Seminar Series

Fall 2025 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays

DatePresenterSubject
September 11Courtney Karner
University of Texas – Southwestern
September 18Natalie Cain
Cell Press
September 24, 3:00 PM
DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
MANTP Presents:
Matthew Vander Heiden
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
October 16HuiChuan Lai
University of Wisconsin- Madison
October 23Jake Hermanson
University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 30Martin Kaufmann
Queens University
November 6Hooman Allayee
University of California – Los Angeles
November 20Neil Surana
Duke University
November 27ThanksgivingThanksgiving

Spring 2025 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays

DatePresenterSubject
January 23Jim Kaput
Vydiant
The Future of Health Management: Leveraging AI and Machine Learning for Personalized Lifestyle Guidance
January 30Kerim Eroglu
North Carolina State University
Harnessing Carotenoid Metabolism in the Gut Microbiota and Implications for Host Mammalian Organisms
February 6Kuda Lamin-Bangura
National Dairy Council
The role of Dairy Food Intake for Imrpoving Health among Black Americans Across the Life Continuum
February 13No Seminar
No Seminar
February 20Maggie Alexander
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mechanisms of diet-microbiota-immune interactions during autoimmunity
February 27Colin 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 6Kim Buhman
Purdue University
Dietary Fat Absorption in Health and Disease
March 13Sam Klein
Washington University in St. Louis
Metabolic Healthy and Unhealth Obesity and Response to Weight Loss
March 20Liz Johnson
Tufts University
Lutein, Obesity, and Age-Related Eye Disease: A Web of Connections
March 27Spring BreakSpring Break
April 3Matt Ruark
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Connecting Nutrition to Soil Science Through the Dairy Innovation Hub
April 10Martin Picard
Columbia University
Mitochondria, Energy Constraints, and Cellular Aging.
April 17Lauren Clark
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Leveraging genetics and genomics to nominate novel drivers of insulin secretion
April 24CANCELLED
Roméo Blanc
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Epigenetic erosion of H4K20 methylation induced by inflammation drives aged stem cell ferroptosis
May 1Xunjun 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.

DatePresenterSubject
Sept 5Jacqueline Monteiro
UW-Madison
Translating OMICS-based research and lifestyle to children and adolescents
Sept 12Cacious Phiri
UW-Madison
Vitamin D and calcium reinforce bone health despite extreme vitamin A statuses
Sept 19Jomol Mathew
UW-Madison
Changing the paradigm of data silos: A new era of data-driven biomedical research, population health and personalized medicine
Sept 26Tu-Anh Huynh
UW-Madison
C-di-AMP – an essential second messenger turned toxic
Oct 3Ting Fu
UW-Madison
The role of Microbiota-Modified Bile Acids on intestine tumorigenesis
Oct 10Joshua Drake
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Thinking Outside the Brain: Neuromuscular Changes as Indicators of AD
Oct 17William Holland
University of Utah
Genetics of Hyperceramidemia
Oct 24Jesse 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 7Katelyn Cassel
UW-Madison
Impaired Long-Chain Fatty Acid Metabolism in Acinar Cells Leads to Chronic Pancreatitis
Nov 14Fengyi Wan
John Hopkins University
Breastfeeding, gut microbiota, and infant health – a perspective from the bench
Nov 21Loredana Quadro
Rutgers University
Amino acid stress regulates vitamin A delivery from the liver stores to the periphery of the body
Nov 28Thanksgiving
Dec 6Leanne Redman
Louisiana State University
Can We Personalize Nutrition? The Who, What, Where, and When of the NIHs’ Nutrition for Precision Health Research Consortium
Dec 12Kuda Lamin-Bangura
National Dairy Council
The role of Dairy Food Intake for Improving Health among Black Americans Across the Life Continuum
*Sponsored by the Molecular and Applied Nutrition Training Program (MANTP) with funds from the Dept. of Nutritional Sciences; the Dept. of Biochemistry; the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences; the School of Medicine and Public Health; the Dept. of Surgery; the Cellular and Molecular Biology Program; and the Morgridge Institute for Research.

