2026 Spring Seminar Series
All seminars will be held in Nutritional Sciences 290 at 11am on Thursdays.
| Date | Presenter | Subject | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2026 | Hoang Bui UW-Madison N&M Exit Seminar | Dissecting the Heterogeneity of White and Brown Adipocyte Precursos | Professor Andrea Galmozzi |
| January 29, 2026 | Arion Kennedy North Carolina State University | Immune Cell Dysregulation in Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis | Professor Vanessa Leone |
| February 5, 2026 | Jessica Spinelli University of Massachusetts – Medicine | Metabolic and Physiological Implications of Flexibility in the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain | Nutrition & Metabolism Students |
| February 12, 2026 | Brad Bolling UW-Madison | Restoring the Matrix: Why We Need to Rediscover Vitamin P in the Era of Ultra-Processed Foods | Professor Tim Rhoads |
| February 19, 2026 | Kate Lauer UW-Madison MANTP Seminar | Using Machine Learning to Predict Adult Weight Gain | Professor Eric Yen |
| February 26, 2026 | Shai Bel Bar-llan University MANTP Seminar | Partners in Slime: Host-Microbe Interactions at the Mucosal Interface | Professor Eric Yen |
| March 5, 2026 | Federico Rey UW-Madison MANTP Seminar | Exploring the Consequences of Gut Microbiome Variation on Host Health | Professor Eric Yen |
| March 12, 2026 | Jackie Fretz Yale University | Activation of PPAR-gamma Coactivator 1 Alpha (PGC1a) and Transsulfuration Control Fate Choice of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) | Professor Mark Meyer |
| March 19, 2026 | Eric McGregor UW-Madison M&N Exit Seminar | Metabolism in Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease | Professor Roz Anderson |
| March 26, 2026 | Alice Kane ISB Science | Multiomic Markers of Frailty in Mice and Humans | Professor Tim Rhoads |
| April 2, 2026 | Spring Break | ||
| April 9, 2026 | Diana Esparza UW-Madison MANTP Seminar | Molecular Stress Sensors Across Tissues: From β‑Cell DOC2B in T1D to Hepatic HSP90β in Glucose Intolerance | Professor Eric Yen |
| April 16, 2026 | Samantha Weaver & Gulustan Ozturk UW-Madison | (p)ppGpp Modulates Intraspecies Competition in the Gut Microbiome | Professor Mark Meyer |
| April 23, 2026 | Marc Hellerstein University of California – Berkeley | Advances in Metabolic and Protein Fluxes and Fluxomics: Translation to Human Disease | Professor Rick Eisenstein |
| April 30, 2026 | Ben Ohlstein University of Texas- Southwestern | An Oligosaccharide Regulates Multiple Steps of Digestion | Professor Daniela Drummond-Barbosa |