Joshua Mezrich (UW-MADISON) |
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| Mar. 23 | SPRING BREAK – NO SEMINAR | |
| Mar. 30 | Dr. Kent Reed University of Minnesota |
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| Apr. 6 | Porsha Howell IGPNS Ph.D Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| Apr. 13 | Karl Miller IGPNS PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| Apr. 20 | Ting-Ni Huang IGPNS PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| Apr. 27 | Stephanie Mondloch IGPNS PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| May 4 | Bridget Stroup IGPNS PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Autumn 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 | Dr. Joshua Mezrich, UW SMPH |
CANCELLED: You Are What You Eat; The Effects of Diet on the Gut Immune System in Health and Disease |
| 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 (IGPNS) |
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 |
| Jan 28 | ||
| 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 |
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| 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 | |
| Mar. 31 | ||
| 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 |
Autumn 2015
| Date | Presenter | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 10 | Dr. Melissa Kaczmarczyk, Associate Principal Nutrition Scientist, PepsiCo |
The Role of Industry in the Advancement of Nutritional Sciences |
| Sept. 17 | Dr. Christina Chambers, University of California, San Diego |
Nutrition and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Can We Modify Risk? |
| Sept. 24 | Dr. Zhuoxi (Joe) Wu, Department of Nutritional Sciences |
HIF1-alpha in the Heart: Provision of Ischemic Cardioprotection and Remodeling Nucleotide Metabolism |
| Oct. 1 | Dr. Corby Martin, Louisiana State University |
Effectively Applying Mobile Health Approaches to Improve Outcomes |
| Oct. 8 | Dr. Verónica López-Teros, Universidad de Sonora |
The Use of Stable Isotopes in Human Nutrition in Mexico |
| Oct. 15 | Dr. Julie Howe, Auburn University |
Peanuts, in a Nutshell |
| Oct. 22 | Dr. Joseph Pierre, University of Chicago |
Primary Bile Acid Surgical Diversion Improves Adiposity and Glycemic Control in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice |
| Oct. 29 | Dr. Amanda Palmer, Johns Hopkins University |
Agriculture for Nutrition & Health: The role of aflatoxin as an “anti-nutrient” |
| Nov. 5 | Dr. Bill Schrage, Department of Kinesiology |
Vascular Responses to Environmental Stress in Human Metabolic Syndrome |
| Nov. 12 | ||
| Nov. 19 | Dr. Lisa Cadmus-Bertram, Department of Kinesiology |
Physical Activity and Health Promotion for Cancer Prevention and Survivorship |
| Nov. 26 | Thanksgiving! | Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! May you always have more to be grateful for than bitter about! |
| Dec. 3 | Dr. David Eide, Department of Nutritional Sciences |
Homeostatic and Adaptive Responses to Zinc Deficiency |
| Dec. 10 | Bryan Gannon, Department of Nutritional Sciences |
Applications of 13C in Vitamin A Assessment and Maize Carotenoid Bioefficacy |
If you would like a pdf version of our Seminar Series schedule, please click Autumn 2015 Seminar Schedule.