Spring 2024 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays.

DatePresenterSubject
Jan 25Rob Nix
UW-Madison
Promoting Healthy Eating Habits Among Toddlers Living in Poverty: The Recipe 4 Success Preventive Intervention
Feb 1Webb Smith
UTHSC
Pediatric Obesity Treatment in the Mid-South: Bariatric Surgery, Medication, and Lifestyle Intervention
Feb 8Lautaro Rostoll Cangiano
UW-Madison
Influence of Early Life Microbiota on Dairy Calves’ Health and Disease
Feb 15Sonia Kupfer
University of Chicago
Modeling Host-Environment Interactions in Colonic Organoids from Diverse Individuals
Feb 22Angela Byars-Winston
UW-Madison
Advancing Culturally Responsive Mentorship
Feb 29Jill Reedy
NIH National Cancer institute
division of cancer control & population sciences
Assessment of Dietary Patterns Over the Life Course
Mar 7Michaela Tautman
UW-Madison
Regulation of Metabolic Health by Dietary Protein and Isoleucine
Mar 14Kristina Martinez-Guryn
MWU
Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70) Protects Against Diet-Induced Obesity: A Role for Intestinal Fat Metabolism
Mar 21Brian Parks
UW-Madison
Genetic Approaches to Identify and Validate Genes that Contribute to Metabolic Diseases
Mar 28Spring BreakSpring Break
Apr 4Susan Johnson
University of Colorado
Caregiver Goals for the Complementary Feeding Period: Comparisons with the Dietary Guidelines for Children under 2
Apr 11Elizabeth Parks
University of Missouri
The Process of Hepatic Lipogenesis and its Role in Liver Disease
Apr 18Steve Malin
Rutgers
Aligning Exercise Time with Chronotype to Optimize Endothelial Function and Glucose Tolerance
Apr 25Gulustan Ozturk
UW-Madison
Concentrated Forms of Nutrition: A Case Study on Whey Protein Phospholipid Concentrate
May 2Dave 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.

DatePresenterSubject
Sept 7Amy Kind
UW-Madison
The Neighborhood Atlas: Linking Disparities-Aligned EXPOSOME to Brain Health through Data Democratization
Sept 21Michelle Cooley
UW-Madison
Protective Mechanisms in Exocrine Pancreatic Injury
Sept 28Molly Bray
University of Texas – Austin
Multi-Omics Predictors of Exercise and Diet
Oct 5Jane Mahoney
UW-Madison
Surfing from Bench to Bedside with Dissemination and Implementation Sciences
Oct 12Janos Zempleni
University of Nebraska
Milk Exosomes and Their Relevance in Human Nutrition and the Delivery of Theraputics
Oct 19Denise Ney
UW-Madison
Glycomacropeptide Provides a “Whey” Forward for PKU and Obesity
Oct 26Jon Brestoff
Washington University
Cell-to-Cell Transfer of Mitochondria in Obesity, Aging, and Mitochondrial Disease
Nov 2Snehal Chaudhari
UW-Madison
A Microbial Metabolite Remodels the Gut-Liver axis Following Bariatric Surgery
Nov 9Mario Ferruzzi
University of Arkansas
Synergistic Approaches for Provitamin A Bio/Fortification Strategies and Their Potential for Nutritional Impact
Nov 16Emily Heying
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University
Creating Food Secure College Campuses: What We Know and Where We Need To Go
Nov 23Thanksgiving
Nov 30Naiman Khan
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Neuro-pigments to Neuro-cognition: Carotenoids and Cognitive Function
Dec 7Katrina 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.

