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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.

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 Unraveling the Impact of Phosphorylation on Myofilament Protein Conformational Ensembles: ABLIM1 Peter Kekenes-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: Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes: A Model for Studying Mechanisms of Human Cardiac Dysfunction Linked to the Sarcomere 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 Modulating Smell, The Neuroscience of Odor Control Timothy McClintock, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
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
06/03/2025 Dr. Wen's lab focuses on translational regulation by ribosome specialization, biomedical imaging, application of artificial Intelligence, and (Epi)genetics. Yuan Wen, MD, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
06/10/2025 Dr. Hubbard 's lab works to understand the pathobiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and investigate therapeutics in preclinical models that can target critical mechanisms of injury to improve outcomes. Brad Hubbard, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc

Fall 2025 

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
09/09/2025 Dr. Zilberter's research focuses on understanding how brain cells, especially neurons, produce energy, manage oxidative stress, and generate electrical signals to communicate. Misha Zilberter, PhD University of California, San Francisco Shannon Macauley, PhD
09/16/2025 Available
09/23/2025 Dr. Patel's research endeavors are focused on promoting neuroprotection following spinal cord injury (SCI) by targeting mitochondrial dysfunction. Samir Patel, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
09/30/2025 FCPS Fall Break
10/07/2025 Dr. Yang's lab works to understand the molecular mechanisms governing the sorting, trafficking, and storage of cellular lipids in health and disease. Hongyuan "Robert" Yang, PhD University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Xu Xiao, PhD
10/28/2025 UK Fall Break
11/04/2025 Available
11/11/2025 Dr. Perozo's research aims to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the transduction of different forms of energy into protein motion; in particular the different molecular mechanisms of ion channel gating. Eduardo Perozo, PhD University of Chicago Isabel Aristizabal Ramirez & Gregory Frolenkov, PhD
11/18/2025 Available
12/02/2025 Available

Previous Seminars

Seminars from 2013 – 2024