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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.

Spring 2025

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
01/14/2025 Dan Richardson Lecture: Teaching Students to Reflect: Collaborative Testing, Reflective Writing and Metacognition Lisa Carney Anderson, PhD University of Minnesota Medical School Thad Wilson, PhD
01/21/2025 Promotion Seminar: APOE in AD: Targeting Glial Metabolism Lance Johnson, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
01/27/2025 Disruption of Lipid Metabolism as a Major Driver of Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD University of Texas Health, San Antonio Lance Johnson, PhD
01/28/2025 Precision Phenotyping of Heart Failure Using AI-Guided Predictive Modeling Daniel Beard, PhD University of Michigan Austin Wellette-Hunsucker
02/04/2025 Hold for Local Speaker
02/11/2025 Recruitment Seminar: Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Ph.D. Medical College of Wisconsin John Gensel, PhD
02/18/2025 Wandering Through Physiology: Central Circuit Regulation of Cardiac Parasympathetic System Carie Boychuk, PhD University of Missouri Brian Delisle, PhD
02/25/2025 Trainee Talks Akhil Pallerla, Georgia Nolt & Isaiah Stephens University of Kentucky Gregory Frolenkov, PhD
03/04/2025 Dr. Kekenes-Huskey's lab determines how molecules and proteins shape the functions of immune and heart cells by blending computational science and traditional wet-lab experiments. Peter Hekenes-Huskey, PhD Loyola University Cheavar Blair, PhD
03/11/2025 Feel the Force Around You: Cardiac Mechano-Signaling and GSK-3b Jonathan Kirk, PhD Loyola University Cheavar Blair, PhD
03/18/2025 Promotion Seminar Cheavar Blair, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
03/25/2025 Trainee Talks Benjamin Burke, Nicholas McVay & Emily Huffman University of Kentucky Gregory Frolenkov, PhD
04/01/2025 Trainee Talks Sinclair Ashley, Clarity Voy & Emma Stevens University of Kentucky Gregory Frolenkov, PhD
04/08/2025 Trainee Talks Samantha Radomski, Susana Munoz Gil & Gabriela Brown University of Kentucky Gregory Frolenkov, PhD
04/15/2025 Dr. Bergles's lab is interested in understanding the mechanisms by which neurons and glial cells interact to support normal communication in the nervous system. Dwight Bergles, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Cata Velez-Ortega, PhD
04/22/2025 Adding Sleep and Circadian Rhythms to Medicine Elizabeth Klerman, MD, PhD Harvard Medical School Cheavar Blair, PhD
04/29/2025 Trainee Talks Olivia Hage, Sandra Miranda Sardon & Lynnet Richey University of Kentucky Gregory Frolenkov, PhD
05/06/2025 Trainee Talks Sara Gonzalez Velez, Kylie Morin, Austin Minton & Shrishti Naidu University of Kentucky Gregory Frolenkov, PhD
05/13/2025 Trainee Talks Riley Irmen, Alyssa Franklin & Joshua Moses University of Kentucky Gregory Frolenkov, PhD
05/20/2025 Temporal Dynamics of Oligodendroglial Lineage Cells in Health and Disease Erin Gibson, PhD Stanford University Shannon Macauley, PhD

Fall 2025 

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
09/09/2025 Available
09/16/2025 Available
09/23/2025 Available
10/07/2025 Available
10/14/2025 Available
10/21/2025 Available
10/28/2025 Available
11/04/2025 Available
11/11/2025 Available
11/18/2025 Available
12/02/2025 Available

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