DatePresenterSubject
Jan 26Kristina Penniston
UW-Madison
From Bench to Bedside and Beyond: A Journey from Nutritional Sciences to Interdisciplinary Collaborative Genitourinary Research
Feb 2Harini Sampath
Rutgers University
Intestinal Stearoyl-CoA Desaturases – Exploring New Roles for an Old Friend
Feb 9Emily Britt
UW-Madison
Rewiring of Glucose and Glycogen Metabolism in Human Neutrophils upon Activation
Feb 16Erika Philips
UW-Madison
Does aflatoxin exposure reduce linear growth in young children? Results from a cluster-randomized trial
Mar 2Jason Locasale
Duke University
Diet and metabolic therapeutics in health and cancer
Mar 9Melanie Gillingham
Oregon Health Sci University
LCHADD chorioretinopathy: pathophysiology and potential treatments
Mar 23Molly Mulcahy
UW-Madison
Impacts of Chrononutrition on Perinatal Health
Mar 30Jillian Trabulsi 
University of Delaware
Early diet composition: Impact on energy balance, weight status, and other health outcomes
Apr 6Scott Soleimanpour
Duke University
The impact of mitochondrial quality control in metabolic disease
Apr 13Andrea Garber
UCSF
Advances in the treatment of malnutrition secondary to restrictive eating disorders
Apr 20Diandra Fields
UW-Madison
The role of dietary intake and corresponding plasma metabolomics in determining risk of cerebrovascular disease and mixed pathologies
Apr 27Kayla Kaeppler
UW-Madison
Plant Pigments for Human Health: Role of Carotenoids and Anthocyanins in the Fight Against Chronic Disease
May 4Katie Osterbauer
UW-Madison
Preclinical and Clinical Characterization of Skeletal Muscle Aging
May 11Rashaun 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.

DatePresenterSubject
Sept 8Sridevi Krishnan
UC San Diego Health
The Glycome: A Novel Link Between Diet and Metabolic Disease
Sept 15Rachel Perry
Yale
A New Metabolic Driver of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Insights from MOONSHOT
Sept 29Aparna Vasanthakumar
AbbVie Genomics Research Center (GRC)
Harnessing Genomics for Novel Target Discovery and Patient Stratification in Alzheimer’s disease Clinical Trials
Oct 6Somshuvra Mukkopadhyay
University of Texas
SLC30A10, Manganese Homeostasis, and Neuromotor Disease
Oct 13Erika Anna
UW-Madison
Integrating Nutrition Services into Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Mobile Health Care
Oct 20Feyza Engin
UW-Madison
Beta Cell Stress Responses in Type1 Diabetes
Oct 27Sean Ronnekleiv-Kelly
UW-Madison
Circadian Rhythms Impact Pancreatic Cancer Progression
Nov 3Adam 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 10Claire Richardson
UW-Madison
Investigating how Animal Aging Regulates Neuron Endolysosomal Homeostasis in C. Elegans
Nov 17Kerry Kornfeld
Washington University
A Tale of Two Lysosomes — How to Store Zinc and Digest the Trash
Dec 1Grace Guo
Rutgers University
Bile Acids, FXR, and FGF15/19 in Gut-Liver Cross Talk
Dec 8Liza 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.

DatePresenterSubject
Jan 27Mark Brown
Cleveland Clinic
The Role of Abnormal Phospholipid Remodeling in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Feb 3D. Lee Alekel
Retired NIH Program
Officer
Optional Career Paths for a PhD in a Nutrition-Related Field
Feb 10David Jacobson
Vanderbilt
Control of Pancreatic Islet Hormone Secretion by Ion Channels
Feb 17Yiming (Amy) QinMetabolic Control of Reversible Protein Acetylation
Mar 3Michael La Frano
Cal Poly Tech
Investigations of the vitamin A metabolome
Mar 10Veronica Lopez-Teros
U Sonora
Use of ‘in Silico’ Study Subjects to Assess Nutrient Kinetics, Status and Dietary Requirements: an Overview
Mar 17Grace Yang
UW-Madison
Characterization of a Novel Transcription Factor, Transcription Factor 19 (TCF19), in Diabetes Pathogenesis
Mar 24Gretchen Seim
UW-Madison
Dynamic Metabolic Rewiring in Macrophages in Response to Proinflammatory Stimulation
Mar 31Victoria Flores
UW-Madison
Protein Quality as a Determinant of Metabolic Health
April 7Benjamin Rush
UW-Madison
Maximizing the Associations between Bioimaging Modalities to Improve Muscle Health Diagnostics
April 14Heidi Pak
UW-Madison
Calories, Fasting and Time of Day Mediating the Metabolic and Molecular Response to Calorie Restriction
April 21James Votava
UW-Madison
Gene Network Analysis of Publicly Available Mouse Liver Datasets Identifies Regulators of Lipid Metabolism
April 28Jevin Lorte
UW-Madison
Using Computed Tomography to Assess Muscle Health: Steps Towards Clinical Implementation
May 5Devika Suri
UW-Madison
Determining Accuracy of Vitamin A Biomarkers to Guide Global Health Policy
May 12Monica 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.

