Seminar Series

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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 2026

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
02/10/2026 Dr. Macauley's goal is for her lab to help understand how alterations in brain metabolism relate to sleep impairment, vascular dysfunction, and inflammation in Alzheimer's disease. Shannon Macauley, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
02/17/2026 Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis and Aortic Aneurysms: The Aorta and Beyond Hong Lu, MD, PhD University of Kentucky Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
02/24/2026 Dr. Singh's lab works to understand how neurons, astrocytes and other glial cells interact to orchestrate synaptic circuit assembly, and find the molecular signals that mediate the cross-talk between glia and neurons in CNS development and disease. Sandeep Singh, PhD VCU School of Medicine Erhard Bieberich, PhD
03/03/2026 Dr. Dubal's research investigates mechanisms of longevity, resilience and neurodegenerative disease. They investigate how aging pathways can confer resilience to a brain and counter neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Dena Dubal, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco Ryan Temel, PhD
03/10/2026 Proteome-Wide Identification of Phenotype-Based Endotypes in Pulmonary Sepsis Hong-Long Ji, MD, PhD Loyola University, Chicago Xiangan Li, PhD
03/17/2026 UK Spring Break
03/24/2026 From Lipid Droplets to Longevity Charles Najt, PhD Virginia Tech Isaiah Stephens
03/31/2026 Dr. Quan's research includes immunometabolism, lipid metabolism and innate immunity, and tumor immunity. Zhou Quan, MD, PhD Zhejiang University Xu Xiao, PhD
04/07/2026 FCPS Spring Break
04/14/2026 Dr. Mackenzie's research program is focused on the molecular physiology of iron transporters and their roles in iron homeostasis and iron disorders. Bryan Mackenzie, PhD University of Cincinnati Thad Wilson, PhD
04/21/2026 Trainee Talks
04/28/2026 Trainee Talks
05/05/2026 Trainee Talks
05/12/2026 Trainee Talks
05/19/2026 Trainee Talks
05/26/2026 No Seminar - Room Unavailable

Fall 2026

Date Event Title Speaker Institute Host
09/15/2026 Available
09/22/2026 Available
09/29/2026 FCPS Fall Break
10/06/2026 Available
10/13/2026 Available
10/20/2026 Available
10/27/2026 UK Fall Break
11/03/2026 Election Day
11/10/2026 Available
11/17/2026 Available
11/24/2026 Thanksgiving Week
12/01/2026 Available

Previous Seminars

Seminars from 2013 – 2025