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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.

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Fall Semester 2024

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
09/10/2024 "Decoding Genetic and Sporadic Forms of Alzheimer's Disease: A Multi-Layered Transcriptomic Odyssey" Vivek Swarup, PhD University of California, Irvine Lance Johnson, PhD
09/17/2024 Hold for local speaker University of Kentucky
09/24/2024 Dr. Dayanidhi's research focuses on the role of muscle stem cells dysfunction in impaired musculoskeletal growth in children with cerebral palsy and the contribution of altered muscle metabolism to increased energy expenditure in children. Sudarshan Dayanidhi, PT, PhD University of Florida Ahmed Ismaeel, PhD
10/01/2024 Fayette County Public Schools Fall Break
10/08/2024 "Understanding the Role of Skeletal Myopathy in Peripheral Artery Disease Pathobiology" Terence Ryan, PhD University of Florida Ahmed Ismaeel, PhD
10/15/2024 "Novel Targets to Control Graft-Vs-Host Disease and Graft-Vs-Leukemia Effects" Jaebok Choi, PhD Washington University Xiangan Li, PhD
10/22/2024 Dr. Zangi's research focuses on cardiac regeneration and on the role of adult cardiac stem cells in the healthy and injured heart. Lior Zangi, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Jonathan Satin, PhD
10/29/2024 Dr. Beard's lab is focused on systems engineering approaches to understanding the biophysical and biochemical operation of physiological systems. Daniel Beard, PhD University of Michigan Austin Wellette-Hunsucker
11/05/2024 "Wandering Through Physiology: Central Circuit Regulation of Cardiac Parasympathetic System" Carie Boychuk, PhD University of Missouri Brian Delisle, PhD
11/12/2024 Dr. Melchior participates in a broad range of studies but has a specific focus on the interplay between lipoprotein metabolism and human disease. John Melchior, PhD Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Ryan Temel, PhD
11/19/2024 Dr. Tong's research interest is in studying posttranslational modifications of transcription factors in glucose and lipid metabolism. Xin (Tony) Tong, MD, PhD University of Michigan Ryan Temel, PhD
11/26/2024 Thanksgiving Week
12/03/2024 Dr. Velez-Ortega has 20 years of research experience, and her lab is currently focused on the field of Hearing & Deafness, exploring mechanisms of protection against noise-induced hearing loss and the cytoskeleton of the inner ear sensory organelles. Catalina Velez-Ortega, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc

Spring Semester 2025

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
02/04/2025 Trainee Talks
02/11/2025 Trainee Talks
02/18/2025 Trainee Talks
02/25/2025 Trainee Talks
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 Dr. Kirk studies cardiovascular disease from the perspective of the sarcomere, the force-generating unit in heart muscle cells. Jonathan Kirk, PhD Loyola University Cheavar Blair, PhD
03/18/2025 UK Spring Break
03/25/2025 Trainee Talks
04/01/2025 Trainee Talks
04/08/2025 FCPS Spring Break
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 Available

Previous Seminars

Seminars from 2013 – 2024