DatePresenterSubject
Sept 16thKevin Pixley
CIMMYT
Nutrition Security in the 21th Century (and forever)
Sept 23rdRoger Sunde
UW Madison
50 Years of Selenium Biochemistry, Transcriptomics, and Metabolism
Sept 30thRosalind Coleman
UNC-Chapel Hill
Lipid Metabolism and How Cells are Organized
Oct 7thJo Freudenheim
SUNY Buffalo
Diet and Alcohol: Breast Cancer, and Breast Cancer Survival
Oct 14thColin
MacDiarmid
UW-Madison
There and Back Again; Multiple Roles of Yeast Peroxiredoxin Tsa1 in Low Zinc Stress Tolerance
Oct 21stMark Brown
Cleveland Clinic
The Role of Abnormal Phospholipid Remodeling in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Oct 28thEric Yen
UW-Madison
Intestine and Systemic Metabolism: Following My Gut Feelings
Nov 4thJohn Rawls
Duke University
Microbial Regulation of Intestinal Physiology
Nov 11thNathan Welham
UW-Madison
Measuring Protein Turnover in Vivo
Nov 18thVenessa Leone
UW-Madison
Understanding the Intestinal Microbiome’s Influence on Complex Metabolic Diseases
Dec 2ndAndrea Galmozzi
UW-Madison
Exploring Adipocyte Function Using Chemoproteomics Methods
Dec 9thJessica 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.

DatePresenterSubject
Jan 28thDr. Anne Merewood
Boston University
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92993287685
Mar 4thBret Goodpaster
Advent Health Research Institute
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95865741586
April 1stDr. Brian Dewsbury
University of Rhode Island
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98477226393
April 8thJesse Sheftel
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96809780731
April 15thMitchell Lavarias
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program
Intestinal Fatty Acid Oxidation Dictates Systemic Nutrient Availability
April 22thSpencer Haws
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95572924024
April 29thDr. Vijay Singh
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94896541823
May 6thDr. Jeff Rathmell
Vanderbilt University
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97289764826
May 13thThomas Lawler
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94612085055
May 20thSamantha St. Clair
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program
 Agpat5 Regulates Insulin Metabolism in High Fat Diet-Fed Mice
June 3rdYirong 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

DatePresenterSubject
Jan 23rdChris Emfinger, PhDThe role of Zfp148 in glucose homeostasis
Jan 30thKristin Malecki, PhDEnvironment, 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 13thBradley Bolling, PhDAnti-inflammatory activity of yogurt mediated by the gut
Feb 20thJan Peter Van Pijkeren, PhDThe interplay between diet-microbe-virus interactions in the gut ecosystem
Feb 27thAlissa Ewer
UW Madison Graduate School
Individual development plans
Mar 5thMANTP Presents: Darren Casey, PhDUse of dietary nitrate for improving cardiovascular health in aging and disease
Mar 12thMANTP Presents: *HSLC Jon Campbell, PhDExpanding the definition of the incretin axis
Apr 23rdMichael Schaid (Exit Seminar)Ligand Independent Regulation of the inhibitory G-protein Gαz  In Pancreatic β-Cell Compensation and Failure
Mat 7thDylan 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

