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.
Thank you to everyone who attended and presented during this year’s seminar series.
The 2026–2027 season will resume on the first Monday following Labor Day. Please check back closer to the fall for additional details.
Please contact Jacquelyn Gorman, Ph.D. for any questions.
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 |
| Jan. 12 | Ocañas lab | CCA |
| Jan. 26 | Varshney lab | CCA |
| Feb. 9 | Gaffney lab | CCA |
| Feb. 23 | Wren lab | CCA |
| March 9 | Freeman lab | CCA |
| March 23 | Lessard lab | CCA |
| April 13 | Ocañas lab | CCA |
| April 27 | Varshney lab | CCA |
| May 11 | Krishnan lab | CCA |
