Aging & Metabolism
Aging & Metabolism seminars are held every Friday from 3:30-5 p.m. in Conference Center A. If you would like to be on the mailing list for this seminar series, email Heather Spencer.
Date |
Speaker / Topic |
| Jan. 30 | Roberto Santin Marquez, PhD – Uncovering sex-specific ERα signaling pathways underlying metabolic aging and longevity responses to 17α -estradiol Sunghwan ‘Justin’ Ko – Disease-associated microglial enrichment coincides with loss of synapse-containing microglia in an amyloid mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease |
| Feb. 6 | Joseph Tuck – Assessing Rodent Healthspan using Email Madison Milan – Time-restricted feeding rejuvenates cerebrovascular function and preserves cognition in aging |
| Feb. 13 | Colleen O’Reilly, PhD – Context Matters: Metformin’s Effects on Healthspan and Lifespan in Rats with High and Low Intrinsic Aerobic Capacity |
| Feb. 20 | Yang Xu, PhD – Infiltrating Cells are the Primary Source of COX2 Accumulation During Denervation Matt Bubak – Antecedent Metabolic Health and Metformin (ANTHEM): Metformin effects differ based on antecedent insulin sensitivity |
| Feb. 27 | Michael Taylor – Unraveling the Determinants of Protein Aggregation and Solubility in Aging Skeletal Muscle Aishwarya Muppala – Transmission of pathogenic tau to brain endothelial cells |
| Mar. 6 | Ramasamy Selvarani, PhD – A New Strategy For Evaluating Pathologic Status Of Rodents With Age Using An Old Method Joanna Papinska, PhD – Identification of a multipotent skeletal muscle PDGFRα⁺ progenitor population that declines with age |
| Mar. 13 | Scientific Retreat – No Seminar |
| Mar. 20 | Spring Break – No Seminar |
| Mar. 27 | Agnieszka Borowik, PhD Chao Jiang, PhD |
| Apr. 3 | Laci Liter Kamil Kobak, PhD |
| Apr. 10 | GREAT Symposium – No Seminar |
| Apr. 17 | Web of Life – No Seminar |
| Apr. 24 | Matt McDougal, PhD Kriti Shukla |
| May 1 | Urszula Wasniowska Sabira Jazir, PhD |
| May 8 | Anna Faakye Chinnu Salim, PhD |
| May 15 | Parker Kneis Eric Moore |
| May 22 | Abigail Morgan Aldona Szewczyk |
| May 29 | Special Guest- Christopher Fry, PhD |
The Aging & Metabolism Research Seminar Series will begin in September. Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held Friday afternoons from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you would like to be on the mailing list for this seminar series, send e-mail to Heather-Spencer@omrf.org.
Arthritis & Clinical Immunology
ACI seminars are held at 4 p.m. on Mondays.
Please contact Jacquelyn Gorman, Ph.D. for any questions.
Date |
Seminar Speaker |
Location |
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Sep. 7 |
NO SEMINAR – LABOR DAY |
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Sep. 14 |
Ben Jones / Joel Guthridge, Ph.D. |
Wileman |
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Sep. 21 |
Professor Ranjeny Thomas (The University of Queensland, Australia) |
Wileman |
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Sep. 28 |
Meng Zhao, Ph.D. |
Wileman |
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Oct. 5 |
Claire Shudde, Ph.D. (Mao-Draayer Lab) |
Wileman |
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Oct. 12 |
Aneta Pankow, Ph.D. (Sun Lab) |
Wileman |
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Oct. 19 |
Bryan Dawkins, Ph.D. |
Wileman |
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Oct. 26 |
Robert “Hal” Scofield, M.D. |
Wileman |
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Nov. 2 |
Aleksandra “Ola” Bylinska, Ph.D. (James Lab) |
Wileman |
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Nov. 9 |
NO SEMINAR – ACR CONVERGENCE 2026, Orlando, Florida |
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Nov. 16 |
Mridu Acharya, Ph.D. (Seattle Children’s Research Institute) |
Wileman |
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Nov. 23 |
Matlock Jeffries, M.D. |
CCA |
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Nov. 30 |
Harini Bagavant, Ph.D. (Deshmukh Lab) |
CCA |
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Dec. 7 |
Evan Fowle, D.O. |
CCA |
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Dec. 14 |
Axtell Lab |
CCA |
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Dec. 21 |
NO SEMINAR – BREAK |
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Dec. 28 |
NO SEMINAR – BREAK |
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Genes & Human Disease
Seminars are held the 2nd, 4th & 5th Mondays at 10 a.m. If you would like to be added to the mailing list for the GHD seminar series, email Melanie Jones.
Date |
Presenter lab |
Location |
| Sept. 28 | Wren lab | Wileman |
| Oct. 12 | Freeman lab | Wileman |
| Oct. 26 | Gaffney lab | Wileman |
| Nov. 9 | Varshney lab | Wileman |
| Nov. 23 | HOLIDAY BREAK | |
| Nov. 30 | Krishnan lab | Wileman |
| Dec. 14 | Lessard lab | Wileman |
| Dec. 28 | HOLIDAY BREAK | |
| Jan. 11 | Ocañas lab |
CCA |
| Jan. 25 | Montgomery lab |
CCA |
| Feb. 8 | Freeman lab |
CCA |
| Feb. 22 | Guest (TBD) lab |
CCA |
| March 8 | Wren lab |
CCA |
| March 22 | Gaffney lab |
CCA |
| March 29 | Krishnan lab |
CCA |
| April 12 | Montgomery lab |
CCA |
| April 26 | Ocañas lab |
CCA |
| May 10 | Lessard lab |
CCA |
| May 24 | Varshney lab |
CCA |
| May 31 | HOLIDAY | SUMMER BREAK |
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