DatePresenterSubject
Sept 12thAbigail Johnson, PhD, RD
University of Minnesota
Post-Doc in the Biotechnology Institute
Sept 19thMANTP Presents:
Joseph Mancias, MD, PhD
Harvard Cancer Center
Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology
Sept 26thAlfonso Morales, PhD
UW-Madison
Hidden Treasures of the RNA World
Oct 3rdMANTP Presents:
Matthias Hentze, MD, PhD
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Professor of Molecular Medicine at Heidelberg University
Oct 17thMANTP Presents:
Irwin Rosenberg, MD
Tufts University
Human Nutrition Research Center of Aging
Oct 24thRana GuptaMechanisms Driving Healthy vs. Unhealthy Adipose Tissue Expansion in Obesity
Oct 31stSusan Weiss, PhD
National Institute of Health
US Cannabis Policy: Implications for Public Health
Nov 7thSrinivasan DamodaranStrategies to reduce immune-reactivity of food proteins
Nov 14thMANTP Presents:
Jane-Jane Chen, PhD
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
Nov 21stRachel Taylor
(Exit Seminar)
Response to High Inorganic Selenium in Hepatic Turkey Selenoproteome, Transcriptome and Selenometabolome
Nov 28thThanksgivingNo Seminar
Dec 5thMichelle Battle, PhDMedical College of Wisconsin
Dec 12thFinals – No SeminarGood luck, students!

Spring 2019 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays

DatePresenterSubject
Jan. 24Barak Blum, Ph.D.
UW-Madison
Organogenesis and functional maturation of the islet of Langerhans
Jan. 31Kristen Malecki, Ph.D., MPH
UW-Madison
Diet, Inflammation, and Mental Well-Being: A Population Health Approach
Feb. 7MANTP Presents:
Paul Titchenell, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Regulation of Hepatic Metabolism by Insulin
Feb. 14MANTP Presents:
Amy Trentham Dietz, Ph.D.
Global study concludes No Level of Alcohol is Safe- true for breast cancer?
Feb. 21TBDTBD
Feb. 28Rachel Fenske
Kimple Research Group
A Role for the Unique Inhibitory G-Protein, Gz, in Type 1 Diabetes Pathophysiology
March 7MANTP Presents:
Luis Fernandez, MD, FACS
Metabolic Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Its Implication on Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation
March 14MANTP Presents:
Anna E. Thalacker-Mercer, Ph.D.
Cornell University
The Essentiality of Serine & Glycine for Skeletal Muscles Regeneration in Aging
March 21No SeminarNo Seminar- Spring Break
March 28Lyanne Chin
Lai Research Group
Nutritional Status and Inflammation in Infants and Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis
April 4Adrienne Cheng
Hernandez Research Group
The Effect of Peripheral Serotonin in Modulating High-fat Diet Feeding in the Lactating Mammary Gland
April 11Tyler Titcomb
Tanumihardjo Research Group
Interventions to Improve, Intake of, and Interactions Between Vitamins A and B
April 18Michelle Cooley
Groblewski Research Group
The Coordination of Membrane Trafficking Pathways is Essential for Acinar Cell Homeostasis
April 25MANTP Presents:
David Threadgill, Ph.D.
Texas A&M
Personalization of Nutrition to Reduce Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome
May 2MANTP 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

