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
10/30/2026 Recruitment Seminar: Beyond Homeostasis: Platelets as Drivers and Targets in Vascular Disease Anu Aggarwal, Ph.D. Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Greg Graf, Ph.D.
11/03/2026 Recruitment Presentation: Decoding the Unfolded Protein Response in Platelets: Significance in Aging and Vascular Disease Kanika Jain, Ph.D. Yale University Gregory Graf, Ph.D.
11/09/2026 Ezekiel Rozmus Defense Seminar Ezekiel Rozmus University of Kentucky Brian Delisle, Ph.D.
11/10/2026 Richardson Lecture: The Physiology Underlying the Epidemiology of Heat-Health Impacts Daniel Gagnon, Ph.D. Montreal Heart Institute Thad Wilson, Ph.D.
11/17/2026 Recruitment Presentation Nicole Prince, Ph.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital Gregory Graf, Ph.D.
11/24/2026 No Seminar- Thanksgiving Week
12/01/2026 Recruitment Presentation Kanika Jain, Ph.D. Yale School of Medicine Greg Graf, Ph.D.
12/15/2026 Xu Xiao - Two Year Review Seminar: Intracellular Cholesterol Transport in Metabolic Disease
12/15/2026 Recruitment Presentation Marty Spranger, Ph.D. Michigan State University Thad Wilson, Ph.D.

Previous Seminars

Seminars from 2013 – 2026