FALL 2020
Seminar Series will be held virtually on Fridays from 11 am -12 noon
| DATE | SPEAKER AND TOPIC |
| September 4 | Ming Xu, Center of Aging, Medical School, UConn: “Targeting p21Cip1-highly-expressing cells in adipose tissue alleviates insulin resistance with obesity” |
| September 11 | Minu S. Thomas, PhD student: “Strategies to modulate microbiota in metabolic syndrome” |
| September 17 | No seminar – 50th Anniversary Celebration of NUSC Department |
| September 25 | Floyd H Chilton, Professor, University of Arizona: “Impact of Gene-Diet Interactions on Fatty Acid Metabolism and Human Disease: A Potential Pathogenetic Basis for Racial/Ethnic Disparities” |
| October 2 | Alyssa Hasty, Professor,Vanderbilt: “Macrophages as ‘Ferrostats’ in Adipose Tissue” |
| October 9 | Caitlin Caspi, ScD, Director of Food Security Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity and Associate Professor,Allied Health Sciences: “Policy and partnership-driven Interventions to address diet-related health disparities” |
| October 16 | Nancy Rodriguez, PhD, RD: “Translating Recommended Protein Intakes for Sports Performance to Improved Health and Longevity” |
| October 23 | Hyunju Kang, PhD student: “Sex differences in alcohol-induced liver injury” |
| October 30 | Liya Anto, PhD student: “The role of gut microbiome in colorectal cancer” |
| November 6 | Minu S. Thomas, PhD student (Prospectus defense): “Effects of whole egg intake as part of a plant-based diet on inflammation and dyslipidemias in subjects with metabolic syndrome” |
| November 13 | Kumar Venkitanarayanan, Associate Dean, CAHNR: “Attenuating virulence in enteric pathogens using phytochemicals” |
| November 20 | Marissa DiBella, MS student: “Effects of egg intake or choline supplementation on dyslipidemias, inflammation and glucose metabolism in subjects with metabolic syndrome” |
| November 27 | No seminar – Thanksgiving |