DatePresenterSubject
Sept. 6MANTP Presents:
Lindsay Traeger, Ph.D.
Host genetics and the gut microbiome.
Sept. 13MANTP and CMB Presents:
Caroline Enns, Ph.D.
Oregon Health Sciences
Using gene therapy to study protein-protein interactions in iron homeostasis
Sept. 20MANTP Presents:
Corinne Engelman
Integration of Genomics and Metabolomics for Precision Health
Sept. 27MANTP Presents:
Natalie Niemi, Ph.D.
Pagliarini Lab
UW-Madison
Pptc7 is an essential phosphatase for promoting mammalian mitochondrial metabolism and biogenesis.
Oct. 4Henry Bunn, Ph.D.
UW-Madison
How meat and hunting made us human: Early Pleistocene Homo in East Africa
Oct. 11Mary Beth Hall, Ph.D.
USDA Dairy Forge Research
Eliminating Animal Agriculture in the U.S.: Exploring Potential Impacts
Oct. 25MANTP 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. 1Irwin Rosenberg
Tufts University
TBD
Nov. 8Andrea Moosreiner, RD, CD, MPH
Medical College of Wisconsin
Bionutrition Services for Translational Research
Nov. 15Mark Nolte, Ph.D.
Payseur Lab
UW-Madison
Body size evolution in 3G: Gough Island Mice, Gene regulation, Growth.
Nov. 22No SeminarNo Seminar: Thanksgiving 
Nov. 29Amato J. Giaccia, Ph.D.
Cancer Biology and Radiation Oncology
Enhancing the Efficacy of Cancer Therapy Through Gene Evolution
Dec. 6MANTP Presents:
Kristen Malecki, Ph.D., MPH
Population Health Sciences
Diet, Inflammation, and Mental Well-Being: A Population Health Perspective
Dec. 13No SeminarNo Seminar: Study Day 
Dec. 20No SeminarNo Seminar: Good luck on Final Exams!

Spring 2018 — All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 (map) beginning at 11 am on Thursdays

DatePresenterSubject
Jan. 25Dr. Tom Fleming, BSc, Ph.D.The origins of lifetime health from around the time of conception
Feb. 1Dr. 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. 8Dr. John Wagner, Ph.D.
Metabolon
Metabolomics: Molecular and Phenotyping at the Intersection of Nutrition and Biochemistry
Feb. 15MANTP Presents:
Dr. Elizabeth Leibold, Ph.D.
University of Utah
Iron Regulatory Protein 2 Regulates Insulin Production in Pancreatic β-cells
Feb. 22MANTP Presents:
Dr. Rob Miller, Ph.D.
Kaleido Health
How selective Glycans affect the Microbiome to improve Health
Mar. 1Dr. Wallace Lui
Post-Doc: Denu Lab
Mechanisms of Sirtuin Activation through Nucleosome Binding
Mar. 8Dr. Madeleine Signman-Grant, Ph.D.
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Infant Feeding Guidance: Revised AGAIN?!
Mar. 15Dr. Mary Sorci Thomas, Ph.D
Medical College Wisconsin
Lipid Metabolism and Procollagen Endopeptidase Enhancer Protein 2: Are They Really Connected?
Mar. 22Sabrina Dumas
Ph.D. Candidate: Ntambi Lab
(Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program)
Unraveling the Mystery of the Skin-Specific SCD1 Deficient Lean Phenotype
Mar. 29No SeminarHappy Spring Break!
Apr. 5Dr. Sharon Donovan, Ph.D., RD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Applying Systems Biology to Host-microbe interactions in Early Life
Apr. 12Dr. Brandon Davies, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
Regulation of Plasma Lipids by ANGPTL proteins
Apr. 19Lexi 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. 26No SeminarNo Seminar: Experimental Biology
May 3Elania Jones
Ph.D. Candidate: Groblewski Lab
(Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program)
The Role of D52 in Acinar Cell Homeostasis
May 31Julie 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

DatePresenterSubject
Sept 14Sebastian Arriola, Ph.D.
(Dairy sciences)
mTOR Signaling: at the Crossroads of Health and Production
Sept 21Raghavendra Rao, Ph.D., M.D.
University of Minnesota
Brain metabolism in early-life iron deficiency
Sept 28Jing Fan, Ph.D.
(Nutritional sciences)
 Dynamic Metabolic Reprogramming in Mammalian Cells in Response to Environmental Conditions
Oct 5William Lagor, Ph.D.
Baylor University
Liver-directed genome editing to study and treat lipid disorders
Oct 12MANTP Presents:
Dr. Volker Haase
Vanderbilt University
 Hypoxia Signaling in Health and Disease
Oct 19Luke Funk, MD, Ph.D.
UW-Surgery
Obesity: An epidemic in need of public health and basic science solutions
Oct 26MANTP Presents:
Hamid Said, Ph.D.
UC Irvine
Physiological, pathophysiological, and molecular aspects of water-soluble vitamin transport in organs of the digestive system
Nov 2Jason Mills, MD, Ph.D.
Washington University – St. Louis
How cells scale up the secretory apparatus during differentiation and down in metaplasia and cancer
Nov 9MANTP 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 23No SeminarHappy Thanksgiving!
Nov 30Cara Westmark
UW-SMPH Dept Neurology
Effects of Soy-Based Diets on Neurological Phenotypes
Dec 7Scott 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

