Seminar Series

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Events

Physiology Seminar Series occurs each Tuesday morning during the academic year in HKRB 150 at 9:30 a.m. The series brings prominent scientists and educators to campus to share their work with our faculty, staff, and trainees.

Fall 2026

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
09/15/2026 Translation of Circular RNAs from the Human Tau Gene as Drivers of Alzheimer's Disease Stefan Stamm, Ph.D. University of Kentucky Yuan Wen, M.D., Ph.D.
09/22/2026 Sounds in Silence: How Spontaneous Activity in the Developing Cochlea Prepares the Brain Health Dwight Bergles, PhD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Cata Velez-Ortega
09/29/2026 Defense Seminar - Microbial-Derived Exerkines: A Novel Class of Exercise Mimetics — Illustrated in Skeletal Muscle Atrophy Ben Burke John McCarthy, PhD
10/06/2026 No Seminar-Room Unavailable
10/13/2026 Available
10/20/2026 Toward Improving Diagnostic Performance of Plasma Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Diseases Cheryl Wellington, PhD University of British Columbia Greg Graf, PhD
10/27/2026 CNS Met Symposium University of Kentucky CNS-Met COBRE
10/27/2026 No Seminar- UK Fall Break
11/03/2026 No Seminar- Election Day
11/10/2026 The Physiology Underlying the Epidemiology of Heat-Health Impacts Daniel Gagnon, Ph.D. Montreal Heart Institute Thad Wilson, Ph.D.
11/17/2026 Available
11/24/2026 No Seminar- Thanksgiving Week
12/01/2026 Skinner Lecture: Dr. Delisle's research focuses on understanding how circadian rhythms, genetic variation, and environmental factors interact to regulate cardiac ion channels and influence susceptibility to arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Brian Delisle, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
12/08/2026 Xu Xiao - Two Year Review Seminar

Spring 2027

Date Event Title
01/12/2027 Available
01/19/2027 Available
01/26/2027 Available
02/02/2027 Trainee Talks
02/09/2027 Available
02/16/2027 Trainee Talks
02/23/2027 Available
03/02/2027 Available
03/09/2027 Trainee Talks
03/16/2027 UK Spring Break
03/23/2027 Trainee Talks
03/30/2027 Wilson Lecture: Dr. Rachel Buckley
04/06/2027 FCPS Spring Break
04/13/2027 Trainee Talks
04/20/2027 Diego Lucero - Two Year Review
04/27/2027 Cheavar Blair - Two Year Review

Previous Seminars

Seminars from 2013 – 2026