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 will be held on Mondays at 4 p.m. in Conference Center A, unless otherwise noted. Please contact Jacquelyn Gorman, Ph.D. for information on the seminar schedule.
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Jan. 5 | Sophia Sok, Ph.D. (Zhao lab) | Opa1 regulates iNKT cell differentiation through calcium signaling and metabolic reprogramming |
| Jan. 12 | Lily Wong, Ph.D. (Nath lab) | Leveraging 3D genome architecture and chromatic states to screen for casual variants in lupus: a work-in-progress |
| Jan. 19 | MLK Jr. Day – no seminar | |
| Jan. 26 | Mandi Roe, Ph.D. (Kovats lab) | Mandi Roe, Ph.D. (Kovats Lab) – Postponed Due to Weather |
| Feb. 2 | Axtell lab | Robert “Bob” Axtell, Ph.D. – Biological Context Matters: How Environmental, Lifestyle, and Sex Shape Treatment Response in MS and EAE |
| Feb. 9 | NO SEMINAR – Cancelled | |
| Feb. 16 | Mandi Roe, Ph.D. (Kovats Lab) | Age-dependent differences in myeloid cell response to RSV in a human lung model |
| Feb. 23 | Josh Mytych, Ph.D. (Mao-Draayer lab) | The Role of Myeloid Cells in MS Disease Progression |
| March 2 | Jinan Cheng (Zhao lab) | Glycolytic control of NKTfh cell fate and antibody response |
| March 9 | Aneta Pankow (Sun lab) | Generation of Innate Lymphoid Cells in the Thymus: Two Distinct Routes |
| March 16 | Sandra Williams, MD, PhD (NIH NIAMS) |
Moving RNA surveillance from bench to bedside: A story of DIS3L2 and extracellular vesicles. |
| March 23 | Zoe Reed, Xana Howard, Caleb Marlin, Ph.D. (James lab) | |
| March 30 | Jacquelyn Gorman, Ph.D | |
| April 6 | Aleksander Symczak, Ph.D. (Jeffries lab) | |
| April 13 | Mao-Draayer lab | |
| April 20 | AAI 2026 – no seminar | |
| April 27 | Deshmukh lab | |
| May 4 | Nath lab | |
| May 11 | Tommi Taylor (Farris lab) | |
| May 18 | Stefan Wilhelm, Ph.D. (OU) |
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 |
| March 30 | Krishnan lab | CCA |
| April 13 | Ocañas lab | CCA |
| April 27 | Varshney lab | CCA |
| May 11 | Freeman lab | CCA |