DatePresenterSubject
Jan. 26Dr. Tom Ganz
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
University of California, Los Angeles
Systemic Iron Homeostasis: Mechanisms and Disorders.
Feb. 2Nita Salzman
(MCOW)
Antimicrobial peptides: mediators of intestinal colonization, homeostasis and defense
Feb. 9Dr. Rita Strakovsky
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Endocrine disruptors, maternal adiposity, and gestational estrogen status
Feb. 16Adam Kuchnia
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
University of Minnesota
Novel methods to monitor nutrition status and determine protein needs in clinical populations
Feb. 23NO SEMINAR – GRAD RECRUITMENT 
Mar. 2Dr. Zhiping Yu
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
University of North Florida
Eating disorders and obesity: contributing factors and clinical intervention?
Mar. 9Dr. 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. 17Joshua Mezrich
(UW-MADISON)
 You Are What You Eat; The Effects of Diet on the Gut Immune System in Health and Disease
Mar. 23SPRING BREAK – NO SEMINAR 
Mar. 30Dr. Kent Reed
University of Minnesota
 
Apr. 6Porsha Howell
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program Ph.D Candidate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
Apr. 13Karl Miller
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program PhD Candidate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
 PGC-1a Directed Metabolic Networks in Aging and Caloric Restriction
Apr. 20Ting-Ni Huang
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program PhD Candidate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
Apr. 27Stephanie Mondloch
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program PhD Candidate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
May 4Bridget Stroup
Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program PhD Candidate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
 

Fall 2016

DatePresenterSubject
Sept. 15Dr. Amin Afrazi
UW SMPH
Regulation of Toll-like Receptor 4 signaling in Enterocytes during Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Sept. 22Dr. Patricia J. Keely
Chair, Dept. of Cell
and Regenerative Biology
Effect of the Microenvironment on Tumor Cell Metabolism
Sept. 29Dr. Frank Lee
Perelman School of Medicine
(MANTP)
Prolyl Hydroxylase 2 (PHD2), a Sensor of the Nutrient Oxygen
Oct. 6Dr. Amber Smith
WISCIENCE
Creating a Solid Foundation: Aligning Mentor-Mentee Expectations
Oct. 13Dr. Tom O’Halloran
Dept. of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Zinc sparks and the control of the mammalian egg-to-embryo transition
Oct. 20Dr. Jackie Wisinki
MANTP Post-Doctoral Trainee
Novel mechanisms of pancreatic beta and platelet dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Oct. 27Dr. David Weimer
Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs
Health Care Report Cards
Nov.3Dr. Cindy Davis
Director of Grants and Extramural Activities, NIH
Diet, Microbiome and Health
Nov. 10Porscha Howell
UW – Madison
GSK3b at the Intersection of Growth, Metabolism and Longevity
Nov. 17Dr. Barb Mickelson
Dr. Jessica Flowers
Nutritionist, Technical Services, Envigo Teklad Diets
Laboratory Animal Diets: Research Variable and Research Tool
Nov. 24Thanksgiving
NO SEMINAR
Have a wonderful holiday, everyone!
May you always find more to be grateful for than bitter about!
Dec. 1Dr. Drucy Borowitz
Dept. of Pediatrics, SUNY-Buffalo
The Baby Observational Nutrition Study (BONUS) in Cystic Fibrosis
Dec. 8Karl Miller
Dept. Nutritional Sciences (Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program)
CANCELLED
PGC-1a Directed Metabolic Networks in Aging and Caloric Restriction
Dec.15Dr. Charles Brenner
Dept. of Biochemistry,
University of Iowa (MANTP)
Nicotinamide riboside: From Discovery to Human Translation

Spring 2016

DatePresenterSubject
Jan. 21Dr. Timothy Reddy
Duke University
Regulatory Mechanisms of Gestational Diabetes and the Discovery of a Novel Human Hexokinase
Feb. 4Dr. William Karasov
UW
Wildlife Digestion: A View from Molecules to Ecosystems
Feb. 11Stefano Rivella
University of Pennsylvannia
Children’s Hospital of Philidelphia
Modulation of iron metabolism for the treatment of erythroid disorders
Feb. 18Joel Mason, MDCellular pathways of which obesity promotes Colon Carcinogensis
Feb. 25Charles Stephenson
USDA
 Vitamin A is Essential for Immune Function: Does This Mean Vitamin A Supplementation Improves Vaccine Responses
Mar. 3Elizabeth Johnson (alum)
Tufts University
Lutein and It’s Role in Cognitive Function
Mar. 10Emily Sawin
Graduate Student
 Glycomacropeptide: A Food Ingredient with Applications to Obesity and Bone Health
Mar. 17Josh Mezrich, MD
UW Associate Professor
 You Are What You Eat; The Effects of Diet on the Gut Immune System in Health and Disease
Mar. 24Spring Break 
Apr. 7Andrew Rogers, MDNormal and abnormal intestinal development in the Fgfr2IIIb mouse model
Apr. 14Patti Keely
UW, Professor and Chair
Dept of Cell and Regenerative Biology
Imaging Metabolic Signatures in Situ within the Tumor Microenvironment
Apr. 21Karen ReueSex Chomosome Effects on Obesity and Lipid Metabolism
Apr. 28Josh Neuman
Graduate Student
 G Protein-Coupled Receptors as Targets for Improving Beta-Cell Function in Acute and Chronic Conditions of Glucose Intolerance
May 5Rush Dhillon
Dept. Biomolecular Chemistry
Epigenetics Theme – WI
Institute for Discovery
 Effects of SIRT3-Mediated Deacetylation on Mitochondria Function of Aging Mice

Fall 2015

DatePresenterSubject
Sept. 10Dr. Melissa Kaczmarczyk,
Associate Principal Nutrition Scientist, PepsiCo
The Role of Industry in the Advancement of Nutritional Sciences
Sept. 17Dr. Christina Chambers,
University of California, San Diego
Nutrition and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Can We Modify Risk?
Sept. 24Dr. Zhuoxi (Joe) Wu,
Department of Nutritional Sciences
HIF1-alpha in the Heart: Provision of Ischemic Cardioprotection and Remodeling Nucleotide Metabolism
Oct. 1Dr. Corby Martin,
Louisiana State University
Effectively Applying Mobile Health Approaches to Improve Outcomes
Oct. 8Dr. Verónica López-Teros,
Universidad de Sonora
The Use of Stable Isotopes in Human Nutrition in Mexico
Oct. 15Dr. Julie Howe,
Auburn University
Peanuts, in a Nutshell
Oct. 22Dr. Joseph Pierre,
University of Chicago
Primary Bile Acid Surgical Diversion Improves Adiposity and Glycemic Control in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice
Oct. 29Dr. Amanda Palmer,
Johns Hopkins University
Agriculture for Nutrition & Health: The role of aflatoxin as an “anti-nutrient”
Nov. 5Dr. Bill Schrage,
Department of Kinesiology
Vascular Responses to Environmental Stress in Human Metabolic Syndrome
Nov. 19Dr. Lisa Cadmus-Bertram,
Department of Kinesiology
Physical Activity and Health Promotion for Cancer Prevention and Survivorship
Nov. 26Thanksgiving!Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
May you always have more to be grateful for than bitter about!
Dec. 3Dr. David Eide,
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Homeostatic and Adaptive Responses to Zinc Deficiency
Dec. 10Bryan 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.